Jesus again gives a parable to tell us what His Kingdom or His Church is like. It is like leaven – Matthew 16:12 beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees . . . so the Bible tells us that leaven = doctrine which a woman took – Isaiah 54:6 the Lord hath called thee, as a woman, so the Bible tells us that a woman = a Church took leaven and hid in three measures of meal. Genesis 18:5-6 And I will fetch a morsel of bread . . .make ready quickly three measures of fine meal . . so the three measures of meal represent three loaves of bread – Matthew 4:4 Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God . . . so bread represents God’s Word. Then three loaves of bread represent the Word in three parts or a three part message in the Bible. Now we are ready to substitute the spiritual meaning of the objects back into the parable to see what Jesus is saying about His Church. 20: And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21: It is like doctrine (leaven), which a Church (woman) took and hid in three messages from God’s Word (three measures of meal), till the whole was doctrinized (leavened). So Jesus has identified His Church with a three part message from the Bible that contains doctrine that everyone (the whole) must hear. The obvious question is What is that three part message? There is only one other text in the entire Bible besides the parable texts, that tells us to put leaven into bread. All the other texts tell us to make bread without leaven. Leviticus 23:17 they shall be baken with leaven; they are the first fruits unto the Lord. Using the Concordance, we discover in Revelation 14:4-9, a three part message in the Word connected with three angels and the first fruits and it is to go to everyone.
The three part message that God’s Church is to take to everyone, concerns:
First Angel
The Everlasting Gospel (Rev 14:6)
Giving Glory to God (Rev 14:7)
The Hour of God’s Judgment (Rev 14:7)
Worship the Creator (Rev 14:7
Second Angel
Babylon is fallen, is fallen (Rev 14:8)
Third Angel
Warning against worship of the beast or his image, not to receive his mark in the
forehead or in the hand.
According to Jesus, in His parable, His true Church will be preaching this message.