Kingdom Parables

THE KINGDOM PARABLES
18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my
Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
This repetition is to be expected because the Gentile period is coming to
a close. This phenomenon of outpouring of the Spirit is going to be a a
whole sale affair. Jesus is looking for pearls.
Pearls are produced inside an oyster due to constant irritations produced
by a grain of sand, It secretes a fluid which covers and gradually
smoothens it out into a pearl. It is the picture of the believer who is a
grain of sand - man made out of common earth, worldly in his soul
outlook, sinful by nature. It is a great pain for Jesus. From the suffering
of Jesus on the Cross of Calvary, the sinner is covered with the very
blood so that he becomes a thing of beauty and joy for ever. It takes
time for a pearl to be formed inside the oyster shell. Saints are not made
overnight. It is the ongoing process of Christian growth that produce
the Christian. Once it is formed, it converts ordinary light into myriads
of shapes and colors.
Pear is also indicative of the bride. As the bride is adorned with most
expensive and beautiful pearls, so is the Church, the bride of the Lamb
adorned with the Holy Spirit. 1 Peter 3: 3 Your beauty should not come
from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold
jewelry and fine clothes.
4 Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a
gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight." "Rev. 21:
9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last
plagues came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife
of the Lamb."
10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high,
and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven
from God.
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