Matthew 13:10 "And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?"Jesus disciples turned to Christ and asked Him, why are you speaking in parables, in riddles that they can not understand?
Matthew 13:11 "He answered and said unto them, "Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
"What is a mystery? It is something that is unknown. The answer may be in plain sight, only if you cannot put all the details together, and take all the clues and give an understanding to them, you do not know.
There are things dealing with the kingdom of heaven that seem foolish to mankind, and will always remain hidden, unless the Spirit of the Living God reveals them to you.
Every Parable has both "Meaning and Significance" If you intend to understand Parables you must first understand that everyone contains at least one
Parabolic Image. Who's meaning and significance is Concealed in, and Revealed.
Example: In the Parable of the Sower the central Parabolic Image is the "SEED" that the sower sows.
Every Parable has a corresponding Hebrew Idiom (figure of speech ) that will give each Parable a deeper meaning and help one in the understanding of the significance.
In this case the Hebrew Idiom is "Raise up a Seed" ......{Voice of Elijah Ministries}
There are many Hebrew Idioms that will give the deeper student a better understanding of Gods Word. They are used often in Gods words to protect both the Word .... from the unsaved ear and Saved student, who is yet in the milk of the Word, hearing but not understanding.
Without the spirit of the Father one can read the Words but will never fully understand the meaning and the significance.
Another Example of a Hebrew Idiom is found in: Gen 9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. " To see your fathers (ones)Nakedness" is a Hebrew idiom meaning to lie (have sex) with your fathers wife.
This same idiom is used in the Lev.18 about ones sister,mother ect. Matthew 13:12 "For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath."What are we talking about here? The Word of God!
If a certain amount is given to you, can you sow it, and replant it in someones mind? If you do not sow the Word of God in another persons mind, then God will take the understanding that He has given you, and and He will allow you to become deceived in the ways of the world, just as if you never received the Word in the first place. If you have a truth, share it with someone else, or you will lose it.
However take heed here that it is Gods truth you are planting and not mens words and traditions. All will reap what they sow.
Do not sow false teachings. Matthew 13:13 "Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand."Matthew 13:14 "And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith,
By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
"This was prophesied by Isaiah in Isaiah 6:9, 10; "And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. [9] Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.[10]."Isaiah 6:10 Hebrew; Septuagint 'You will be ever hearing, but never understanding; / you will be ever seeing, but never perceiving.' / 10 This people's heart has become calloused; / they hardly hear with their ears, / and they have closed their eyes
Our Father has sent us His Son, and He performed many great miracles in their sight, and yet these blind and dumb scribes and Pharisees, after seeing and hearing Christ with His many wonderful acts yelled out, "show us a sign". Though they saw with their eyes and heard with their ears, they understood nothing that was going on around them.
Their minds were closed, and they perceived nothing. Jesus is saying it here, Paul said it later, and the prophet Isaiah said it five hundred years prior to Jesus Christ's birth; "these people" are in a stupor. Nothing has changed it is and will continue to be the same until Christ returns.
We are warned of the same things in the End Times even though we have the Word of God religious teachers preachers everywhere we turn.
The whole world except the Elect will believe a lie, the great delusion, of the tribulation and follow a fake christ they will not see or hear the warning. Matthew 13:15 " For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."Jesus gave us many prophesies and rich teachings, as He walked upon the earth, and all the time these scribes and Pharisees, stumbling after Christ missed the whole thing. It's like they went to the ball game, and were more concerned with the lead in the paint on the scoreboard, then the score posted.
It was written long ago, many times, by the prophets, and in the sky that the Messiah would come, and when He came He performed the prophesies, and performed the miracles so that those with eyes to see and ears to hear would understand. God didn't close their eyes, they closed them themselves, then God sent the stupor.
They made the choice, and then God acted on their choice. This is also what will happen again very shortly. Those who choose to study and know the truth will be sealed in their minds with the understanding of God and His prophecies of the end times, And those who choose to believe Satan's lies, God will send them into a stupor, and they will be deceived.Revelation 9:4; "And it was commanded them [Satan's locust army of fallen angels] that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads."The reason for God allowing this stupor to come over even Christians, is for their own protection.
This is what is discussed in Hebrews 5:11, 12; that they become dull of hearing, until the time of teaching.
That time is the Millennium Age, for if they understood now, and committed the unpardonable sin, that time would be closed to them. Matthew 13:16 "But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear."Jesus is speaking to his disciples, His elect even to this last generation. Matthew 13:17 "For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them."Christ is the subject here, He is the one that did the great works of healing and teaching, and it is He that all those prophets of old have desired to see and hear in person.
The prophets heard the words of God in parables, and in most cases they wrote, and did understand what they were writing, because it was prophecy, to be understood at the right time. When Jesus walked, healed and taught, He did things in a simple way, by using parables. When He healed, there was a lesson in the healing. When men watch and here these things, and do not understand, it is not intended for them to understand
.However some of you have a destiny and purpose, When the Word is explained it then comes to life in your mind. That is how it is for those who have eyes to see In Mark 4:13 it is written; "And He said unto them, "Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?" If you don't understand this parable of the sower, then how will you understand any of His parables? The answer is you won't. All the parables dealing with the sower are all tied together,So it is that to fully understand both meaning and significance of the Parables one must have Eyes to see....Ears to hear....And heart to understand...if you are missing any of these the meaning of the Parables will escape you, and to fully understand there significance you need to be ready to leave the milk behind and get into the meat (deeper things) of the Word.
Understanding Hebrew Idioms is a good and necessary place to start.There are literly 100's of Hebrew Idioms in scripture here is a link to some simple ones though it lacks any indepth meanings it will give you a general idea of what some are. http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/24_idioms.htmlhttp://www.christianityboard.com/new-testa...ioms-t1280.html
Matthew 13:11 "He answered and said unto them, "Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
"What is a mystery? It is something that is unknown. The answer may be in plain sight, only if you cannot put all the details together, and take all the clues and give an understanding to them, you do not know.
There are things dealing with the kingdom of heaven that seem foolish to mankind, and will always remain hidden, unless the Spirit of the Living God reveals them to you.
Every Parable has both "Meaning and Significance" If you intend to understand Parables you must first understand that everyone contains at least one
Parabolic Image. Who's meaning and significance is Concealed in, and Revealed.
Example: In the Parable of the Sower the central Parabolic Image is the "SEED" that the sower sows.
Every Parable has a corresponding Hebrew Idiom (figure of speech ) that will give each Parable a deeper meaning and help one in the understanding of the significance.
In this case the Hebrew Idiom is "Raise up a Seed" ......{Voice of Elijah Ministries}
There are many Hebrew Idioms that will give the deeper student a better understanding of Gods Word. They are used often in Gods words to protect both the Word .... from the unsaved ear and Saved student, who is yet in the milk of the Word, hearing but not understanding.
Without the spirit of the Father one can read the Words but will never fully understand the meaning and the significance.
Another Example of a Hebrew Idiom is found in: Gen 9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. " To see your fathers (ones)Nakedness" is a Hebrew idiom meaning to lie (have sex) with your fathers wife.
This same idiom is used in the Lev.18 about ones sister,mother ect. Matthew 13:12 "For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath."What are we talking about here? The Word of God!
If a certain amount is given to you, can you sow it, and replant it in someones mind? If you do not sow the Word of God in another persons mind, then God will take the understanding that He has given you, and and He will allow you to become deceived in the ways of the world, just as if you never received the Word in the first place. If you have a truth, share it with someone else, or you will lose it.
However take heed here that it is Gods truth you are planting and not mens words and traditions. All will reap what they sow.
Do not sow false teachings. Matthew 13:13 "Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand."Matthew 13:14 "And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith,
By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
"This was prophesied by Isaiah in Isaiah 6:9, 10; "And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. [9] Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.[10]."Isaiah 6:10 Hebrew; Septuagint 'You will be ever hearing, but never understanding; / you will be ever seeing, but never perceiving.' / 10 This people's heart has become calloused; / they hardly hear with their ears, / and they have closed their eyes
Our Father has sent us His Son, and He performed many great miracles in their sight, and yet these blind and dumb scribes and Pharisees, after seeing and hearing Christ with His many wonderful acts yelled out, "show us a sign". Though they saw with their eyes and heard with their ears, they understood nothing that was going on around them.
Their minds were closed, and they perceived nothing. Jesus is saying it here, Paul said it later, and the prophet Isaiah said it five hundred years prior to Jesus Christ's birth; "these people" are in a stupor. Nothing has changed it is and will continue to be the same until Christ returns.
We are warned of the same things in the End Times even though we have the Word of God religious teachers preachers everywhere we turn.
The whole world except the Elect will believe a lie, the great delusion, of the tribulation and follow a fake christ they will not see or hear the warning. Matthew 13:15 " For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."Jesus gave us many prophesies and rich teachings, as He walked upon the earth, and all the time these scribes and Pharisees, stumbling after Christ missed the whole thing. It's like they went to the ball game, and were more concerned with the lead in the paint on the scoreboard, then the score posted.
It was written long ago, many times, by the prophets, and in the sky that the Messiah would come, and when He came He performed the prophesies, and performed the miracles so that those with eyes to see and ears to hear would understand. God didn't close their eyes, they closed them themselves, then God sent the stupor.
They made the choice, and then God acted on their choice. This is also what will happen again very shortly. Those who choose to study and know the truth will be sealed in their minds with the understanding of God and His prophecies of the end times, And those who choose to believe Satan's lies, God will send them into a stupor, and they will be deceived.Revelation 9:4; "And it was commanded them [Satan's locust army of fallen angels] that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads."The reason for God allowing this stupor to come over even Christians, is for their own protection.
This is what is discussed in Hebrews 5:11, 12; that they become dull of hearing, until the time of teaching.
That time is the Millennium Age, for if they understood now, and committed the unpardonable sin, that time would be closed to them. Matthew 13:16 "But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear."Jesus is speaking to his disciples, His elect even to this last generation. Matthew 13:17 "For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them."Christ is the subject here, He is the one that did the great works of healing and teaching, and it is He that all those prophets of old have desired to see and hear in person.
The prophets heard the words of God in parables, and in most cases they wrote, and did understand what they were writing, because it was prophecy, to be understood at the right time. When Jesus walked, healed and taught, He did things in a simple way, by using parables. When He healed, there was a lesson in the healing. When men watch and here these things, and do not understand, it is not intended for them to understand
.However some of you have a destiny and purpose, When the Word is explained it then comes to life in your mind. That is how it is for those who have eyes to see In Mark 4:13 it is written; "And He said unto them, "Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?" If you don't understand this parable of the sower, then how will you understand any of His parables? The answer is you won't. All the parables dealing with the sower are all tied together,So it is that to fully understand both meaning and significance of the Parables one must have Eyes to see....Ears to hear....And heart to understand...if you are missing any of these the meaning of the Parables will escape you, and to fully understand there significance you need to be ready to leave the milk behind and get into the meat (deeper things) of the Word.
Understanding Hebrew Idioms is a good and necessary place to start.There are literly 100's of Hebrew Idioms in scripture here is a link to some simple ones though it lacks any indepth meanings it will give you a general idea of what some are. http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/24_idioms.htmlhttp://www.christianityboard.com/new-testa...ioms-t1280.html