Jesus often used farming analogies to relate to the people around Him. The harvest is an important time. As He talks to the disciples about being fishers of men and sowing and reaping, they didn’t always understand but the message sunk in eventually. Sometimes he clearly explained his parables as he did to the apostles about the parable of the good soil. In this post we discuss what Jesus said after His encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well. It’s time for the harvest.
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Growth of the Kingdom
God’s Kingdom continues to grow. Jesus tells a few parables of what the Kingdom of God, or the Kingdom of heaven, is like. These parables describe the growth of God’s kingdom and the spread of the gospel.
Continue reading “Growth of the Kingdom”Beware of the Tares
What is a tare anyways? Today the word is used as the measure of an empty container before weighing the substance of interest. In some ways this could be fitting. But, in biblical times, it is a type of young weed among grain that resembles the grain. It is an imposter. It is a weed that becomes more like a vine and wraps around the other plants and is hard to remove without hurting the grain plants. There are many people like that.
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The second chapter of Ruth reveals the character of Ruth and of Boaz. Ruth meets Boaz as she is gleaning wheat in his field during the harvest. The culture in Israel allows the poor to go to fields and “glean,” or basically pick up the scraps in a field during the harvest. A landowner is to leave the corners of the field so that the poor can come and collect grain for their family. Also, anything that the harvesters drop is free for the poor to collect. What a great welfare system! Continue reading “Ruth 2: Showing Character”
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