Hiding the Kingdom of Heaven (woman, zealous, scripture, Jesus Christ)
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Matt 13:44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
Why does he hide the kingdom once he has found it? Wouldn't he want to share it?
Matt 13:44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
Why does he hide the kingdom once he has found it? Wouldn't he want to share it?
Or is it that most are not to receive it (yet)?
Thoughts?
Great question Lego. The man who who found the field in my opinion is Jesus Christ. Contrary to everything I have ever believed or been taught, but think about.
The idea is that he would sell everything he had to get that which was most valuable. He hid it again so that he could buy the field, knowing it was there and then "discover" it again after buying it. Legal precedent was that if a treasure was found, it belonged to the one who owned the land.
I don`t think the hording of the field is the message in this scripture, but the fact the field was new and a treasure which was precious, and he had to have it......Like the next scripture `the kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant man seeking goodly pearls..who when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it ...``..... See I don`t thing the legalism of hording or buying heaven is what Jesus was trying to say , but that heaven was a precious treasure which people would want at what ever cost....
The idea is that he would sell everything he had to get that which was most valuable. He hid it again so that he could buy the field, knowing it was there and then "discover" it again after buying it. Legal precedent was that if a treasure was found, it belonged to the one who owned the land.
Honestly....don't try to read too much into it.
If that is the case, that sounds like an immoral lesson.
The treasure rightly belonged to the owner of the field. The finder hid it to deprive the owner. I guess this is a lesson in "the end justifies the means"
If that is the case, that sounds like an immoral lesson.
The treasure rightly belonged to the owner of the field. The finder hid it to deprive the owner. I guess this is a lesson in "the end justifies the means"
No...it makes a point in a way that people would understand it. If the finder wanted to cheat the owner he'd have taken it and claimed he found it on his own land. But the question of the land isn't the point of the parable. He told it to make the point that we should be willing to give up everything we have for God.
selling everything you have to gain the treasure. that's the point.
Amen. The field is where the work of God is going on in the world. A man/woman gets saved in the field of His work. There is the initial joy thereof but it becomes hid. The joy comes back in time through growing in Grace and in the Knowlege of the Lord. This life long joy comes back by learning to abide in and to do the will of God in the field of His work. One must learn the art of selling all of self to God in exchange for His Life.
REV 3:18-19 I counsel you to buy of Me gold tried in the fire, that you may be rich; and white raiment, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness do not appear; and anoint your eyes with eyesalve, that you may see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent."
The exchange rate for this kind of Gold/ buying the field, is self. Sell to God your weak self and and He will give to you the Beauty of His Righteousness [Glory] and Himself.
No...it makes a point in a way that people would understand it. If the finder wanted to cheat the owner he'd have taken it and claimed he found it on his own land. But the question of the land isn't the point of the parable. He told it to make the point that we should be willing to give up everything we have for God.
A big amen!
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