AZ – the sown seed

And soon after it came to be that he travelled down through cities and villages, proclaiming and announcing good concerning the realm of God. And the twelve were with him, and certain women who had been cured from evil spirits and disabilities: - Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven mini-gods had come out, and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who were serving them from their belongings. (Luke’s AD 60 research report re Jesus: Chapter 8: 1-8)

Back around AD 29 in Galilee, in Israel, the scene painted for us in words by Luke, the physician-researcher, is of Jesus “announcing good concerning the realm of God” as widely as possible. With him are his twelve disciples and many women, some of whom had been released by him from their distresses, all of whom, like the twelve, were disciples. But a great crowd gathering and the people going over from town to him, he said - by a parallel - “The sowing one came out to sow the seed of himself.” A “great crowd” was accumulating and people were going to him “from town.” Jesus seems to have been more important to them than their daily work. What he then said – “by a parallel” – seems to be something which would apply to every person in this “great crowd”. To whom was the “parallel” referring when Jesus used the words “the sowing one”? Was “the seed of himself” something different from ‘his seed’? Also, why did he say “The sower came out…”? Where from?
“And in sowing himself, that one which indeed fell upon the way was also trampled and was devoured by the birds of the sky.”	.
“The way” was the hardened pathway alongside the cultivated area. If this is “a parallel” to do with Jesus himself, it was certainly true because, within a year or two, he was severely oppressed and disposed of so that he would no longer be a challenge to anyone. All would trample upon him. “And another fell upon the rock and, growing up, it was wasted away through it not having moisture.” This seems to refer to places in fields where the rock is not covered by soil. The “seed” falls there also. Amongst the “great crowd”, were some of the people this shallow towards him? And, later and until now, do some only give passing attention to “the sower” and “the seed of himself”? Do they avoid examining him and his word? “And another fell amidst thorns, and the thorns, growing together, suffocated it.” This seems to refer to uncultivated field corners which over time produce briers and, often in Jersey, wild blackberry thorns. The problem here is in the words “growing together”. What was (and is) “growing together” with “the sower” and “the seed of himself”? “Thorns”?
“And another fell into the good earth and, growing, it made a hundredfold fruit.”	.
“The seed of himself” having “fallen” into three fruitless areas, he now teaches “by a parallel” that “another” “falls” into a fruitful area. Amazingly it produces “a hundredfold fruit.” Wow. What do you think that “fruit” would look like? Would it look like “the sower” and “the seed of himself”? That's what usually happens with seeds. Do you see many people like Jesus around in Jersey today? I sometimes ask folk I chat with to compare Trump or Putin with Jesus. Who would they prefer to be the world ruler? The one who died for his enemies so that he could forgive them if they turned to him? (And he rose again.) Or the one who kills his enemies and rules by force or corruption? Stating these things, he was calling out, “The one having ears to hear, hear!” I think he is still calling out in the same way. “The one having ears to hear, hear!”

Sinner Syvret

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