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Let's look again at the "tares and wheat" parable and its interpretation:

Matt. 13
24a Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared . . .

Stop right there.

Is not Jesus speaking about what the kingdom of heaven can be compared to?

Indeed, he is describing the kingdom of heaven in the parable itself.

And so, the Kingdom of heaven is a DOMAIN over which the ...

'Reflections of Fire

Luke has opened his volume, as we saw, with a greeting to Theophilus, with both the opening greeting and reference referring back to the first part of his work, his Gospel about Jesus Christ. Going forward, Luke is now writing about the Acts of Jesus Christ. The rejection by the Pharisees and the strife predicted were a present reality with Jesus, and will continue to be so as the chosen witnesses spread their witness about Jesus Christ. For our part, we saw ...

Refiner's Fire
A fire in God's furnace blazes,
The heat it emanates amazes;
Red-hot flames are dancing; twisted -
No-one can escape; resist it.

Burning high and burning hot
The fire heats God's melting pot;
Refining all the reborn souls
Over its red and glowing coals.

Melting silver, smelting gold;
Removing dross; warming hearts

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