TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Morning Manna - Nov 28, 2025 - Matthew 13:44-46 - The Treasure and the Pearl (Part 2)

Episode Date: November 27, 2025

In this follow-up to Thursday’s broadcast, Morning Manna returns once more to Jesus’ paired kingdom parables—the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl of Great Price (Matthew 13:44–46). Part 2 deepens the focus on the seeker’s joy, the totality of the exchange, and the holy urgency that marks those who recognize the surpassing worth of Christ and His Kingdom. Rick Wiles and Doc Burkhart revisit the themes of discovery, evaluation, and decisive surrender, showing how genuine disciples gladly release all lesser things to gain the one treasure that cannot fade. Teachers: Rick Wiles and Doc Burkhart You can partner with us by visiting FaithandValues.com, calling 1-888-519-4935, or by mail at PO Box 399 Vero Beach, FL 32961. MEGA FIRE reveals the ancient recurring cycles of war and economic collapse that have shaped history for 600 years. These patterns predict America is now entering its most dangerous period since World War II. Get your copy today! www.megafire.world Get high-quality emergency preparedness food today from American Reserves! www.AmericanReserves.com It’s the Final Day! The day Jesus Christ bursts into our dimension of time, space, and matter. Now available in eBook and audio formats! Order Final Day from Amazon today! www.Amazon.com/Final-Day Apple users, you can download the audio version on Apple Books! www.books.apple.com/final-day Purchase the 4-part DVD set or start streaming Sacrificing Liberty today. www.Sacrificingliberty.com

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and love everybody well dr raymond burkhard and i have been studying the parables of jesus for several weeks. And today we will continue discussing the parable of the hidden treasure and the parable of the pearl of great price. Doc will open the Bible study by reading from the 13th chapter of the gospel of Jesus Christ according to St. Matthew verses 44 and 45. So if you have your Bibles. Let's turn to Matthew chapter 13, starting at verse 44. Again, the kingdom of heaven is likened to treasure hidden a field, the which when a man hath found, he hith, and for joy thereof goeth, and selleth all that he hath and buyeth that field. And then verse 45, again the kingdom of heaven is likened to a merchant man seeking goodly pearls, who, when he found one pearl of great price,

went and sold all that he had and bought it. Now, we started our study in these two parables yesterday. Rick. And as we were talking about these parables, we're just finding some amazing information embedded in these two very short parables here. Only, well, one is one verse. One is two verses. But very deep. Yes, very deep. Very deep. Hey, by the way, we're getting a great response from people watching Morning Manor who are telling us that this is a fresh new perspective on the Word of God, that they are hearing things that never heard before. And it's a joy to watch Morning Manna and to study the Word of God along with us. And so I'm very, very grateful, very pleased by the response that we're getting from people telling us that they're watching

Morning Manna. And it's a blessing to them. That's what this is all about, is to be a blessing to you, that we were simply spending a half hour with you in the Word of God and encouraging you to study the word on your own, seek the Lord for understanding, and just grow closer to your Lord and Savior. So we're talking about the parables, and as Doc said, we were discussing on yesterday's program, these two very short parables, which, again, the traditional, popular interpretation of these two short parables is opposite of what we're teaching. And we're not claiming that we're absolutely right. We're just saying we're trying to follow a formula in interpreting the parables that we think is correct.

Right. And if you use that formula, then the standard popular interpretations can't be correct. Right. So, you know, listen to others. I encourage you, I encourage you to, you know, to read other. interpretations of these parables. Doc and I do. We're studying them all the time to get insight.

But the standard popular interpretations in recent years has been that these two parables, that the treasure, the first the one that's treasure, that the one is hidden. No, this is the Pearl Great Prize. Right. Is that the treasure that's hidden in a field

is the church. And, I mean, not the church, but it's salvation. It's a salvation and um well no a lot of people doc uh i would say say that is yes it's jesus christ salvation uh Jesus christ salvation uh that's what's hidden in the field the kingdom of god is hidden in the field um that's the treasure you and i are the man that we find this right and our viewpoint

is no um you and i are the treasure right it's it's it's God through his son, Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, pays the price. He sells all that he has to ransom us. We're the treasure that he finds in the field. The field is the world. And so then we come to the parable of the pearl of great price. Likewise, the standard popular teaching is that the pearl is the kingdom of God. And, you know, the merchant is the man. that discovers the kingdom of God and you know he's got to do whatever he's got to do to get this kingdom

no we have a different viewpoint right and that is the pearl is the church yes it's the body of Christ it's Jews and Gentiles together in one new man so going back to the

first the hidden treasure parable we use the parable of the tears and the parable of the soar in order to help us determine what's the field. Matthew 1338 tells us the field is the world. So we already know that this is the field that we're talking

about here in this parable in verse 44 is the world. Jesus has been identified as the soar of seeds into the field of the world in other parables. And so we can make the connection that Jesus is also the man

here has a field. as well. And so the question is, what is the treasure? But you said something the other day that caught me off guard. At the end of yesterday's program that I had never considered before and that's verse 45.

And these two parables are always tied together but I've always felt like verse 45, the Pearl of Great Price, seemed out of place with all the other parables here and there's a reason for that. that perhaps Jesus had a different audience for that parable. They have the same

message, but the parable in verse 45, the pearl of great price, it doesn't have a field, doesn't have a man, doesn't have seeds, it doesn't have birds, it doesn't have anything. So it seemed out of place with everything. But it has a guy that's looking for

a pearl. A treasure. A treasure. So what I said at the end of yesterday's program is could it be that verse 44 the treasure in the field represents the Jews who are saved in Christ

this is the church those who are saved in Christ Israel and is the pearl the Gentiles who are saved in Christ again the church that's where we ended it and I saw the look on your face

I never considered that And I wish we'd had another 30 minutes at that moment because the light was glowing at that moment. And we both, we continued this conversation after we stopped recording. And so that's where we're at today. We're going to pick it up. Right. So the reason why that drew our attention is that clams and pearls by extension are considered

unclean by Jews. All right. So you have a Jewish preacher, Jesus, preaching to a Jewish audience, or what we assume is There's a Jewish audience there. And then he starts talking about clams and pearls, which are unclean. And all of a sudden it was like, wait a minute here. Something doesn't make sense. Right.

So the audience had to be thinking, what are you talking about? We can't touch clams. Right. Unless there were people there who could touch clams. They're being Gentiles. But, Doc, even for the Jewish audience that was hearing him, they knew that pearls come from clams. clams are unclean they were not permitted to touch them they're not permitted to eat them and yet he's calling that he's saying this thing that you say is unclean is a treasure a pearl of great

price it had to be very confusing to them right but again as you said if there were Greeks there they understood because they're like well yeah we trade in these pearls we make money with pearls well and just so we understand that clams are unclean leviticus 11 verses 10 through 11 tells us and this is good they are the food laws the dietary laws in the old testament and all that have not fins and scales in the seas and in the rivers of all that move in the waters and of any living thing which is in the waters they shall be an abomination unto you they shall be even an abomination unto you you shall not eat of their flesh, but you shall have their carcasses in abomination. So pretty clear there. You can't eat it and you're not supposed to touch it. And even the carcasses are

considered unclean. So obviously nobody was shucking clams. Right. At least no Jewish person was shucking clams. So this message, even though the two verses are tied together, they're meant for two different audiences. And, you know, so that brought us to the conversation after our program yesterday about the treasure in the field. And what was that treasure? What was that treasure specifically? And would the audience know what that treasure was when Jesus was talking about it?

Does God refer to treasures in the scriptures? Rick, he does. What is his treasure? He labels treasure specifically in the scriptures. scriptures. And we'll start off here with Exodus chapter 19 verse five. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people for all the earth is mine. Now of course this is Moses's delivery to the people of Israel, but he defines that people, that treasure in a very particular way.

You have to obey his voice, the Lord's voice, and keep my covenant. Then you shall be a treasure. And Jesus said, if my word is in you, and you keep my word, all right, then, you know, he was saying, if you love me, keep my word, keep my commandments. The covenant is the word of God. And it says obey. it's the same thing that Jesus taught us in a New Testament age keep my word and obey me yes all right and if you do

you are you are in Christ you are part of him yes and so we this is an Old Testament principle that is carried into the New Testament age with a new spirit to it right what else does the scripture say about treasure it goes on to say in Deuteron

chapter seven verse six this is in the new king james version he says for you are a holy people to the lord your god the lord your god has chosen you to be a people for himself a special treasure above all the peoples of the face of the earth and this particular verse is echoed in the new testament in first peter chapter two verse nine it says but ye are a chosen generation a royal priesthood a holy nation of peculiar people. Notice that it uses the word peculiar people that you should show forth the praises of him who have called you

out of darkness into his marvelous light. Doc, in 1. Peter 2.9, Apostle Peter uses almost the exact same words that's in Exodus. Yes. In Exodus

God's speaking to the Hebrews. In Peter, the Apostle is talking. to the church of God. Yes. Yet it's the same words. They are. So is Israel and the church

one. Is it one in the same? Not the state of Israel. That's what I was going to say. And not churchianity. Right. But Israel, the people of God, and the church, the people of God. Are they one? In my opinion, yes. I think the scripture goes on to show us that.

Deuteronomy 14 verse 2 says For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God And the Lord had chosen thee to be a peculiar people Unto himself above all the nations that are upon the earth The English standard version puts a slightly different way For you are people holy to the Lord your God And the Lord has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession I like that out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth

Psalm 135 verse 4 says For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself and Israel for his peculiar treasure So I think we can establish that At least in the Old Testament that Israel or true Israel Let me clarify that

True Israel Is God's special peculiar treasure So what is true Israel? Well true Israel is defined by If you will obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure into me. It's not genetics. It's not hereditary.

It's not whether you possess a certain area of real estate. No, it's based upon your hearing God and obeying him. That is what made you true Israel, the treasured possession in the old covenant. So does that carry over the new covenant is the question? Is that it? So if we go back to the parable of the hidden treasure, if we say, and the kingdom of heaven is like unto a peculiar treasure, so who is that?

It's the people of God who have obeyed him. In the old covenant, what was that? Well, that was true Israel, the people that truly obeyed him. And in a way, they were kind of hidden in the earth, weren't they? They were kind of hidden throughout the world. They were the smallest of nations and scattered abroad. And so they were kind of hidden in the earth. And yet they're found again.

And then Jesus and the Great Commission, you know, sends everybody out back into the world. And so we come out of the world and then we go back into the world. So there's a lot of application here that is really very exciting when you start thinking about it. He sows us into the world. That's right. So we're back to the parable of the sewer. That's right. The word of God is in you, and then Christ sows you into the world where he needs a harvest.

And in Galatians 316, we are called seeds. Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. And he saith not, and to seeds, as of many, but as of one, and to thy seed, which is Christ. And so that just ties us back together. It's amazing, Doc, how many modern-day Christians, in America, especially the evangelical Christians, believe, and some of them will argue that Abraham's seed is the Jewish people. When Paul himself said, it's not seeds, it's seed. Right. And that singular seed is Christ. Yes. But it's not taught in churches, Rick. That's why. I mean, the pastors and the teachers

don't sit down with the congregations and say, look, you are seed in Christ. You are buried in Christ. You're in Him. There is, it's sort of like when we were talking about the Word in the parable of the sower. The word and the seed were synonymous. And so are we. We're synonymous with Christ as well. We're seed and yet we're seed in Christ.

Doc, the two things that I believe, I'm just commenting from my years as a Christian. So I was saved as a young man in 1978. I was 24 years old when I was saved. So I've been around a while as a Christian. And I've concluded that there are two things Satan will go to any length, to any effort, to block people from knowing and understanding. If you're unsaved, he will do anything he has to do to prevent you from knowing that Christ died for your sins.

We'll do that, yes. You want religion? He'll give you religion. He'll give you Buddhism, Hinduism. He'll give you all, pick up religion. He's got it for you, okay? But just don't go to the cross. Don't discover.

Right. Just don't have that awakening moment when you realize that you are destined for the lake of fire unless you repent and are born again. That's the one thing he does not want unsaved people to discover. But once you're saved, he's lost you. Once you're saved, he's lost you. Your soul is saved. You're securing Christ. He can't get you back. but what he can do is derail you

divert your attention confuse you demoralize you and I believe the second thing that Satan will do anything to prevent you from knowing and this is for Christians is your identity in Christ

that's true once you know who you are in Christ you are the most fearsome opponent Satan has because you know who you are. You know what you are. But more than that, you know who God is.

You know what he is. You know your relationship with him. You know your right standing with him. You know the word of God. You know that God's word is true. He does not lie. He cannot lie. And that the only thing God desires for the Christians

is for you to know that he does what he says. And when you find out who you are, you have peace, you have confidence, you have joy, you're an overcomer, you can do all things through Christ, there's nothing that Satan can stop you from doing once you know who you are in Christ. And so the thing that Satan doesn't want the body of Christ to know is that they're Israel. Yes. He doesn't want them to know that they're Israel. And I'm telling you, my friends, there are churches galore, thousands of them.

There are pastors, good men and women who are pastoring churches. I'm not saying that they're not at all. I'm just saying they are confused about Israel. They think Israel and the people of God are people living in the Middle East who deny Jesus Christ. And they'll fight you over this and say, that's Israel. And those are the chosen people of God. And it contradicts what God says about you and me and the entire church. We are, I'm talking about we, the body of Christ, Jews and Gentiles.

Whoever you are, if you are in Christ, you are the Israel of God. You are the apple of His eye. You are the chosen people. You are the holy nation. there's no such thing as i get really upset about this there's no such thing as misdianic jews and and christian gentiles you're right i don't actually right now we'll go to um galatians 328 there is neither jew nor greek neither there is neither bond nor free there is neither male nor female for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

But they will tell you that there is Jew and Greek, or Jew and Gentile, rather. How can there be Mesianic Jews and Christian Gentiles, Christian Greeks? That's Greek represents Gentiles. Right. That means you're separated. That means the two groups are separated. Okay, you Gentile Christians, you go over here to this church, and you Mesianic Jews, you go over here to this. synagogue. Right. And you two stay

apart. That is unbiblical. I agree with you. It's absolutely unbiblical. And it's a separation that grieves God. And it says at the end of that verse, you are all one in Christ Jesus. You're one in Christ Jesus. And in the very next verse, Galatians

329, it goes back to seed. If you be Christ, so you're one in Christ, right? And if you be Christ, then are ye Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise. What makes you errors of Christ? The fact that you're in Christ, you're in the seed.

You are Abraham's seed, whether you claim to be Jew, Gentile, red, yellow, black, and white. It doesn't matter. Once you are in Christ, something has happened to you. You have been pulled out, if you will, of your genetic heritage that you may have claimed in the past. You have a spiritual heritage now. You have a spiritual DNA that you can claim. You know, that you're Abraham's seed. You're one in Christ right now.

A new creature. It's a new being that hasn't been on the earth. It's a new creature. And Rick, I can't understand how people can get confused about. This is, to me, one of the clearest things in the scripture. What is hard about it? Biblical illiteracy. That's why.

And propaganda. It's just a lot of propaganda in the church. It is. It's political propaganda. it's Satan confusing Christians about who they are. Let's put number 14. This is Galatians 329. Let's put it back on the screen. And if you are Christ, if you belong to Jesus Christ, then you are Abraham's seed. And you are the heir according to the promise, the promise of God to Abraham. Yes. You know, people talk about, well, you know, God said if you, whoever loves Israel, God loves and whoever curses Israel, God curses. Right.

Is that what he said? No, it's not what he said at all. It's not what he said. In fact, if you really want to hold on to that thing, if you're going to interpret the way they say it's supposed to be interpreted, then if you if you bless a Christian you're blessed if you curse a Christian you're cursed because we are Abraham seed yes so if you're going to interpret it that way then then do it the right way but the promise was made to Abraham but again it's the mistaken identity in the church

they don't know who they are and once Christians know who they are in Christ they're invincible They're a mighty army. This stuff wouldn't be going on in America that's happening right now. The sin, the debauchery, the just unthinkable, unimaginable, unspeakable things taking place in this country. It wouldn't be happening if the Christians knew who they are in Christ. They would exert authority over this society. They would be the salt of the earth. the light of the world and we're not doing it because we don't know who we are we've had years

decades of propaganda pumped into the churches saying you Gentiles you're a side show you're a little freak show all right God's going to rapture you out someday because you're just a little parentheses that's what they used to teach you know Darby and Schofield they used to teach that the church was a parentheses it's time out God just called time out so he could work on Israel, the political state of Israel. And then when he got that done, he was going to rapture the Gentiles out. And then bring back the Jews to the center stage. Yeah, it's a lie.

It's a lie. And Christians have believed this lie. If you shake it off and open your eyes and realize who you are in Christ, we could take authority in this country. And that doesn't mean we have to go get elected. at the political office. You can speak it. Your words will come out of your mouth as the body of Christ. We can change the direction of this country by speaking God's word over it if we were in unity as the body of Christ knowing who we are in Christ, speaking with authority, taking authority over this nation. That's the consequences of millions of people not knowing who they are in Jesus

Christ. They lack the authority. They don't even think that they're qualified. They're entitled to have authority. That they're just little Gentile set aside that God's going to deal with them later and rapture them out and take them away. No, my friends, you and I are the body of Christ. We are the heir to the promise of Abraham. We are the Abraham's seed. We have the authority in Christ.

And we are that pearl of great price. You and I are the pearl of great price. And Christ himself has found that pearl. We'll be back tomorrow. We love us so much.