Matthew 13:33
33
He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.”
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When Jesus was baptized, the Holy Spirit came upon him. When Jesus ascended, he petitioned the Father to send another to be with us forever, it was the Holy Spirit.
When Jesus was in ministry, and until after his ascension, 'the kingdom of heaven was near'.
The kingdom can be considered the Holy Conscience, as it is what supplies the holy gifts and fruits. When the Holy Spirit came down, as Jesus was no longer here, from then forward to this very day, by the Holy Spirit we have the holy fruits and gifts of the Kingdom come through us in our acts.
The parable of the yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough, is representative of a great understanding of the kingdom.
Firstly the woman represents wisdom. Wisdom is knowledge that has been given through truth. The kingdom is what supplies holiness, then we have that holiness come through us. That holy fruit spreads understanding that prompts growth in all who witness it.
All the righteous by Law, all the flour, had wisdom available to them so that can honor the. But not all the majority of those who followed the path of righteousness, used faith to acknowledge holiness. Those without wisdom consider the kingdom on their own terms, 'their love', 'their patience', 'their peace', their self control'. And they do not grow. But that yeast is in them all. And by this, they will be judged by how they used the kingdom.
Secondly working the yeast into sixty pounds of flour, until it worked itself through out, is a deeper understanding. The living are all a part of life, and life itself is spiritual just like the kingdom. The kingdom is upon the living, but the holiness of its truth only comes through those who carry the Holy Spirit in them. The yeast is faith. In the laws of kashrut of Judaism, 60 is the proportion (60:1) of kosher to non-kosher ingredients that can render an admixture kosher post-facto. So the 60 pounds of flour is the law, and the yeast is the faithful act of life. The Law is the foundation and faith is the active ingredient of the living.
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Matthew 13:41
41
The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.
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When Christ Jesus returns, he will reclaim the Kingdom. Those who have the Holy Spirit in them will be recognized as his body. Those who do not have the Holy Spirit as a witness, will no longer have access to the Kingdom.
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Revelation 3:7
7
"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open
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It goes further. We are evil, none are good. The conscience of man IS the master of the flesh using the kingdom to empower itself. What evil does that is sees as good is from its own perspective. The enemy denies the Spirit of Truth, and uses the kingdom to battle against the commandments of Christ Jesus. This conscience of man without the Kingdom will be nothing but animalistic instinctiveness. The grinding and gnashing of teeth from outside the kingdom amen.
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John 8:44
44
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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So the lesson here is this; the world which we came from loves on its own terms. But to honor the Father through His son, is to recognize that to love, is to have holiness come through you.
In this, we are separate from holiness. We become one with the Father through His Son. In our case, as Jesus is not present, we know this holiness through the Holy Spirit which was sent down after Jesus returned to the presence of the Father. We who live in denial of ourselves, still sin in ways we do not know, or do not comprehend. But Christ died for our sins to atone for this. By our faith, which is also holy, we are acknowledging that death in us. We are dead to the human conscience, and alive in the holiness supplies through the Spirit of Truth.
So how do we act? With great humility we recognize ourselves as unworthy. We love in reverence. We serve a greatness that is not our own, but because of the gift of life, and a faith in Christ, we supply what is holy through us in denial of ourselves. Selfless.
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