The Fulfilment of the Parable of the Seeds Through Historical Events

One day, Jesus shared a parable with his disciples. Afterward, he left them and went into the house. His disciples approached him and asked him to explain the parable of the weeds in the field. He responded:

"The one who sowed good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world, and the good seeds represent the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil."

The parable aimed to convey to his disciples that an adversary would emerge after him and distort his teachings. In response, a reformer, known as the spirit of truth, would come to restore his original teachings and guide people back to the truth. He stated:

"When the spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth."

Until his ascension, Jesus (May peace and blessings be upon him) adhered to the laws of Moses (May peace be upon him). He observed the commandments given to the Israelites and preached in synagogues, teaching the principles of the Torah.

To those who had strayed from the religion of Moses, he endeavored to bring them back to the right path, teaching them the proper observance as prescribed in that faith. He valued those Israelites who remained steadfast in their religion. He fasted, refrained from eating pork, and did not claim, "God entered me, I am the Son of God eternally in the past and eternally in the future. My person is composed of two components, a mature human being and the Son of God which is divine, nor did he say, 'The Holy Spirit acts upon the common commandments of my Father and me, believe in three deities, who are Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit.'" He said:

"Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets: I am not come to destroy but to fulfill." Matthew 5:17

Fourteen years after his departure, a man from Tarsus named Saul claimed that Jesus (May peace and blessings be upon him) had assigned him the task of preaching the Gospel to the non-Jews and converted his followers to Christianity. H.G. Wells states:

The man had not seen Jesus (May peace and blessings be upon him), nor had he heard his teachings. Being a Jew from Tarsus, his name was formerly Saul. He then converted to Christianity and changed his name to Paul. He had a genuine interest in the religious trends of his time and was well-informed about Judaism, Mithraism, and the various religious and philosophical schools of Alexandria. He introduced many philosophical and religious terms and concepts into Christianity. He claimed to be promoting the way, the religion of Isa (May peace and blessings be upon him), which was called God's spiritual kingdom of heaven and was favored by God because it led to paradise. He did not accept Jesus as the Messiah promised to the Jews. Instead, he considered him a sacrifice whose death would atone for the salvation of mankind. This belief originated from heathen cults, where the salvation of humanity depended on human sacrifice." A short history of the world, pg 129, 130.

As a fierce enemy of the Nazarenes, Paul gathered a group of followers and with them raided the homes of Nazarenes in Jerusalem, dragging out whoever they found inside, both men and women, and imprisoning them. He requested letters from Jewish Rabbis authorizing the capture and return of Nazarenes living in Damascus and neighboring cities to Jerusalem. The Rabbis provided him with letters granting this permission.

Despite various persecutions and tortures, including massacres, the Jews' efforts to hinder the spread of the Nazarene religion proved unsuccessful. Luke states:

"And Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. As he journeyed, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?' And he said, 'Who are you, Lord?' And the Lord said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting...'" (Acts 9:1-5)

Following these verses, Luke narrates how the voice informed a disciple named Ananias that Paul would render great services to the Nazarene religion. Paul then declared his conversion to the Nazarene faith, changing his name from Saul to Paul. He pretended to be a fervent Nazarene, thus positioning himself internally to alter and corrupt the Nazarene religion, which he had been unable to destroy through persecution and oppression. Wherever he went, he claimed that Jesus (May peace and blessings be upon him) had tasked him with guiding non-Jewish people to the Nazarene religion. By telling many other lies, he attracted the Nazarenes to himself and was accepted as an apostle to the non-Jewish people. He began to alter the beliefs and practices of the Nazarenes. Up to that point, the apostles and other Nazarenes had been following the laws of Moses (May peace be upon him) and conducting their worship as prescribed by his canon. Paul asserted that with the crucifixion of Jesus (May peace and blessings be upon him) {a Christian belief}, the laws of Moses (May peace be upon him) were nullified and no longer valid. He announced that henceforth, salvation for all people depended on believing in Jesus as the Son of God. He alternately referred to Jesus (May peace and blessings be upon him) as the Son of God and a prophet. He opposed Peter, the most prominent of the apostles of Isa (May peace and blessings be upon him). Peter, who had continuously accompanied Jesus (May peace and blessings be upon him), maintained that the Nazarene religion had not been abolished but had perfected Judaism. As evidence, he cited Jesus' statement:

"Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets: I am not come to destroy but to fulfill." Matthew 5:17

Paul made all kinds of food and drinks permissible for the Nazarenes and caused them to abandon forms of worship such as circumcision. This fact is clearly stated in the New Testament.

"But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter." (Galatians 2:7)

Thus, the parable of the seeds in the field was being fulfilled by these historical events. Jesus said: "The one who sowed good seeds is the Son of Man." The good seeds represent the people of the kingdom, i.e., the few among the Jews who accepted his teachings. They called themselves Nasara (Nazarenes) and believed in Tawhid (the Unity of God) and the prophethood of Jesus (May peace be upon him).

The Son of Man is Jesus

The weeds represent the people of the evil one, i.e., those who followed teachings different from those taught by Jesus (May peace be upon him).

The enemy who sows them is the devil The enemy here is Paul, referred to as the devil because he is performing the works of the devil, i.e., leading Jesus' followers astray. Devils are always against the correct teachings of God.

Dr. Morton Scott Enslin acknowledges that Paul's beliefs are quite different from the creed of Isa (May peace and blessings be upon him). He states:

"It has been definitively understood that Christianity, as established by Paul, greatly differs from the Isawi (Nazarene religion) as taught by Isa (May peace and blessings be upon him). Later, Paul and his colleagues, who had misinterpreted the Bible, were harshly criticized. The inner meaning movement (Back to Jesus) was distancing itself from Paul. Many old Nazarenes and Jews joined this movement and reproached Paul, but it did not yield significant results. If Isa (May peace be upon him) had witnessed all that was happening in a church in Corinth fifty-four years after his departure from the world, he would have said, 'Is this the fruit of my endeavors, of my invitation in Galilee?'" Christian Beginnings, para. 2, pg. 182.