“THE 41 PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST”
28 general parables and 13 kingdom of heaven
parables
Parable
#12 – “The Net”
Matthew 13:47-50
The
7th of the 13 kingdom of heaven parables
“v47 Again, the kingdom of heaven
is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every
kind: v48 Which, when it was full,
they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels,
but cast the bad away. v49 So
shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth,
and sever the wicked from among the just, v50 And
shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and
gnashing of teeth.” (Matthew 13:47-50)
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.
#3. The
church age of approximately 2,000 years
#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 70th week.
the kingdom of heaven = see above diagram
a net = God’s net
for his harvest of people at the end of the world
the sea = this is
the world of people … the sea of people.
In the natural, imagine a fishing net that could be
cast into the actual sea … so as to scoop up every living creature and fish in
it. Likewise, God will scoop up every person into his net to be judged.
every kind = all races
… like the song says “red and yellow, black and white”
when it was full = how full
is full? Every living and dead person are all gathered into the net
gathered the good = like an inspector at the fish markets, picking
out the good fish from the bad ones
cast the bad away = … tossing out the bad fish into the bin … in this
parable, the bin will be the fires of hell
the end of the world = the end of
the seven years of tribulation. The good will be raptured/ gathered (Matthew
24:40-41) … just before Revelation chapter 19 with the return of the Lord Jesus
Christ.
“Then shall two be in the field; the one
shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill;
the one shall be taken, and the other left.” (Matthew 24:40-41)
This will be a rapture of people just before the
second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. This is NOT the rapture
that happens just before the seven years of tribulation.
the angels = like
inspectors in a sea food factory
sever = severe … a
brutal separation … there will be no emotion attached to this
severing process
furnace of fire = fires of
hell
APPLICATION
TO CHRISTIANS
A
Christian’s scooping up occurs at the rapture before the seven years of
tribulation.
At the seven
year harvest, there will be no Christians … only those who have persevered to
the end. There will be of course, a harvest of the persevering ones (Matthew
24:40) just before the return of Christ at his 2nd coming.
Harley Hitchcock
October 2023
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“THE
41 PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST”
28
general parables and 13 kingdom of God parables
Parable #13 –
“THE SCRIBE HOUSEHOLDER”
Matthew
13:52The 8th of the 13 kingdom of heaven parables
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