Kingdom Parables

M. M. NINAN
2.2. RULES LAID DOWN
This parable was interpreted for us by the master himself. In so doing he
laid down the basic principles of interpreting his parables of the secrets
of the Kingdom of Heaven. We have seen that these principles are:
1. The symbols are to be identified by the Bible itself.
2. Then it is to be interpreted in the context and relevance called for by
the algorithm.
In order to show that his was the method employed by Jesus, we will for
the present forget the interpretation as given by the master. We will
employ the principles to reinterpret this parable and then compare the
results.
We will first of all try y to identify the various symbols used in the
parable.
2.3 THE SOWER AND THE PERIODS OF SOWING
Nowhere in the Scripture (Except in one place which is disused below)
the Lord, the Word or the Son of Man is symbolized as a sower. In the
one place of exception God says, "I will Sow" and this refers to the
coming of Jesus and of the anti-Christ. Both should come out of the
Jews. Thus in Jer. 31:27 it says,
27 "The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will sow the house of Israel
and the house of Judah with the offspring of men and of beast.". Thus since Jesus
is the seed - the Word the sower is God himself . Others who are in the
world going about sowing are his servants.
The scripture clearly says that God is the provider of the seed and the
bread. Both symbolizes Jesus , the Word of God.
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