THE SEED WAR - PART 6

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THE SEED WAR

PART 6

 Matthew 13: 10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

I have heard though the years, ministers and teachers explain that the parables of Yahushua were illustrations that all the people of that day should have been able to understand because they were set in terms that were common to them: folksy down-home tales that dealt with matters that were a part of their daily lives.  Again, I have heard different teachers explain that they were deliberately profound and difficult to understand in order that the people would hear and not understand, and thus fulfill the prophecy of Isaiah.  I suppose both positions have their arguing points; but what I rarely, if ever, have heard is that the parables were designed to decode “the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.”  We also should note from our opening passage of Scripture that Messiah told his disciples, “it is given unto you to know,” so the parables clearly were not intended to discuss the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven in such a way that they should remain a mystery.

This word “parable” is translated from the Greek word, “parabole.”  It means “a metaphor or a simile,” to put two things in juxtaposition with each other.” (A metaphor is a figure of speech where one thing is stated to be another thing, i.e. “His fist was a steel hammer.”  A simile is a figure of speech that says one thing is as or like another thing, i.e., “Her countenance was like the early morning light.”) In the Old Testament, the word “parable” (mashal) means “a pithy saying, an ingenious comparison of two things.” 

Matthew 13: 34 All these things spake Yahushua unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

This reference to “the prophet” is taken from the Psalms.

Psalm 78:1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Now, if we understand what Messiah was doing in fulfilling the Scriptures, we have to realize that despite the fact his parables used common every-day illustrations, his “metaphors and similes” were not about comparing contemporary experiences with the obvious. He was openly discussing the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven which had been kept secret from the foundation of the world; “dark sayings of old,” ancient truths.  With this in mind, let’s take a look at a very significant parable.

Matthew 13: 24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

Notice, in this story, it was not obvious that there were tares growing among the wheat until the wheat “brought forth fruit.”  THAT is when it was apparent that there were tares. Why is this?  It is because tares ("zunim” in Hebrew) are a kind of wheat that is changed, both as to its form and as to its nature. It is a bastardized wheat (hybrid) that is poisonous and which will mingle with wheat and, given the opportunity, change the nature of the wheat to become tares.  The physical difference between wheat and tares is only evident in the grain it produces.  Tares produce a black grain.

Now, let’s look at the Master’s own explanation of this parable.

Matthew 13:36 Then Yahushua sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Within the context of the series we have been studying, this explanation is quite illuminating. Here we see Messiah explaining that the children of the wicked one are living among the children of the kingdom.  They can only be truly detected by comparing their fruit with the fruit of the children of the kingdom.

This is a revolutionary concept; because it is contrary to natural thinking to consider that there is any real difference between one man and another as to his/her nature; and yet, there is a hybrid race living amongst the “human” race; and they have been here the whole time. Ever since the Nephilim were first born, and their offspring did their very best to corrupt all flesh on the earth (see Genesis 6); and even though the flood was designed to eradicate them from the earth; their descendants, the Rephaim, survived and revived to perpetuate their hybrid bloodlines.  This is ancient knowledge that used to be passed down from generation to generation; but which ceased being passed down ages ago (See Psalm 78), hence, becoming a mystery…something to be revealed at a later date.

Tares cannot produce good fruit.  They can only produce poison.  This should help us to better understand these remarks of Messiah:

Matthew 3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Matthew 7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

Matthew 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

Matthew 7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Matthew 12:33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

Then there is the “parable of the sower” in Matthew 13, Mark 4 and Luke 8.  There were four kinds of ground.  Only one ground had the capability of responding to the “seed” (the word of the Kingdom) and bear fruit.  The people represented by the other three grounds are NOT the children of the kingdom.  They are tares. They are incapable of bearing good fruit because they are of a hybrid race.  They are poisonous, and their objective is to contaminate the children of the kingdom to prevent them from bearing fruit.

Jude 12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

1 John 3:10 In this the children of Elohim are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of Elohim, neither he that loveth not his brother.

Because the children of the devil look like the children of the kingdom, as indicated by the parable of the sower, the gospel is shared with all peoples.  We cannot know what kind of ground they are; but we are to be “wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.”  Remember from previous posts, Joshua was instructed to annihilate the nations that had settled in the Promised Land; because leaving any of them there would provide a constant source of temptation and contamination of the people of Israel, as they would most assuredly lead them into idolatry and depart from the ways of the living Elohim.

We observed from the Scripture how Joshua and the children of Israel failed to obey the commandment of IAUE.  Do you think that those who remained alive just ceased to propagate?  Do you think their descendants do not exist unto this day? Their bloodlines have been carefully protected; and there are prominent families in the earth today who know with absolute confidence that they are descended from these Rephaim; and they believe they have the right to rule the world.

A war is coming---a war of two seeds.