He will set the time, but, the harvest will come! The Growing Seed ← ⤒ 🔗 He counsels those who would make Him a king now, to desist. He tells those who are healed to keep quiet. But, others must not seek to set the time for Him. The time will come when He will gather the sheaves with rejoicing (Psalm 126:6). He sowed the seed in tears while He was here on earth. They will now experience that the Son works in the same way. They want to make Him King! God the Father had worked carefully throughout the ages. God had already given His promise in the garden of Eden and reiterated that promise in various ways throughout the Old Testament - and still it has not come! Jesus now comes on the scene. They, and we, had better listen closely to this parable so that we may realize the laws which operate in the coming of that kingdom. This kingdom of our God has been in the process of coming for a long time. This is the kingdom in which they are interested, and they had better listen carefully how this kingdom manifests itself.
This parable will, therefore, give a picture of a certain aspect of the kingdom of God. Jesus introduces this parable by telling the people who were listening to Him: "So is the kingdom of God." None of the other parables which our Lord uttered are introduced in quite this way. There is no neglect - the story teaches the necessity of infinite patience until the laws of God have run their course. There are some who conclude that this parable shows a farmer who neglects the seed which he has cast into the earth.
The Lord now deals with the present germination and growth of this seed until a harvest is attained. The sower has cast his seed on the earth in the past. In distinction from the parable of the sower, the emphasis does not fall on the sower nor the seed. It teaches a very important truth and is not to be confused with several other parables which Jesus taught concerning seed which produces a harvest. This parable is found only in Mark's gospel.
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