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JESUS asks the people:
Luke 13:20-21
King James Version
20 And again he said,
Whereunto shall I liken
the kingdom of God?
What is leaven*?
What does it do?
Why did JESUS mean when He declared:
Matthew 13:33
King James Version
33 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.
Luke 13:21
King James Version
21 It is like leaven,
which a woman took
and hid in three measures of meal,
till the whole was leavened.
Merriam-Webster defines "leaven" as:
: a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
especially : SOURDOUGH
: a material (such as baking powder) used to produce a gas that lightens dough or batter
: something that modifies or lightens
Yeast makes dough rise, thus, our breads.
To understand what leaven has to do with the kingdom of God, we look to these verses:
1 Corinthians 5:6
King James Version
6 Your glorying is not good.
Know ye not that a little leaven
leaveneth the whole lump?
Galatians 5:9
King James Version
9 A little leaven
leaveneth the whole lump.
We go back to the MAIN parable:
Mark 4:14
King James Version
14 The sower soweth the word.
Although there are many verses on "leaven" which refer to the wicked, in this instance, it refers to the sowing of the WORD of GOD, which happens to be JESUS.
In JESUS is this:
Luke 11:20
King James Version
20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils,
no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
John 14:6
King James Version
6 Jesus saith unto him,
I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.
John 15:5
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5 I am the vine, ye are the branches:
He that abideth in me, and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much fruit:
for without me ye can do nothing.
Dough would just sit there, a dead mass.
Like all of us, dead in sin.
Romans 6:11
King James Version
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves
to be dead indeed unto sin,
but alive unto God
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
But with the presence of the WORD -- the LORD JESUS CHRIST -- the whole mass would be quickened.
It would rise, it would be whole.
Like in the SEED parables, we can't really see the workings of CHRIST in us.
When we come true to form, becoming whole through JESUS, as born again, then His WORD becomes alive in us
Luke 17:20-21
King James Version
20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees,
when the kingdom of God should come,
he answered them and said,
The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
21 Neither shall they say,
Lo here! or, lo there!
for, behold,
the kingdom of God is within you.
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Such are the mysteries of the kingdom of God.
Thus, the parables:
Mark 4:11
King James Version
11 And he said unto them,
Unto you it is given to know
the mystery of the kingdom of God:
but unto them that are without,
all these things are done in parables:
More parables here.
*NOTE: Just to be sure, I needed to know the pronunciation of "leaven". Click this link to find out. Sounded like "eleven", without the first "e".
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