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  • Bennymkje - 5 months ago
    Matt.13:47-51 "Parable of the Net" (1 of 2)

    Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:/Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

    The shore is the face between the waters and heaven. It is in this sense we have this verse: "And darkness was upon the face of the deep/ And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." Between the deep and the heaven there is a face; so is the face between heaven and the waters." Let us define first what the Spirit means by the face. It is the point of contact between God and his kingdom. In case of man we find similarly a face. "For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." God sets a face in the heart, a spiritual space as He would give his own kingdom. By word of God the worlds were framed so the face is where ever the world is made to appear. Faith in the Word made flesh so we may say," no place in the kingdom can escape from having a face. (Col.1:16-17) The Spirit moving upon the face of the waters has decidedly a purpose, is it not? It is to give the light of the knowledge of the Glory of God, so the fulness of God in the face of Jesus may be known. As man looking at the natural face, but when one has faith with works it is growing from glory to glory.(2 Co.3:18)

    The foundations, pillars and beams we came across lately refers to the net, word-wide web.

    "So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just," (v.49) The wicked are separated from the just. " And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life eternal."(Matt.25:46)

    "And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."(v.50)



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