In The House — Taught In Parables — The Inner Kingdom & The Key Of Knowledge: In not understanding the use of parables in the Gospels — and how the parables are allegorical learning models within the allegorical scriptures themselves — and without understanding The One Source of True Interpretation for both the parables, and the Gospel accounts — that it will be impossible to comprehend the meaning of the scriptures with any true depth of understanding. And when the scriptures are properly understood, their very purpose is to assist the seeker/disciple in finding The One Source of True Interpretation — because all other interpretations is nothing more than manmade worthless (church) dogma that is promoted by misguided believers and unbelievers. Why? Because the opening of the Gospel of Thomas is as relevant to that scripture, as it is all scriptures — i.e., “These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus …And he said, Whoever finds the interpretation of these sayings will not experience death. Let him who seeks continue seeking until he finds. When he finds, he will become troubled. When he becomes troubled, he will be astonished, and he will rule over the All. …Jesus said, If those who lead you say to you, ‘See, the kingdom is in the sky,’ then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, ‘It is in the sea,’ then the fish will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will become known, and you will realize that it is you who are the sons of the living father. But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is you who are that poverty.” Once the scriptures are properly understood, they are very much the Key of Knowledge that if properly turned within and used to open the inner “narrow strait gate”, they will enable the seeker to learn directly from the One True Teacher, and bestow upon such a sincere disciple the Life that the Gospels promise to the faithful believer. And even those who claim to believe, and yet fail to fulfill the spiritual objective of the Gospels within themselves, are those who walk upon the broad-way of self destruction — i.e., “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.” (Matt 7:13-14 NKJ). And when Jesus was asked directly when the Kingdom of God would come upon the earth as Jews and Christians believe, Jesus said it would never come upon the earth, because it is within us all: “Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.” (Luke 17:20-21 NKJ). That modern Christians walk the broad-way of self-destruction, is because long ago the Church threw away the Key of Knowledge in the manner of the carnal Jews — and thus, what was said of the Jews then, is true of the Christians today: “How terrible it will be for you experts in religious law! For you hide the key to knowledge from the people. You don’t enter the Kingdom yourselves, and you prevent others from entering” (Luke 11:52).
Mankind has freewill — and as the prodigal sons who have each emerged out of the Kingdom to travail in this world which Jesus portrayed as the Far Country — each of the lost sons and daughters of the Kingdom must return of their own volition and desire. That each has the innate power to return, is in fact the very purpose and objective of the scriptures — i.e., to be used as the Key of Knowledge when each individual desires to return to the Edenic Kingdom of Origination ( http://GateOfEden.com ). That the leaders among the Jews had alienated themselves from the Inner Kingdom — and they attempted to observe the scriptures in outward ritual and tradition — is the very reason why Jesus condemned them as heretics who hid the Key of Knowledge from the people, and in their carnal interpretations they “…prevent others from entering”. Because the carnal Jews were under the control of what Jesus portrayed in the parable of the prodigal son as the “Citizen …of the Far Country”, they remained blind to the Inner Kingdom and the true meaning of the scriptures — i.e., “…but unto themthat are without, all things are done in parables: that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand”. And the fact that those who were the leaders of the people were blind to the Kingdom, and unable to spiritually hear and understand, made it impossible to even begin to compose scriptures where the higher reality of the soul and the Mysteries of the Kingdom were more plainly presented to the reader. As Paul warned, if the people who were under the control of the “Citizen …of the Far Country”, were to even be told about the Mysteries of the Kingdom, they would immediately reject these teachings as utter “foolishness” (see Mystery Of The Gospel). And that this inability to present the esoteric truths of the Gospel remains today, is the reason why the modern congregation of Christian believers remain in subjugation to the “Citizen …of the Far Country”.
Not to understand the meaning of the term “In The House”, and to have thrown away the Key of Knowledge, is to remain totally ignorant of the spiritual meaning of the Gospels and the teachings of TheWay. In fact, the reality of the term being In The House was and is so important, that the Gospel of the Nazirenes (chapter 19:10) states: “There is a house made without hands, seek that you may dwell therein.” If the believer is truly faithful to the Living Word — lives in accordance with the Commandments of the Royal Law of the Most High — seeks to acquire Genuine Knowledge directly from the Son of God — and sincerely walks in The Way — then they will pass through the “narrow way” and the “straight gate” into the Kingdom will open to them.
When the disciples who dwelled In The House, asked Jesus why he taught the multitude of people in the enigma of parables — wherein, each person’s interpretation and understanding was in accord with their own mindset and thinking — Jesus replied to his disciples: “Unto you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all things are done in parables: that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them” (Mark 4:11-12 ASV) — and the term, “…lest haply they should turn again”, is stated in reference to the Kingdom that can only be found within, and the presence of the One Teacher therein.