This parable I think is a difficult passage, because included in the discourse is the parable of the wheat and the tares which speaks of weeds being planted in the field with the good. It seems this too might fall under that explanation of the Kingdom .
The women HID the leaven in the dough, we are not to hid the gospel we are to proclaim it.. It might be that this is talking of the false teachers and evil infiltrating the Kingdom and eventually having a major impact on it.
Many commentaries agree with the reading in the article.but to me it is counter the normal flow of scripture
I tend to agree with schofield on this
"(3) The method of the extension of the kingdom is given in the first parable. It is by sowing seed, not by mingling leaven. The symbols have, in Scripture, a meaning fixed by inspired usage. Leaven is the principle of corruption working subtly; is invariably used in a bad sense (see "Leaven," See Scofield Note: "Gen 19:3"), and is defined by our Lord as evil doctrine. Mt 16:11,12 Mk 8:15.
Meal, on the contrary, was used in one of the sweet-savour offerings Lev 2:1-3. and was food for the priests Lev 6:15-17.
Interpreting the parable by these familiar symbols, it constitutes a warning that the true doctrine, given for nourishment of the children of the kingdom Mt 4:4 1Tim 4:6 1Pet 2:2 would be mingled with corrupt and corrupting false doctrine, and that officially, by the apostate church itself 1Tim 4:1-3 2Tim 2:17,18 4:3,4 2Pet 2:1-3.
This is not a matter of salvation ..but an interesting study
thanks
**Leaven is always used to describe evil in scripture. That is why the Jews cleaned their homes of leaven for the passover .**
Huh?
Not always — that’s too inclusive of a word.
**Interpreting the parable by these familiar symbols**
YOPIOS again?
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