SEEDS OF THE REIGN OF YAHUAH

Many of you have seen the humor in referring to "seminaries" as "cemeteries".  You will be shocked to learn what the word seminary* actually means after you read a little about the metaphorical use of the term "seed" in Scripture.   At the end of this short article, you'll see clearly. 

What are the seeds that Yahuah has sown?   What are the seeds sown by an enemy?

The instructions (Torah, Commandments) of Yahuah are the good seeds which He has planted.

Added, changed, or omitted instructions are the "bad seed".    

Mankind is the diverse kinds of "soil" they are planted in.   We must discern which kind of seed we live by, and who planted it.

Those who accept the seed, and allow it to grow in them, become less "soil" and more the "fruit" of that which is planted.  As time passes, more and more fruit is seen, just as we see soil becoming the vegetation that grows in it.  Yahushua once went to a fig tree to look for its fruit, but it had none, so He caused it to wither (Mt. 21:19).  So, even if one has "good seed", if they don't produce the fruit that is expected of them, He will reject them.  

"Bad seed" sown by an enemy of Yahuah are unintended instructions that "choke-out" the good teachings (Torah) which Yahuah originally intended.  We recognize which "seed" was sown by observing the "fruit" that has developed in a person.  If you compare today's religious culture and its traditions with Yahuah's instructions for us in His Word, it is apparent that there is a huge difference in the two.  We are not taught by traditional "religious leaders" to walk in the Torah of Yahuah, but rather we are taught to walk in the inherited traditions passed down from Gentile, Greco-Roman Pagan customs which became mixed into the good seed.   If you think otherwise, just ask a Christian minister what he thinks about observing the true, authentic Sabbath as a day of rest, and ignoring "Sun-day" entirely.  Then, you will begin to see the "fruit" of the "bad seed", and how it seeks to "choke-out" the good seed that is trying to grow in the same field.  Who planted the seed helps reveal which is "good" and which is "bad" even before we see the fruit.   We either obey the Words of Yahuah, or we obey men;  it's always our own choice.  If we eat from the forbidden fruit we will bear bad fruit and pass on bad seed (instructions) to others.  The parables reveal hidden secrets of the reign of Yahuah, and the following excerpts use "seed" to illustrate how to discern what we should listen to and live by.  The 10 Commandments are the good seed.  Study them, and you'll find something very disturbing:

The Catholic format alters these 10. 

They eliminated the 2^nd Commandment, and made the 10^th Commandment into two!

The Parable of the Sower

"A farmer went out to sow his seed.  As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.  Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil.  It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.  But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.  Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.  Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.  He who has ears, let him hear."

The disciples came to Him and asked, "Why do you speak to the people in parables?"

He replied, "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.  Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance.  Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.  This is why I speak to them in parables:
   "Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.  In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
   " 'You will be ever hearing but never understanding, you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
 For this people's heart has become calloused;
      they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes.
   Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts
   and turn, and I would heal them.'  But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.  For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

Seed = Word, the Torah of Yahuah:

    "Listen then to what the parable of the sower means:  When anyone hears the message (besorah, gospel) about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart.  This is the seed sown along the path.  The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the Word and at once receives it with joy.  But since he has no root, he lasts only a short time.  When trouble or persecution comes because of the Word, he quickly falls away.  The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the Word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful.  But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the Word and understands it.  He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown."

  "This is the meaning of the parable:  The seed is the Word (Torah) of (Yahuah).  Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the Word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.  Those on the rock are the ones who receive the Word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root.  They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.   The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life's worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature.   But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the Word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop."  Luke 8:11-15   (Yahushua defined the "seed" to be the "Word", Yahuah's Torah).

The Parable of the Weeds

 " 'An enemy did this,' He replied.  The servants asked Him, 'Do You want us to go and pull them up?'

 "'No,' He answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them.  Let both grow together until the harvest.  At that time I will tell the harvesters:  First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into My barn.' "  (This is to say that the first to be "raptured" away will be the lawless, the weeds!)

The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast

He told them still another parable:  "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough."   (The Torah will do that!).

(Yahushua) spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; He did not say anything to them without using a parable.  So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet:
   "I will open my mouth in parables,
      I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world."

The Parable of the Weeds Explained

He answered,  "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.   The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom.  The weeds are the sons of the evil one,  and the enemy who sows them is the devil.  The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

"As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.  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.  They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.  Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.   He who has ears, let him hear.

The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls.  When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.

The Parable of the Net

"Have you understood all these things?" (Yahushua) asked.
      "Yes," they replied.

He said to them,  "Therefore every teacher of the law (Torah) who has been instructed about the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old."

*Seminary:    Now it's time to look at the word "seminary".  In some of the larger communities in Europe during the 1500's, the Catholic bishops realized how uneducated their priests were.  In order to educate them better and bring more uniformity and control to the organization, they called the priests to attend lessons, taught by the bishops, in "Cathedral schools".   Many diverse subjects were added as time passed, and the broader selection of instructed subjects caused the term "university" to become applied to the schools.  

Another term was applied to those "universities" of religious learning:

SEMINARY:  definition:  A special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate.   Now, look at the etymology of the word:

[Middle English, seed plot, from Latin seminarium, from seminarius, of seed, from semen, semin, seed.]

The good seeds and bad seeds are mixed together in these "seed plots", and allowed to grow  -  but the bad seeds quickly choke-out the good seed, as we see the teachings of these seminaries teach their "replacement theology" and scream "legalism" and "Judaizer" when anyone wishes to live according to the good seed, the Torah of Yahuah.  Knowing that the "bad seeds" are sown by the devil, who has been behind the seminaries and their teachings (seeds)?

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Lew White