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The Parable of the Two Trees

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

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The Parable of the Two Trees

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  1. The Parable of the Two Trees MACBS-2013

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Uniqueness of the Human Being • Image and likeness of God • Image • Hebrew = Resemblance • Ability to reflect God’s character • Likeness • Hebrew = Similitude –At its root is to think or meditate • Ability to discern between right and wrong

  5. 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

  6. God’s Sacrifice (Great Supper) Ezekiel 39:17-24 Revelation 19:11-21

  7. The Beasts • Of Daniel • Of Revelation • 13 – beast of the sea and the earth • 16 – 17, 19 – make war with the saints

  8. The Fowls • Isaiah 34 • Isaiah 60:5-8

  9. Parable of the two trees • Missing beasts?

  10. 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

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