the parable of the two trees
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The Parable of the Two Trees. MACBS-2013. 1 st Tree – Daniel 4. “Thou are the tree” Beasts of the field shadowed Fowls of heaven dwelt Hew down the tree Band the stump with iron & brass. 2 nd Tree – Matthew 13. The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed … becometh a tree - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
THE PARABLE OF THE TWO TREES MACBS-2013
1ST TREE – DANIEL 4 “Thou are the tree” Beasts of the field shadowed Fowls of heaven dwelt
Hew down the tree Band the stump with iron & brass
2ND TREE – MATTHEW 13 The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed … becometh a tree
Birds of the air lodge in its branches
UNIQUENESS OF THE HUMAN BEING Image and likeness of God
ImageHebrew = ResemblanceAbility to reflect God’s character
LikenessHebrew = Similitude –At its root is to think or meditateAbility to discern between right and wrong
WITHOUT DISCERNMENT & GOD’S CHARACTER “Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.” Psalm 49:20 “I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast:” Ecclesiastes 3:18-19
GOD’S SACRIFICE (GREAT SUPPER)Ezekiel 39:17-24 Revelation 19:11-21
THE BEASTS Of Daniel
Of Revelation13 – beast of the sea and the earth16 – 17, 19 – make war with the saints
THE FOWLS Isaiah 34 Isaiah 60:5-8
PARABLE OF THE TWO TREES
Missing beasts?
OUR OBLIGATION “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.” I Peter 2:11-12