Part 3 The Rabbi -
The New Method of Teaching....
The New Mystery form of the Kingdom - The "Church Age"
1. The Sower -
- Good Ground
- Wayside
- Stony Ground
- Thorny Ground
2. The Wheat and the Tares
- Wheat represents believers in the Church Age.
- Tares represent unbelievers in the Church Age.
3. The Mustard Seed -Seed is the Gospel
- Kingdom - Mystery form (Christian Church)
- Over grown tree is Christendom (Christianity in all it's forms)
- Birds are agents of Satan resting in the tree (the Church)
4. The Leaven within the Batch of Dough -
- Church divided into three portions:
- Roman Catholicism
- Protestantism
- Eastern Orthodox
- Leaven - symbolic of sin and false doctrine within the Church
5. The Hidden Treasure -
The treasure is the Remnant of Israel
6. The Pearl of Great Price -
The Church - the body of believers of the Gospel Age
7. The Dragnet -
The kingdom program of separation of believing Jews and Gentiles from the rest of the world.