Parable of the lamp under a basket from Luke 8:16-18 explained

[SANTOSO]

This is what we have heard:
"No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. -Luke 8:16
For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light. -Luke 8:17
Take care then how you hear, for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away." -Luke 8:18

Did we not hear what the Lord have said :
And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? -Mark 4:13

If we have gained understanding of the parable of the sower, then we will understand all the parables including the parable of lamp under a basket.

So, what do we understand from the parable of the sower:
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. -Luke 8:11

So, we understand that a lamp is the word of God accordance to Psalm 119:105

Let us paraphrase the parable to get clarity:

No one after being enlightened the word of God covers it with a jar ?
No one after his eyes being enlightened the word of God to be put to sleep ?
The called out ones after his spirit being enlightened with the word of God will stand as a witness so that those who hear the word may be enlightened.
For no word of God that has been kept hidden that will not be made manifest in truth,
not is any word of God kept secret that will not be come to be known and come to light.
Take care then how you hear the word of God, for to the one who has the word of God, more will be given, and from the one who has not the word of God, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.
Selah ( Pause to reflect )

For we heard the parable:
No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar ?

Paraphrase for clarity:
No one after being enlightened the word of God be covers it with a jar ?

This is what we have heard about a jar that contain the word of God or manna:

It contained the gold altar of incense and the ark of the covenant, covered with gold on all sides, in which there was a GOLD JAR containing the manna, Aaron’s staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.-Hebrews 9:4

Here we can discern that no one after being enlightened the word of God — be covers it with a jar of clay ? For we come to understand from what is written that only gold jar containing manna or word of God.

So, we can understand that
No one after being enlightened the word of God be covers it with a jar ? ; but every one after being enlightened the word of God be covers it with a gold jar !

What does that means ?
This is what we have heard:

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tests hearts.- Proverbs 17:3

So, everyone after being enlightened the word of God, their hearts will be tested in the furnace of trials or afflictions for gold.

As we have heard what apostle Peter have spoken :

In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, -1 Peter 1:6

so that the tested genuineness of your faith'more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire'may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. -1 Peter 1:7

And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people'; and they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'" -Zechariah 13:9

Selah ( Pause to reflect )

 

[SANTOSO]

For we heard the parable:
No one after lighting a lamp puts it under a bed ?

No one after his eyes being enlightened the word of God to be put to sleep ?

So everyone after his eyes being enlightened the word of God will be awaken.

This is what we have heard:
for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." -Ephesians 5:14

What Christ shine on us ? How the Lord will shine on us after being enlightened with the word of God.

This is what we have heard:
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. -2 Corinthians 4:6

So, Christ shine on us the knowledge of the glory of God.

When the word of God says “Let light shine out of darkness” ; the word of God has shone in our hearts. How ?

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life, -Proverbs 6:23

When God commands, “Let light shine out of darkness” that is a lamp ！ When we received the word of God in our hearts, the teaching of Christ is a light, that shine in our hearts !

Selah

 

[SANTOSO]

For we heard the parable:
Every one after lighting a lamp puts it on a stand !

Every one after his eyes being enlightened the word of God to be put to stand as a witness !

This is what we have heard:
And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth." -Revelation 11:3

These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. -Revelation 11:4

Why everyone after his eyes being enlightened the word of God to be put to stand as a witness ?

while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will. -Hebrews 2:4

Selah

 

[SANTOSO]

For we heard the parable :
For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light. -Luke 8:17

For no word of God that has been kept hidden that will not be made manifest in truth,
not is any word of God kept secret that will not be come to be known and come to light.

So, in regard to this parable, what the word of God will manifest :

everyone after being enlightened the word of God, their hearts will be tested in the furnace of trials or afflictions for gold.

Also, everyone after his eyes being enlightened the word of God will be awaken the knowledge of the glory of God.

For everyone after his eyes being enlightened the word of God to be put to stand as a witness together with God with signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed to each of us according to His will.

So in regard to this secret of this parable :
This is what we have heard:
For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. -2 Corinthians 4:11

For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, -2 Corinthians 4:17

as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. -2 Corinthians 4:18

So everyone after being enlightened the word of God, their hearts will be tested in the furnace of trials or afflictions for gold. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,

Also, everyone after his eyes being enlightened the word of God will be awaken the knowledge of the glory of God to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

For everyone after his eyes being enlightened the word of God to be put to stand as a witness together with God with signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed to each of us according to His will.

Selah