Man, Treasure, Field

[makesends]

Matthew 13:44
(44) Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

What's going on here!

We know from the verse that the treasure represents the kingdom of heaven.

What does the man represent?

What does the field represent?

What does it mean that the man didn't want the treasure to be found by someone else but kept the treasure hid in the field for himself to buy later?

Why didn't the man just sell all he had and buy the treasure instead of buying the whole field?

Who says they represent anything?

 

[Hazelelponi]

● Matt 13:44 . .The kingdom of heaven is like unto yada, yada, yada, etc.

The language and grammar of the beginning of the parable tells me that Jesus was
addressing the kingdom's present characteristics.

The thing is: the theocratic kingdom-- much discussed by the old testament's
prophets --will kick off right down here on the earth. Well, Jesus owns this world of
ours but he's not yet taken the reins so it's to be expected we would be experiencing
something less than a perfect world because the kingdom of heaven is mostly in the
hands of men for now instead of in the hands of God and His one chosen to be king.
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The Kingdom of Heaven is administered by God, our Triune God.

It's not prone to greed and dishonesty, unless you claim that God is greedy and dishonest.. which I doubt you're saying, at least I hope not anyway.

The Kingdom of Heaven is not prone to greed. But WE should be greedy enough for the Kingdom that we are willing to give anything to obtain it.

All of our desires should be poured into desiring after the things of God and not the things of man.

This is not a difficult parable to grasp. Love is good, but it's not good when it's put in the wrong place... There's no too much when it comes to having desires for God and the things of God, even couched in words like greed. Yes, we can be greedy for God, we can be jealous for God, we can love God more than worldly riches - and we should.

 

[Odë:hgöd]

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@ Hazelelponi

I do not wish to continue this discussion with you so I'm putting you
on my ignore list. Others will still be able to see your comments; just
not me. Sorry.
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[Hazelelponi]

Well I am sorry for any offense I caused.

Just having a discussion. Fine to end it. I often decide against continuing conversations sometimes.

Free to put me on ignore, I don't suppose I'm always going to make friends. In fact I rather suppose more people hate me than love me, there's a whole list I'm sure. Lol ..

 

[Eleanor]

Well I am sorry for any offense I caused.

Just having a discussion. Fine to end it. I often decide against continuing conversations sometimes.

Free to put me on ignore, I don't suppose I'm always going to make friends. In fact I rather suppose more people hate me than love me, there's a whole list I'm sure. Lol ..

No way. . .

 

[Tambora]

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● Matt 13:44 . .The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a
man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and
bought that field.

That kind of chicanery goes on all the time, and it's usually practiced by people of
questionable scruples. In the business world they're called shrewd, but in Jesus'
world they're known as just plain dishonest.
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One could find selfishness and deceitfulness in this parable.
Some man was digging around in a field that did not belong to him.
When that man found a treasure in that field that did not belong to him he kept that to himself and never told the owner of the field of the treasure buried there.
So he deceptively buys the field in which he knows is worth much more that he gives for it and hoards the treasure for himself, unwilling to share.

What makes this even more cringy is that the treasure was the kingdom of heaven and was not something one should hoard for themself.
But that is what many of the leadership in Israel thought, that the kingdom was just for them.

 

[Josheb]

Matthew 13:44
(44) Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

What's going on here[?]

An analogy

We know from the verse that the treasure represents the kingdom of heaven.

Well, to be accurate, it's a hidden treasure found and then re-hidden.

What does the man represent?

A man.

What does the field represent?

Eternity.

What does it mean that the man didn't want the treasure to be found by someone else but kept the treasure hid in the field for himself to buy later?

Ummm..... where does the verse state the man didn't want anyone else to find the treasure?

Why didn't the man just sell all he had and buy the treasure instead of buying the whole field?

Because he is a man. Men are enslaved by sin and, as such, they do stuff like that.