Matthew 13

world kosmos = mankind. (See Scofield "Matthew 4:8") .

kingdom (See Scofield "Matthew 3:2") .

devil

Satan. Br. diabolos, accuser. See note, Matthew 16:23 ; Genesis 3:1 ; Revelation 20:10 . (See Scofield "Revelation 20:10") .

angels (See Scofield "Hebrews 1:4") .

Son of man (See Scofield "Matthew 8:20") .

angels (See Scofield "Hebrews 1:4") .

kingdom (See Scofield "Matthew 3:2") .

them which do Sin. (See Scofield "Romans 3:23") .

Then

The kingdom does not become the kingdom of the "Father" until Christ, having "put all enemies under his feet," including the last enemy, death, has "delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father" 1 Corinthians 15:24-28 ; Revelation 20:2 . There is triumph over death at the first resurrection 1 Corinthians 15:54 1 Corinthians 15:55 but death, "the last enemy," is not destroyed till the end of the millennium. Revelation 20:14 .

righteous (See Scofield "Romans 10:10") , Also, Colossians 3:4 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10

kingdom

2 hid

The interpretation of the parable of the treasure, which makes the buyer of the field to be a sinner who is seeking Christ, has no warrant in the parable itself. The field is defined (v. 38) to be the world. The seeking sinner does not buy, but forsakes, the world to win Christ. Furthermore, the sinner has nothing to sell, nor is Christ for sale, nor is He hidden in a field, nor, having found Christ, does the sinner hide Him again (cf) Mark 7:24 ; Acts 4:20 . At every point the interpretation breaks down.

Our Lord is the buyer at the awful cost of His blood 1 Peter 1:18, and Israel, especially Ephraim Jeremiah 31:5-12 Jeremiah 31:18-20 the lost tribes hidden in "the field," the world (v. 38), is the treasure ; Exodus 19:5 ; Psalms 135:4 . Again, as in the separation of tares and wheat, the angels are used ; Matthew 24:31 ; Jeremiah 16:16 . The divine Merchantman buys the field (world) for the sake of the treasure (v. 44) Romans 11:28, beloved for the fathers' sakes, and yet to be restored and saved. The note of joy (v. 44) is also that of the prophets in view of Israel's restoration. ; Deuteronomy 30:9 ; Isaiah 49:13 ; 52:1-3 ; 62:4-7 Isaiah 65:18 Isaiah 65:19 .

(See "Israel,") Genesis 11:10 ; Romans 11:26 .

kingdom (See Scofield "Matthew 3:2")

pearls

The true Church, "one body" formed by the Holy Spirit 1 Corinthians 12:12 1 Corinthians 12:13 . As Israel is the hid treasure, so the Church is the pearl of great cost. Covering the same period of time as the mysteries of the kingdom, is the mystery of the Church ; Romans 16:25 Romans 16:26 ; Ephesians 3:3-10 ; Ephesians 5:32 . Of the true Church a pearl is a perfect symbol:

(1) A pearl is one, a perfect symbol of unity 1 Corinthians 10:17 ; 1 Corinthians 12:12 1 Corinthians 12:13 ; Ephesians 4:4-6 .

(2) a pearl is formed by the accretion, and that not mechanically, but vitally, through a living one, as Christ adds to the Church Acts 2:41 Acts 2:47 ; 5:14 ; 11:24 ; Ephesians 2:21 ; Colossians 2:19 .

(3) Christ, having given Himself for the pearl, is now preparing it for presentation to Himself Ephesians 5:25-27 . The kingdom is not the Church, but the true children of the kingdom during the fulfilment of these mysteries, baptized by one Spirit into one body 1 Corinthians 12:12 1 Corinthians 12:13 compose the true Church, the pearl.

kingdom (See Scofield "Matthew 3:2") .

the kingdom of heaven

The parable of the Net ( (Greek - daimonivzomai -net) presents another view from that of the wheat and tares of the mysteries of the kingdom as the sphere of profession, but with this difference: there Satan was the active agent; here the admixture is more the result of the tendency of a movement to gather to itself that which is not really of it). The kingdom of heaven is like a net which, cast into the sea of humanity, gathers of every kind, good and bad, and these remain together in the net (v. 49) and not merely in the sea, until the end of the age. It is not even a converted net, much less a converted sea. Infinite violence has been done to sound exegesis by the notion that the world is to be converted in this age. Against that notion stands our Lord's own interpretation of the parables of the Sower, the Wheat and Tares, and the Net.

Such, then, is the mystery form of the kingdom. (See Scofield "Matthew 3:2") . See Scofield " Matthew 6:33 ". It is the sphere of Christian profession during this age. It is a mingled body of true and false, wheat and tares, good and bad. It is defiled by formalism, doubt, and worldliness. But within it Christ sees the true children of the true kingdom who, at the end, are to "shine forth as the sun." In the great field, the world, He sees the redeemed of all ages, but especially His hidden Israel, yet to be restored and blessed, Also, in this form of the kingdom, so unlike that which is to be, He sees the Church, His body and bride, and for joy He sells all that He has 2 Corinthians 8:9 and buys the field, the treasure, and the pearl.

heaven (See Scofield "Matthew 3:2")

end of the consummation of the age. Matthew 24:3 .

James

Son of Alphaeus. (See Scofield "Matthew 4:21")