Give the true meaning for each of the following parables of the Kingdom of Heaven:
Vessel (bowl or wineskin)
Vessel (bowl or wineskin): person’s heart and church
Give the true meaning for each of the following parables of the Kingdom of Heaven:
a. Net
b. Fish
a. Net: word
b. Fish: people
Give the true meaning for each of the following parables of the Kingdom of Heaven:
a. Four Living Creatures (man, ox, lion, eagle)
b. Beast:
b. Serpent (leopard, lion, bear, locust, scorpion):
a. Four living creatures: four archangels
b. Beast: person who does not understand God's word
c. Serpent (leopard, lion, bear, locust, scorpion): destroyer
Give the true meaning for each of the following parables of the Kingdom of Heaven:
a. Scale
b. Iron scepter
a. Scale: word that weighs faith and actions
b. Iron scepter: Ecclesiastical authority to rule
Give the true meaning for each of the following parables of the Kingdom of Heaven:
a. Farmer
b. Field
c. Seed
d. Tree
a. Farmer: pastor
b. Field: person’s heart and a church
c. Seed: word,
d. Tree: inner-person born again of the seed of the word
Give the true meaning for each of the following parables of the Kingdom of Heaven:
a. Death, tomb/ grave:
b. Resurrection, Breath of Life:
c. Bridegroom, Bride:
d. Widow, Orphan:
a. Death, tomb/ grave: death of one's spirit, flesh from which God's spirit left (org. of false teachings)
b. Resurrection, Breath of Life: when a spirit is made alive again, word of life
c. Bridegroom, Bride: spiriy, flesh
d. Widow, Orphan:pastor who betrayed, church members belonging to a pastor who betrayed
Give the true meaning for each of the following parables of the Kingdom of Heaven:
a. Treasure (pearl, gold)
b. Song
c. New song.
a. Treasure (pearl, gold): word of truth
b. Song: gospel
C. New song:gospel of the fulfillment
Give the true meaning for each of the following parables of the Kingdom of Heaven:
a. Water (dew, rain)
b. Spring
c. River
a. Water (dew, rain): word
b. Spring: pastor and temple
c. River: heart of disciples and evangelists
Give the true meaning for each of the following parables of the Kingdom of Heaven:
a. Jerusalem, Babylon:
b. War, Weapon:
c. Key of Heaven, Key of Hell:
d. Orthodoxy, Heresy:
a. Jerusalem, Babylon: Kingdom of the Chosen People, Gentile Kingdom of the demons
b. War, Weapon: War of Doctrines, Word of Testimony
c. Key of Heaven, Key of Hell: Wisdom to know the secrets of Heaven, Wisdom to know the secrets of Satan
d. Orthodoxy, Heresy: God and word, doctrines that are not God's word
Give the true meaning for each of the following parables of the kingdom of heaven:
a. fire
b. censer, incense
c. incense smoke
d. pot.
a. fire: word that consumes and judges
b. censer, incense: person’s heart, prayer
c. incense smoke: sound of prayers rising
d. pot: church
1)How many kinds of spiritual trees are there?
2) How many kinds of birds perch in those trees? What do each of these birds represent?
3) Who sowed the good seed and who sowed the weeds?
4)What do the fruits born of each kind of seed represent?
1) Two kinds of trees: Tree of Life, Tree of the knowledge of good and evil
2) Two kinds of birds: holy spirits, evil spirits
3) Jesus and pastors who belong to Jesus, Devil and pastors who belong to the devil
4) Sons of Heaven, Sons of Hell
Give the true meaning for each of the following parables of the Kingdom of Heaven:
a. Seal (mark):
b. Trumpet, trumpet sound:
c. Stone (white stone):
d. Idol, Food sacrificed to idols:e. Wind (living creatures, cherubim, seraphim, chariots)
a. Seal (mark): word of testimony, person who recieved the word
b. Trumpet, trumpet sound: person, sound of proclaiming
c. Stone (white stone): word of judgement and pastor
d. Idol, Food sacrificed to idols: false pastor, Knowledge/ doctrine/ Moral instruction
e. Wind (living creatures, cherubim, seraphim, chariots): Angels and Judgement
1) Give two reasons Jesus spoke in parables.
2) Explain the difference between those who understand the parables and those who do not.
1) to hide the secrets of the kingdom of heaven from the enemies, to fulfill the prophecies spoken through the Old Testament prophets
2) Those who understand the parables: receive atonement for sins and are saved.
Those who do not understand the parables: become outsiders and do not receive atonement for sins, thus are not saved
What are the six parables about heaven recorded in Mt 13?
1) A man who sowed the good seed in his field
2) A mustard seed which a man took and planted in his field
3) Yeast mixed into three measures of flour until it worked all through the dough
4) Treasure hidden in a field
5) A merchant looking for fine pearls
6) A net that was let down into the sea to catch all kinds of fish
Give the true meaning for each of the following parables of the Kingdom of Heaven:
a. Sun, Moon, Stars:
b. Cloud:
c. Tabernacle:
d. Hailstone:
e. Flashes of Lighting, Rumblings and Peals of Thunder:
f. the Way:
a. Sun, Moon, Stars: Pastors, Evangelist, and Church members who belong to Heaven
b. Cloud: symbol of the invisible spiritual world
c. Tabernacle: dwelling place
d. Hailstone: words of wrath and pastor
e. Flashes of Lighting, Rumblings and Peals of Thunder:rapid movements of spirits, sound of administration from God
f. the Way:word and pastor with the word