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