PA saints outline
From Sensus Plenior
What is it?
- Not opinion, but observation
- Not free-for-all allegory but exegesis
What is free-for-all allegory?
| Author | Mustard |
|---|---|
| Bailey | Mustard seed proverbial for great growth of kingdom. In OT trees are an image of great kingdoms with worldwide impact. Birds of air may symbolise Gentiles. No referent for man or field. |
| Barbieri | Sphere of professing followers would grow into a large entity. No referent for man, tree or field. |
| Blomberg | No referent for man, mustard seed or field. Birds of the air may refer to predominantly Gentile peoples |
| Carson | No referent for man, mustard seed or field. Mustard seed a metaphor for small beginning. |
| Davies and Allison | No referent for man, mustard seed or field. Did Matthew think of the birds of the air as standing for Gentiles? One guesses that he did. |
| Dodd | Tree is a symbol for a great empire offering political protection to its subject-states. Process of obscure development is at an end. The Kingdom of God is here: birds are flocking to find shelter in shade of tree. |
| Ellisen | No referent for man, mustard seed, field, tree or birds. Focus on growth. |
| France | No referent for man, mustard seed, field. Tree may refer to great empire. Birds of heaven may be symbolic of all the nations. |
| Hagner | No referents given. |
| Hunter | Tree a symbol for world-wide empire embracing all peoples. Birds of the air a rabbinic name for the Gentiles. No referent for man, mustard seed or his field. |
| Jeremias | Tree symbolises world power. “Birds of the air” is an eschatological technical term for the incorporation of the Gentiles into the people of God. |
| Lockyer | The man is the Son of Man, the field is the world and the seed is that sown on Pentecost. Tree refers to ecclesiastical and religious-political systems and birds, of the air symbolise Satan and his evil forces. |
| Luz | In light of previous parable, the person who sows is understood as the Son of Man and the field as the world. Birds of the air may conceivably be Gentiles. |
| Kingsbury | Field alludes to Israel. Man that sowed refers to Jesus. Tree a picture of a mighty empire and birds of the air is a veiled reference to Gentiles. |
| Kistemaker | Mustard seed is effectively the message of salvation. Christianity has become a tree that provides shelter for people everywhere. |
| Nolland | Jesus must be the sower. No other referents. |
| Snodgrass | Mustard seed analogous to Jesus’ proclamation of the kingdom. Seems to prefer no other referents. |
| Toussaint | Tree and birds can be connected to growth in number of those who will be heirs of the kingdom. |
| Turner | No specific referents. |
| Walvoord | Number of true Christians and professing Christians will increase. |
| Wenham | No specific referents. |
| Wiersbe | Tree is a symbol of world power. Birds taken as negative. |
Table borrowed from "Collective meaning and specific, prophetic reference in the parables of Matthew 13" by Jacob Jan Scholtz, Stellenbosch University [1]
This is not free-for-all allegory
A metaphor is ALWAYS the same.
(Mt 13:31-32; Mr 4:30-32; Lk 13:18-19)
- Mt 13:31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
- Mt 13:32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
- Mt 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
- Mr 4:30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
- Mr 4:31 [It is] like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
- Mr 4:32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
- Lu 13:18 ¶ Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
- Lu 13:19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
- Lu 17:6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
Hidden wisdom
Mustard σίναπι 'sinapi' ÷ אסנפר 'sinapir' = thorn or ÷ אסון 'aws-sone' mishap, bruise אפי 'api' [by] anger
* bride, those taught by Christ ז * revealed ר * flesh ע
* bride, those taught by Christ ז * associate, friend, evil, bad, shouting, roar, wicked, purpose, thought רע
* crown, flange, alien, laden with guilt זר * flesh ע
* stirred, lifted up, bride's flesh זע * revealed ר
Contents
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least of the seed Jesus was the least among the seed since he served us all [1]
- herb: Jesus is the herb. The herbs were given to men to eat (Ge 1:29) and the body of Christ is the greatest thing men can eat (Mr 14:22).
- eat: learn (Jer 15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.)
- tree: The cross is the tree upon which Christ hung (Ga 3:13).
- air: The spirit (same word) רוח ruwach
- birds: Those who live in the spirit rest in the cross. Heb 4:10
Ps 104:14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
Retelling the mystery
An example of The Kingdom of Heaven (the New Jerusalem or the new Teaching of peace) is Christ, "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:" (Php 2:6) instead became the least among men by serving us all with his death on the cross. He offered himself even unto death in order to redeem us. He hung on the cross as the ultimate expression of the love of God, and we can rest in him.⚫ There are seven layers of meaning derived by the scoping of your view.
- 1. Themes and motifs are spread across the whole Bible.
- 2. Vignettes are portions of scripture which are individual narratives concerning Christ. There may be vignettes within vignettes.
- 3. Sentences may contain vignettes
- 4. Words
- 5. Subroots
- 6. Letters of the alphabet
- 7. Strokes within the letters
