Parable of the mustard seed

"He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches." Matthew 13:31-32
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1. Something very small is going to become huge. He starts with 12, but it will reach to the ends of the earth. That 12 by the time of Pentecost had become 120. Which is small, when considering the crowds Jesus ministered to. But that 120 would fill the earth!
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2. It’s growth is unusual. A mustard seed becomes a bush. But this seed becomes a tree. Beyond expectation.
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3. Birds: Represent gentiles. The world will find safety in the arms of God’s Kingdom. Jesus is saying: My Kingdom will fill the earth, it will be a blessing to the Gentiles!
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4. Empires are often referred to as trees.
cf: Assyria, Ezek 17:22-23 ,
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In Daniel 4, the King has a dream in which he sees a great tree that birds take refuge in. But the tree is cut down. Daniel says: The tree is you. God will cut you down! After he tried to burn 3 guys. Saw Son of God in the fire. Now the Son of God stands on earth and says: My kingdom will be greater than his!
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Babylon, Assyria and every other nation would take its stand on earth; but God would cut it down. Only the Kingdom of God will fill the earth forever like a great tree.