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The parable literally starts saying "The Kingdom of heaven is like"... so you can't really escape from that context.
by RandomTisk 7y ago
The parable literally starts saying "The Kingdom of heaven is like"... so you can't really escape from that context.
- hprotagonist 7y agoWhat I mean is that the phrase itself is not well defined. Certainly the parable is meant to tell us something about its character, but not necessarily its nature. Until I was in adulthood I figured it meant “heaven”; that is not at all clear, actually. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingship_and_kingdom_of_God#Gospels https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingship_and_kingdom_of_God#...