The hermeneutic Jesus and the apostles has been hidden.
Enjoy a Christmas story from the Bible that you have probably never seen. It is hidden in prophetic riddle. It is from the parable of the mustard seed.
It is proposed that the mustard seed is Jesus. Clues:
The mustard seed is the least of all the seed.
He who is greatest in the kingdom is least by serving his brethren
Jesus served us all on the cross.
The seed of the woman is Jesus and therefore 'the least of the seed'
The seed of the woman had a bruised heel.
'Mustard' in Greek sounds like 'bruised by anger' in Hebrew. The bruised heel, withered thigh and 'limping side' which is hidden in Ge 2:21 are all prophetic riddle of Gethsemane where he made his belligerent flesh (remove this cup) weak to he could declare 'nevertheless'.
It is proposed that the great herb is Jesus.
The grass was given to the cattle to eat, and the herbs were given to men to eat.
The greatest thing that men can eat (the great herb) is the body of Christ.
Eating is a metaphor for learning
Jesus became the great teacher and he fed us.
It is proposed that Jesus is the tree (the cross).
The tree in the Bible is a metaphor for the cross.
Birds which fly (live in the Spirit/air, rest in the cross.
To move a mountain to the sea: The word for water is 'mayim'. Since the letters have meaning defined by their strokes, the meaning of the two 'mem's are different. The first means 'the marriage of the Son of God and his bride was arranged in heaven' The father arranged the marriage. The final 'mem' means the Son of God 'consummated the marriage' by teaching.
Jesus told the woman on the mountain "You worship on the mountain, but you will worship in Spirit and Truth… the Father is Spirit and the Son is Truth." You will move the mountain to the water.
Now where is the Christmas story? I had to teach around it or you would think the next verse was a simple literal verse which told us trivia. You might be tempted to think that the God of the universe thought we needed to be told that cattle eat grass. But it is part of the prophetic riddle:
De 11:15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. (I will send teaching in the world…)
The grass produced the seed which goes through the tribulation of beating, grinding and baking to make THE bread. The grass is also Christ who withered. (1Pe 1:24 For all flesh [is] as grass. The word for grass also means 'dwelling place')
The seed of the woman is the BABY BREAD; a promise of eating his body as he is placed in a feeding trough with grass and surround by a symbol of us (We are his cattle). In the manger he is the promise of the Cross.