October 17, 2009
The lesson for today includes more parables from the mouth of our Lord. The first is the parable of the hidden treasure which a man finds and covers back up until he can buy that field where the treasure is hidden.
The second parable is about a pearl of great value which is found by a merchant who sells all that he has to obtain it.
The third parable is about a net that was thrown into the sea and gathered every kind of fish. When it was full men drew it in and sorted the good fish from the bad. Jesus makes this application: So it will be at the close of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous.
The tie that binds the first two parables together is the great value of the kingdom which when it is discovered people will give up everything in order to possess it. The third parable doesn't describe what men give up but what is the dividing line which causes the angels to pick this one over that one and that is righteousness. The righteous will be saved but the wicked/evil will be destroyed.
Jesus then asks His disciples, "Have you understood all these things?" And they reply, "Yes." So He moves on to describing a scribe who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.
After these things Jesus returned to His hometown where they took offense at Him because He had grown up among them.
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