What Does The Bible Scripture About Planting Seeds And The Harvest Mean In The Bible.?

As with many subjects, phrases and parables in The Bible, there are many different meanings and interpretations that can be deduced for the phrases you are enquiring about.

Depending on your church and your denomination, seeds can refer to; Christians, the Christian message, sharing God's message, The Bible and/or goodness in general while The Harvest may refer to charity, new converts to Christianity, tithes or indeed Armageddon.

"Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: And his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; the field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world." - Matthew, 13:36-40.

Tares refer to weeds if you're wondering.

You many also want to investigate the phrase "first fruit" as it is a term used to describe the first fruit of the first harvest. God commanded His people to present the first fruit to the Levitical priesthood that served as their food (Deuteronomy 26:2). In Israel, it marked the end of the barley growing season and the beginning of the wheat season.

For a good collection of passage that refers to the harvest and seeds in The Bible click here (www.openbible.info/topics/planting_seeds_for_the_harvest).

But remember that the seed is always much smaller than the harvest and that "While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest shall not cease." (Genesis 8:22).