Parables and Hype Cycles (Part 4)

This whole project actually got started more than 13 years ago.


I'll put the 2016 updates in text like this so you can identify it.

I know – there aren’t any parables in Revelation. This will be the last part of the inroduction – but it’s important, so bear with me.

BTW – of you haven’t checked out the earlier parts yet, they’reon the menu to the left.

So – here we go – from Matthew 13:1-9:

The Parable of the Sower

Mt 13:1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore.

Mt 13:3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.

Mt 13:9 He who has ears, let him hear.”

You may be wondering, what does this have to do with hype cycles?

Remember – the entry point into the hype cycle is Jesus. And then things although at different speeds and to different degrees for different people.
But – not everyone actually makes it through the whole cycle. Some fall out of it very, very quickly. And that’s what this parable is about.

When we are in the infant stage – when we are still seeking Jesus – wanting to know more but not far enough along to sustain without more growth – things don’t always go well.

In the case of the seeds that fell along the path – that represents someone who doesn’t really even get started. They don’t get even a little bit up the first slope of the cycle. Some thing / some one comes along and the person get sidetracked and never even has a chance to know even a little about Jesus.

Then comes the seeds that fell on rocky places – grew quickly – and then were scorched.
That could be someone who shot up the first slope really quickly – too quickly – and went right off the chart. Never had a chance to mature – just literally and figuratively burned out. Neither of these made it past infant stage. That sounds odd for a God that loves everyone. And yet – as Jesus said in Matthew 26:26-29:


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