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:: 60 = three testimonies in heaven and three on earth ([[6]]) of Christ ([[10]])

=Retelling the mystery=

:[[Mt 13:1]] ¶ The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.

:On this day, Jesus spoke from the land and from the sea. He spoke of earthly things and spiritual things. First, in chapter 12, he had rebuked the Pharisees who had challenged him, then he went to the sea to speak as the Living Water. The parables he told in chapter 13, all speak of him.

:[[Mt 13:2]] And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

:Ship [[אניה]] is the same word as sorrow [[אניה]] .

:Shore [[שפה]] also means brink [[שפה]]

The parables that he told speak of his own death. It brought him sorrow whenever he was faced with the prospect of the cross. Sitting in the boat was a sign of his sorrow.

The people stood, in the same fashion that they would when they later cried "Crucify him!" and as they did at the cross.

The people stood on the shore... on the brink between condemneation and justification. If Jesus had chosen not to die on the cross, they would be condemned.

:[[Mt 13:3]] And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

Hidden in the parable was ancient wisdom:

:[[Ps 78:2]] I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings [riddles] of old:

The Son of God went forth to reveal himself to man.

:[[Mt 13:4]] And when he sowed, some [seeds] fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

He revealed himself through the things that are made (Ro 1.18ff) and those who would be saved ate what they could of the Word, but the seed was not mature, so they did not receive his body of flesh. These are those who looked for a city not made with hands.

:[[Mt 13:5]] Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

Then he revealed himself to Israel and led them out of Egypt. And they rejoiced at being set free from Egypt.

:[[Mt 13:6]] And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

But their love for God withered in the heat of the desert as the holiness of God was revealed. They had loved God merely for rescuing them, but they did not know him as their God.

:[[Mt 13:7]] And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

Then he revealed himself in the flesh among the people he cared for. And they rose up and killed him.

:[[Mt 13:8]] But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

Finally, he revealed himself in resurrection, and brought his purified bride with him. Together they were fruitful. Together they testified as the church, as God's spiritual and earthly testimony, and as the testimony of God himself.

Parable of the Sower

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