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Appendixes To The Companion Bible
APPENDIX 145
THE EIGHT PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IN MATT 13
There are eight Parables in
Matt.13, and not seven, as is usually held.
For the Structure of the whole chapter, see page 1336.
The Parables themselves, apart
from their respective contexts, may be thus exhibited: -
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A | B | 3-9. The Sower. The seed sown broadcast in public. C | 24-30. The Tares. Good and bad together. Separated at the end of the age. D | 31:32. The Mustard Seed. One tree. E | 33. The Leaven. Hid in the meal. A | E | 44. The Treasure. Hid in a field. D | 45,46. The Goodly Pearls. One Pearl. C | 47-50. The Drag-net. Good and bad together. Separated at the end of the age. B | 52. The Scribe. The treasures shown to those in the house of private.
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A B, C, D, E: To the multitudes " out of the house".
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, D, C,
& B : To the Disciples within
the house.
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The above Structures exhibits
the eight Parables as a whole. But without disturbing these
correspondences, the four spoken outside the house and the four
spoken "within the house" have their own separate Structures (Introversions
like the Structure of the whole), corresponding with the other: -
The first four, outside the house. (Apparent failure.)
A | F | The Sower. Three kinds of bad ground.
G | The Tares. Grow till harvest. . . . . . . . . . . {in the earth}
G | The Mustard Seed. When it is grown. . . . {in the earth}
F | The Leaven. Three leavened measures.
The last four, within the
house. (Hidden purpose.)
A | H | The Treasure in the field.
J | The Goodly Pearls. . . . . . . . . . {in the sea}
J | The Good and Bad Fish. . . . . . {in the sea}
H | The Treasure in the house.
The Four Parables outside the
house, spoken to the multitudes, seem therefore to call for an exoteric
interpretation; while the four spoken within the house call for an esoteric
interpretation.
In this case, the first four would find their interpretation in the three proclamations of John the Baptist, the Lord Jesus, and "them that heard Him" (see Ap 95); the Leaven and the Tares showing the secret cause of the failure which led to the postponement of the Kingdom, while the Mustard Tree would exhibit the external consequences.
The latter four would find their interpretation in "the secrets of the kingdom of heavens" (Ap 114), showing that notwithstanding the apparent (outward) failure, God, all the while, has His hidden purpose concerning the Remnant, His peculiar treasure hidden: the earthly calling, in the field (which is the world), and "the heavenly calling", "in the house"; and the end of the age would exhibit the one "pearl of great price": the Remnant, according to the Election of Grace, on the one hand, and the "good and bad" receiving their awards on the other.
WBSG would like to credit Misty Hodges for the transcribing work on this appendix.
In His Service:
Nick Goggin
Watchmen Bible Study Group
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