Last week we saw that Peter and the disciples had forsaken all and were guaranteed thrones, a one hundred fold return, eternal life, and persecution. Then the Lord said that the first would be last and the last first in Matt 19:30. In this lesson, the Lord goes on to...
Matt 13:47-51 Parable of the Net CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In this lesson we will study the parable of the net and the work of scribes in the kingdom of heaven. The parable of the net concerns the gathering of saved and lost at the end of the world. Remember that...
Matt 13:45-46 The Parable of the Pearl CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO This parable of the pearl concerns the church. The merchantman is Jesus. A merchant is one who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries. Often, references to merchants and merchandise in the Bible are negative references [Is 23:11;...
Matt 13:44 Parable of the Treasure CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Here we have a parable concerning Israel in the kingdom of heaven. Israel is like a treasure hid in a field. As in the other parables, the way to understand this parable is by cross referencing all of the types and...
Matt 13:33-35 Parable of the Leaven CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO This parable of the leaven, like the parable of the mustard seed, is also applied to the kingdom of God (Lk 13:20-21) and is commonly mistaken as a parable about the spreading of the gospel through out the world. After analyzing...
Matt 13:24-51 Parable of the Tares of the Field CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO This is the second parable of the kingdom of heaven. This parable of the tares concerns the difference between the children of the kingdom and the children of the wicked one (13:38). Like the first parable, Jesus interpreted this...
As we saw last week, Jesus used parables to teach the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven so that the Jews that rejected him wouldn’t be able to understand him. The disciples could understand him because they believed him. The parables he used were about commonplace things that illustrated the...
Matt 13:1-17 Mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In verse 10, the disciples wanted to know why Jesus would teach in parables. If he wanted them to understand what he was saying, they figured that he should have told them plainly what he wanted them to know....
