Luke 4: 14-30

(Luke 4: 14-30) And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.  And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.  And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,  The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,  To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.  And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.  And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son? And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.  But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;  But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.  And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,  And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.  But he passing through the midst of them went his way,

Jesus told four parables of heaven. The first is the treasure of the treasure hidden in the field, the second of the precious pearl, the third of the net of the sea, and the fourth of the good landlord. In chapter 13, Jesus' parable is likened to seeds, mustard seeds, and yeast planted in the ground. Heaven began in Israel, but it was a metaphor for the Gentiles to be saved first.

『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 』(13:44) Here, Heaven means Jesus Christ. Since the Bible says, "Heaven is like treasure," Jesus is the treasure. However, the treasure is hidden in the field. The field means the world (or Israel). The field is "Agros" in Greek. There are cultivated and uncultivated lands. Cultivated land is a field, meaning Israel. The uncultivated land means the world. "When a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth" Here, man means God.

In Mark 12: 1『And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country』. Vineyard here means Israel. So, one person is God. In Luke 14:16, 『He said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:』 Some are God. Luke 13: 6『He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 』 One is God, and the fig tree means Israel.

『A man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth』
"God found this" means that God planned Jesus Christ before the creation. The phrase "God hid treasure (Christ) in a field (Israel)" was that Jesus Christ was hidden from the people of Israel who had been inherited from Abraham. It was hidden in the law. The law is the primary teacher leading to Christ. By the way,

『selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field 』 Some say this, as many people sell their possessions and buy heaven. However, nothing in the world can buy heaven. If people say that, they don't know the meaning in the parable. The meaning of God selling his possessions is to put Jesus Christ to death. This is redemption. Redemption is the purchase of the blood of Jesus Christ for those who repent. So, God buys the field (the stranger in the world) at the cost of the blood.

In the parable of the Pearl of Great Price, pearls are produced from shellfish, which means there is tremendous suffering and sacrifice. Paul said in Philippians 3: 7, "But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ." Jesus said that those who deny themselves and do not take up their cross are not related to Jesus.

The Bible tells us, through the parable of the nets hitting the sea, that the disciples must preach the Gospel of Heaven and become fishermen who fish like men. The world is an open sea. Sharing the good news is netting the sea. The net catches all kinds of meat. There are times when this net is filled and pulled up to the shore, and that is the end of the world. This is also a personal end and the last day of judgment in the world. Those who hear the Gospel and repent and are born again with water and the Holy Spirit will be placed in a good vessel. Those who have heard the Gospel, but have not repented, and the old man has not yet died, are abandoned.

This is a parable of a good landlord.『 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old..』(Matthew 13:52) The new is the word of the new covenant, and the old is the law. We must be able to correctly interpret and interpret the law and the new covenant to become disciples of heaven. When Jesus asked, "Did you realize all this?", The disciples answered, "Yes." Then Jesus compared the disciples to you as "the scribes who became disciples of Heaven."

Jesus said to his disciples, "You can learn heaven well and teach the word skillfully and bring out old and new things and teach them abundantly." In order to read the Bible and evangelize to others, you need to be familiar with the contents of the Bible and apply it accordingly.

However, many churches today do not distinguish well between old and new. This is said in Ephesians 5:18 『And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; "Here, alcohol means wine. Wine is the word of God. If you get drunk, say this and then say that. You will gibberish. If you can't tell the difference between old and new, it's not because of the Holy Spirit. So, He says to be filled only with the Holy Spirit. Of course, the Bible says not to be drunk in this world.