Last updated on February 24, 2025
The Lord Jesus Christ told many parables about the Kingdom Of God. Below is one of those parables.
Matthew 13:33 He told them another parable: “The kingdom from heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.“
In this parable, The Lord Jesus Christ is alluding that the Kingdom Of God is like the woman in the parable. The woman in this parable is not the kingdom of God. The woman in this parable is Babylon, the harlot, an apostate religion.
The Breakdown
Let’s look at the meaning of symbology of the parable.
Yeast = False doctrine
The Woman = A harlot or Babylon
Three measures of flour = Three principles , three false teachings
Leavened = Puffed-up and misled.
Babylon is the “harlot,” representing an unfaithful woman. The yeast symbolizes false doctrine, presented through three principles represented by the “three measures of flour.” Through these false teachings, the harlot deceives her followers. Both the harlot and her misled followers become exalted and puffed up by these deceptions.
The “three measures of flour” symbolize false teachings. Though the harlot knows of the Kingdom of God, she obscures its true doctrine by disguising it within three false teachings.
The kingdom of God is like that apostate religion, Babylon but instead of being unfaithful, she is faithful. She is the church of the firstborn, the heavenly Jerusalem –Mount Zion. She is true to the gospel. She is the bride of Christ.
When the kingdom arrives on earth, it will grow into a worldwide church organization and will become a theocratic-type government system. It will have dominion in the spirit realm with kings and priests as leaders operating under the system of truth.
The kingdom of God is Mount Zion or the heavenly Jerusalem. She is also a woman but she is not the harlot. She is the bride of Christ. She is our mother.
The prophecy of the prophet Isaiah below coincides with this parable of Jesus Christ.
Isaiah 2:2 In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it. 3And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 4Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
May God bless you brethren. I hope that this blog has helped you understand this parable of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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