Zizanion - Jesus' precise parable
A well-known parable of Jesus is found in Matthew 13. It is the story of the weed /darnel /tares found among the pure wheat. But do we understand the original message?
Jesus put before them another parable:
“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; butwhile everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat,... So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well... the slaves of the householder came and said to him:
‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from?’
‘An enemy has done this.’
‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’
‘No; for in gatheringthe weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them.
Let both of them grow together until the harvest; andat harvest time I will tell the reapers: Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn‘
Mt 13:24-30
“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but
‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from?’
‘An enemy has done this.’
‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’
‘No; for in gathering
Let both of them grow together until the harvest; and
Mt 13:24-30
Jesus' parable is so precise and graphic that it does not simply show "a weed" but {according to the original Greek text} a plant called "zizanion" (Rye grass: Lolium Persicum) which is similar to wheat in bulk but poisonous. Rye grass is harmful to the nervous system and prolonged consumption causes death.
This is exactly the case with the "Zizanion", with the look-alike in the Church. When it proliferates, its poisonous effects are felt in the community's ability to act and in large numbers it actually causes death in the realm of the Spirit.
Jesus' parable is deadly accurate.
This is exactly the case with the "Zizanion", with the look-alike in the Church. When it proliferates, its poisonous effects are felt in the community's ability to act and in large numbers it actually causes death in the realm of the Spirit.
Jesus' parable is deadly accurate.
What does Jesus mean by good seed?
What does he mean by wheat? {2 answers are possible}
What does he mean by weeds? {2 answers are possible}
Who are the reapers?
Who is the enemy?
How is the "nervous system" being attacked in the church? {1Cor 5:9-11}
Could you list some look-a-like in the religious life?
What does he mean by wheat? {2 answers are possible}
What does he mean by weeds? {2 answers are possible}
Who are the reapers?
Who is the enemy?
How is the "nervous system" being attacked in the church? {1Cor 5:9-11}
Could you list some look-a-like in the religious life?
HU
