[CS-FSLUG] TH The kingdom of Heaven

[Ed Hurst]

Nigel Ridley wrote:
> How do the 'birds of the air' and the 'yeast' fit into the picture? How
> can evil and sin be a part of the Kingdom of God if it is an eternal
> state within us? This is a tricky passage and I really want to be able
> to understand it.

I forgot the punchline: These parables are about the appearance of The 
Eternal Kingdom in a fallen world.

If you want to see birds and yeast as the presence of sin in some way, 
consider the parable of the tares and wheat. The Kingdom is eternal; 
it's appearance for this time will include an openness that permits 
sinners to be in the congregations. To uproot them now would harm the 
true believers, because removal in that sense cannot be surgical. How 
about the woman whose lost husband comes to church with her? A judgment 
on his sin at this moment may be premature. Perhaps he will turn to 
Christ before He returns and ends this world.

-- 
Ed Hurst
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