Kingdom Parables
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THE KINGDOM PARABLES<br />
2.4 THE SEED<br />
We have already seen that Jesus is the seed of the <strong>Kingdom</strong> of Heaven.<br />
Jesus, the Word of God, is like the seed, which given proper conditions<br />
in a soil could sprout, grow to maturity, and give rise to abundance of<br />
fruit. The provider of the seed is God himself.<br />
The King James Version of 1 Jn 3:9 reads like this: Whoever born of<br />
God doth not commit sin, for his seed (Jesus/The Word) remaineth in<br />
him and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.<br />
1 Peter 1:23 says: 23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of<br />
imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.<br />
and it ends up in verse 25 as: "that word is good news which was preached to<br />
you.’<br />
The word seed is generally used to denote progeny throughout the Bible.<br />
Thus<br />
Gen 22:17 I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven18 And in thy seed<br />
shall all nations of the world be blessed<br />
referring here to Jesus as the seed of the woman.<br />
In King James version semen is rendered as the seed of copulation. This<br />
seed evidently is the potent power of creation. Thus the seed of the<br />
<strong>Kingdom</strong> of Heaven is the seed of the begotten Son of God, the living<br />
Word or the potent power of all creation, and the written Word of God.<br />
2.5 THE GROUND<br />
Ground in general symbolizes the world, the human heart or man<br />
himself - his body and soul (excluding the spirit). Evidently man is taken<br />
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