 Comments for The Way Forward I will start with the verse that was mentioned above John 12: 24 The truth is that in the process of sprouting a seed must sacrifice itself, or “die”, in order to become a plant. This is because a seed is biologically similar to an egg. Just like an egg, a seed contains an embryo of living tissue. The remainder of the seed is designed to feed, protect, and sacrifice itself for this embryo. The seed doesn’t turn into a plant, but is used up for the success and survival of the embryo it carries.
The most obvious feature of a seed is its outer shell. Seeds generally have an outer shell to carry the embryo, and protect it from its environment. When conditions are right the seed draws in moisture, and breaks open this shell. Having served its purpose, the shell is discarded.
Seeds generally store energy in the form of carbohydrates and fats. This is why many of the foods we eat are seeds, because they have bits of energy stored in them. When the seed sprouts, the embryo uses up this energy reserve to get started. The embryo needs this bit of energy to send down a root for water, and to send up leaves to gather light. The bit of energy within the seed is sacrificed in order to establish the new plant.
In John 12.24, Jesus compares his life to a seed of wheat. A seed of wheat must be sown into the earth and die to create a new plant, bearing more seed. This is the glorification of the humble seed, that in sacrificing its substance it rises from the earth. In its death, the seed doesn’t disappear, but multiplies itself many times over in the world.
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