What is the meaning of the Parable of the Growing Seed?
Mark 4:26 - 29
ESV - 26 And he said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. 27 He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how.
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Asked July 01 2013
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Anonymous (via GotQuestions)
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Jack Gutknecht
Mark 4:26-29 is widely understood to have eschatological (end-times) significance, and its concluding harvest image (v. 29) is specifically associated with Christ's return and the final judgment. However, the parable as a whole primarily describes the mysterious, gradual growth of God's kingdom between the sowing of the word and the final harvest.