26 And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. 27 He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. 28 The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29 But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.” Mark 4:26-29.
What is this parable about?
The kingdom of God or kingdom of heaven is God's government here on Earth. Shortly before Jesus touches down on Earth for a full planetary takeover there will be a series of harvests - obliterations. Most of the planet's population will be taken out.
Here we see the beginning of the harvests:
Isaiah 17 (Obliteration of Israel's neighbors)
5 It shall be as when the
harvester gathers the grain,
And reaps the heads with his arm;
It shall be as he who gathers heads of grain
In the Valley of Rephaim.
Isaiah 18 (Obliteration of a powerful friend of Israel)
[I think the harvest below is referring to Isaiah 17.]
4 For so the Lord said to me,
“I will take My rest,
And I will [
b]look from My dwelling place
Like clear heat in sunshine,
Like a cloud of dew in the heat of
harvest.”
5 For before the
harvest, when the bud is perfect
And the sour grape is ripening in the flower,
He will both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks
And take away
and cut down the branches.
6 They will be left together for the mountain birds of prey
And for the beasts of the earth;
The birds of prey will summer on them,
And all the beasts of the earth will winter on them.
