[Bible Study] The Figurative Seed and Field

 

The Word of Revelation from Heaven 

Introductory Lesson 3

 The Figurative Seed and Field 

Main References: Mt 13:31-32 

Mt 13:31-32

31 He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 

32 Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches."

Parable: The kingdom of heaven → mustard seed (in his field)

💭What are the true meaning of the figurative seed and field? 

Seed = Word 

Field = A person's heart and church 

 Explanation 

1. Figurative Seed 

Mk 4:13 

Then Jesus said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?

➨The parable of the seed is the basis of all the parables

💭What are the physical characteristics of the seed? 

1) The origin of life of all living things

2) You reap what you sow

1. The true meaning of the figurative seed

Lk 8:11 

"This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. 

Mk 4:14 

The farmer sows the word. 

1 Pet 1:23

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 

2. Types of figurative seeds 

☝There are two types of spirit God and The devil. So there are two types of seed: God's seed and The devil's seed. 

3) The importance of the figurative seed 

Jer 31:27

"The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will plant the kingdoms of Israel and Judah with the offspring of people and of animals.

Mt 13:24-25 

24 Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 

25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 

Mt 13:37-39 

37 He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man 

38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one, 

39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. 

1 Jn 3:9-10

9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 

10 This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God's child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister. 

➨the secrets of heaven = Seed 

2. Figurative Field 

💭What are the physical characteristics of the seed? 

1) Where seeds are sowed 

2) Where seeds grow and bear fruit 

1 Cor 3:9

For we are co-workers in God's service; you are God's field, God's building. 

Lk 8:15 

But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.

Mt 13:38

The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the  people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one, 

➨The true meaning of the figurative field = Person's heart, church 

4. Parable of Four Types of Fields 

Mt 13:3-8  Parables of sowing seeds 

1) Path 

Mt 13: 18-19 

18 "Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: 

19 When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. 

2) Rocky field 

Mt 13:20-21

20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 

21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 

3) Thorny field 

Mt 13:22 

The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. 

4) Good soil

Mt 13:23 

But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown."

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