"Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world."
Today's lesson verifies that Jesus did not intend for the masses of people who followed Him to understand what He was preaching since His new law would, and could not take affect until after He had successfully completed His sacrificial ordeal, thereby fulfilling the old law.
It behooves us to understand that Jesus did not teach Christianity as it is taught today. It would have made no sense at that time, seeing that there had not yet been made a soul saving, sin remitting sacrifice. Jesus was preaching to those who would have no purpose for conversion until He had fully provided that which is required, through faith, to attain redemption everlasting life. The completed virgin birth, life, death, burial, resurrection and ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ.~
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