Jesus again illustrated the Kingdom of Heaven with an agricultural image.
The kingdom is like a tiny mustard seed. It grows into a big plant that birds can come to.
I was curious to know what a mustard plant looked like. So I did a Yahoo! search and found this web page with a photo of the web page author (David Q. Hall) standing next to some mustard plants growing on the side of the road.
Image source: http://dqhall59.com/images/tall_mustard.jpg
If Jesus were walking in Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park or Redwood National Park, He might tell the parable like this:
The Kingdom of God is like the seed of a Redwood. It starts off the size of a tomato seed but the tree can grow to be over 300 feet tall. The kingdom is like a Sequoia. Those seeds start off the size of an oat flake and with time becomes a tree that weighs over 2 million pounds!
Image source: http://www.nps.gov/seki/grantpic.htm
For more fun facts about these huge trees check out this web page.
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To hear another view of the mustard seed and wheat and the tares, go to LSM.org [living streams ministry]. Click on radio archives to Matthew 13 and listen to a wonderful program. Once you've tested these waters, I think you will find deep answering unto deep.
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