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  1. Harvest 1874

    The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, Part 3

    The Rich Young Man Whom Jesus Loved “To properly understand the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard it must be studied, like all Scripture, with reference to its context. And to do this in the present instance it is necessary to go back to the previous chapter. (The division is at an...
  2. Harvest 1874

    The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, Part 2

    Two Erroneous Solutions Two very ingenious, but, to our understanding, erroneous, solutions of these difficulties are worth a moment's attention. The main difficulty of the parable is, of course, the apparent injustice of giving all the laborers the same wage. And to escape this difficulty some...
  3. Harvest 1874

    The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, Part 1

    “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace...
  4. Hidden In Him

    Parable Of The Wicked Husbandmen

    Greetings all. Wanted to create a thread to discuss this with everyone, but especially those who believe the Lord is done with Israel in the prophetic scheme of things. I am sending an invite especially to those I know who hold this position (sorry if I forgot anyone), but all are invited to...
  5. Harvest 1874

    The Parable of the Pounds, Part 2

    Luke 19:11-27 Christian character cannot grow and develop in the neglect of the very means which God has provided for its perfecting. In such neglect a spiritual decline is sure to set in; and the more persistent and long-continued is the neglect, the less realized is the decline and the less...
  6. Harvest 1874

    The Parable of the Pounds, Part 1

    Luke 19:11-27 "He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much."--Luke 16:10. The Parable of the Pounds and the Parable of the Talents, as companion parables, illustrate from different standpoints the responsibilities...
  7. Harvest 1874

    The Parable of the Talents, Part 2

    MUCH GIVEN, MUCH REQUIRED Those who have several talents let them see to it that they too are faithful to the extent of their abilities, not being content to do merely what the one-talented man can do or ought to do. Such a one would not be a good and faithful servant, and could not expect the...
  8. Harvest 1874

    The Parable of the Talents, Part 1

    HOW SHALL WE PAY OUR VOWS? This is an important question with all the truly consecrated, and one surely of paramount importance. Let us consider, then, that when we consecrated ourselves fully to the Lord, we thereby signified that we would hold nothing back for self. That consecration included...
  9. Harvest 1874

    The Only Way, Part 11

    The “SECOND STEP” entering the Tabernacle proper. “You shall make a screen for the door of the tabernacle, woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver.” (Exod 26: 36) This door (the “First Vail”) represents our Lord even as the “Entrance Curtain” to the...
  10. Harvest 1874

    The Parable of the Wedding Feast, Part 4

    THE WEEPING AND GNASHING OF TEETH The ultimate consequence of not responding to the call, and not putting on a wedding garment, is "weeping and gnashing of teeth." This difficult phrase appears seven times in the New Testament — six times in Matthew, once in Luke. The account in Luke provides...
  11. Harvest 1874

    The Parable of the Wedding Feast, Part 3

    THE WEDDING GARMENT A crucial point in the parable is the absence of a wedding garment. There has been much speculation as to the source of the wedding garment. Some declare it was the custom in Jesus’ day to present wedding guests with garments. However there is little evidence to support such...
  12. Harvest 1874

    The Parable of the Wedding Feast, Part 2

    TWO CRISIS In the parable Jesus dramatized two crises his followers must experience. THE FIRST CRISIS is God’s calling, viz. “But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.”(1...
  13. Harvest 1874

    The Parable of the Wedding Feast, Part 1

    “And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said: “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come. Again, he sent out other servants...
  14. Harvest 1874

    The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats, Part 5

    Then follows the message to those on the left--"Depart from me ye cursed (condemned)"--condemned, as unfit vessels for the glory and honor of life, which chose not to yield to the molding and shaping influences of divine love. When these my brethren (the world of mankind then raised) were...
  15. Harvest 1874

    The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats, Part 4

    The dead nations when again brought into existence will need food, and raiment, and shelter. However great may have been their possessions in this life, death will have brought all to a common level; the infant and the old man, the millionaire and the pauper, the learned and the unlearned, the...
  16. Harvest 1874

    The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats, Part 3

    The gradual work of separating sheep and goats will require all of the Millennial Age for its accomplishment. During that age, each individual as he comes gradually to knowledge of God and his will, by conforming or not conforming thereto takes his place at the right hand of favor, or the left...
  17. Harvest 1874

    The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats, Part 2

    APPLICATION OF THIS PARABLE Next follows a description of the work of the Millennial Age. "Before Him shall be gathered all nations" This means all the people of the world outside of the Lord's holy nation, His peculiar people, the Church. Everybody except the Church will be before His great...
  18. Harvest 1874

    The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats, Part 1

    “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right...
  19. Harvest 1874

    The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares, Part 5

    Continued from previous post. VERSE 41 “The Son of man (A title of high honor, a reminder of his obedience, even to the death of the cross, by which he secured the title to the honor, dignity and power of the divine nature) shall send (Christ is superintending the harvest; he sends) forth his...
  20. Harvest 1874

    The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares, Part 4

    Continued from previous post. VERSE 36 “Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us (A special request for interpretation) the parable (In every parable explained by our Lord, the thing said is never the thing meant.) of...