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Cal · 04-07-2011, 06:24 PM

Also, I have a problem thinking the Lord might directly call the kingdom of heaven a negative thing. If leaven here is evil, why would the Lord call the kingdom leaven? That's like saying the kingdom is evil. In none of the other parables is the kingdom itself directly called something that is considered evil.

If he had said that the kingdom is like flour which a women mixed with yeast, perhaps then the idea that the leaven was evil might hold up better. But the Lord said the kingdom is like yeast which a woman mixed with flour! Flour is surely positive, right? So if the woman is some evil Jezebel, why is she mixing the good thing into the bad thing, rather than the other way around? And why is the bad thing directly equated with the kingdom?

It just doesn't make sense. Yet, that's what Lee taught.

04-07-2011, 06:24 PM	#99
Cal Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4,333	Re: The introduction of leaven Also, I have a problem thinking the Lord might directly call the kingdom of heaven a negative thing. If leaven here is evil, why would the Lord call the kingdom leaven? That's like saying the kingdom is evil. In none of the other parables is the kingdom itself directly called something that is considered evil. If he had said that the kingdom is like flour which a women mixed with yeast, perhaps then the idea that the leaven was evil might hold up better. *But the Lord said the kingdom is like yeast* which a woman mixed with flour!** Flour is surely positive, right? So if the woman is some evil Jezebel, why is she mixing the good thing into the bad thing, rather than the other way around? And why is the bad thing directly equated with the kingdom? It just doesn't make sense. Yet, that's what Lee taught.