Parables no 10 Hidden Treasure

“THE 41 PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST”
28 general and 13 kingdom of heaven parables
Parable #10 - “HIDDEN TREASURE”
Matthew 13:44
The 5^th of the 13 kingdom of heaven parables

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.” (Matthew 13:44)

BACKGROUND:
In 445BC, with one Bible week equating to seven years (a prophetic year being 360 days), God commanded that seventy weeks each of 7 years, would be determined upon Israel, that is … 70 weeks x 7 years = 490 years (Daniel 9:24-27).

This time frame is broken into four time periods of (a) 7 weeks + (b) 62 weeks + (c) the mystery church age of about 2,000 years + (d) 1 week = 70 weeks and is explained as follows:

#1. Seven weeks of years is 7 x 7 = 49 years … the time it takes to restore and build Jerusalem from 445BC to 396BC.

#2. Sixty two weeks of years is 62 x 7 = 434 years … the time from the building of Jerusalem in 396BC to Christ being cut off at the cross in 32AD.

#4. One week of years is 1 x 7 = 7 years … this is the seven years of tribulation of God’s wrath upon the earth, that takes place after the rapture … called Daniel’s 70^th week.

DANIEL 9:24-27
“Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city … from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks … after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off … he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week …”

hideth = Although ever-present on the world’s stage, Israel has always been ‘hidden’ as it were, until God brings it out into the open, having chosen it from all others, in sending his Son to save his people from their sins (Matthew 1:21).

In addition, Israel will also be chosen as the ‘hidden remnant’ that will have their eyes opened in the seven years of tribulation (Zechariah 12:10)

joy = the oil of the gladness of God the Father anointing Jesus Christ (Hebrews 1:9; Psalm 45:7). Furthermore, this is Christ’s joy set before him after the cross (Hebrews 12:2)

buyeth that field = God created the world … he owns it … but God also buys the world with Christ dying for the sins of the whole world … and this includes Israel.

APPLICATION TO CHRISTIANS
This parable has been wrongly used by the Calvinists aka the recently named Doctrines of Grace people.

They see ‘the treasure’ as themselves … that is the selected people in the world, where Jesus has shed his blood only for those that will be selected by Irresistible Grace.

Dear Reader, the difference is this … Israel, Jacob, was always the apple of God’s eye (Deuteronomy 32:10; Lamentations 2:18; Zechariah 2:8).