“ARE THERE 12 OR 13
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN PARABLES?”
ANSWER: “THIRTEEN”
“… he unto
them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed
unto THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN is like unto a man that is an householder,
which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and
old.”
(Matt 13:52)
With
stacks of parables in the Bible, tradition
accepts only twelve kingdom parables. But has another
lain hidden
… escaping detection?” If so, could it be The Householder
listed between
the Numbers 7 and 8?
#1. “THE SOWER” (Matt 13:1-23) #2. “THE WHEAT AND THE TARES” (Matt 13:24-30; Matt 13:36-43).
#3.
“THE MUSTARD SEED” (Matt 13:31-32). #4.
“THE LEAVEN” (Matt 13:33) #5.
“THE HID TREASURE” (Matt 13:44)
#6.
“THE PEARL” (Matt 13:45-46) #7.
“THE DRAG NET” (Matt 13:47-50)
THE
HOUSEHOLDER (Matt 13:52)
#8
“THE
UNMERCIFUL SERVANT” (Matt 18:23-35)
#9
“THE
VINEYARD LABOURERS” (Matt 20:1-16) #10 “THE MARRIAGE FEAST”
(Matt
22:1-14)
#11
“THE
TEN VIRGINS” Matt 25:1-13) #12
“THE
TALENTS” (Matt 25:14-30) … COULD THIS MAKE 13?
WHAT
ABOUT THE FOLLOWING REASONS:
1. The
householder is Christ himself, who
not only is the perfect instructed one in the
kingdom of
heaven parables, but is the instructor himself, as
evidenced by
his giving the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5-7) which is the kingdom of
heaven
manifesto with its rules and regulations contained therein.
2. The
householder, Christ, is himself, the
treasure of the Old Testament, and is also the treasure of the New
Testament.
3. In
the Old Testament Christ is ‘hidden’,
and in the New Testament Christ is revealed. How often have you
have
heard the saying “The Old is in the New revealed and the New is in the
Old
concealed.”
4. Christ
is the one who bringeth forth
his treasures old and new eg the ark in the OT is a type/foreshadow of
Christ.
The whole of the Bible is about Christ – hidden in the Old and revealed
in the
New.
5. The
description of the Sermon on the Mount,
and the 13 kingdom of heaven parables, is one of pure works.
How
appropriate that this ‘hidden’ eighth parable of the
kingdom, is
also one of works – with Christ doing all the work as the householder,
who
bringeth (constantly and continuously from the beginning at
Genesis 1 to
Revelation 22) forth new and old treasures of himself.
6. There
must be more than twelve kingdom
parables with the reasons being as follows:
a. Judas
was the 12th apostle
replaced by Matthias as the 13th, with God seeing
fit to have
13 apostles representing the 13 kingdom of heaven parables
b. Paul
is the 14th apostle born out
of due time and he represents the kingdom of God, entry into which is not
of human works (Eph 2:8-9). The works to enter are of Christ.
c. Paul,
being the 14th apostle,
has the numerics of 14 = 2 x 7 with 2 being the number of the 2nd
person of the Godhead, Jesus Christ, and 7 being the perfect number of
God
himself.
d. The
8th kingdom of heaven
parable also represents Jesus Christ who rises on the 8th
day
as the Saviour of the world, with the number 8 = 2 x 4 with #2 being
the 2nd
person of the Godhead, Christ, and 4 representing Jesus Christ from the
4th
tribe of Juda (Heb 7:14).
e. While
the 8th kingdom parable
represents Christ, it also has the double meaning of being part of
the 13 kingdom
of heaven parables which are of works. His works are now freely
available as
non-works to all.
f. This
8th kingdom parable is to be
found in Matthew 13:52. The numerics of the #13 have been
explained, but
the #52 = 4 x 13 with once again 4 representing Christ from the 4th
tribe of Juda and #13 as explained above, and this is the combination
of
kingdom of heaven works with the kingdom of God of no works, that is,
all works
(13) plus no works (4) equals the number 52.
g. For
God to be true to himself, he gave 13
parables of kingdom works, but not 14 which represents Paul’s ‘no
works’ of entry
into the kingdom of God. How could he do otherwise?
h. The
above combines the multifaceted proofs of
the dispensations, the numerics of the spiritual;
the Old
and New Testaments, along with the two kingdoms of
heaven and of
God; the 13 apostles of the kingdom of human works, and the
14th
Paul, representing ‘not of works’ (Eph 2:9).
Harley Hitchcock
www.
AustralianBibleMinistries
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“THE MIRACLES AND PARABLES
OF JESUS CHRIST”
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