The leaven of the kingdom

Jesus told another parable about the kingdom of God, using leaven at the picture.

"He spoke another parable to them, 'The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three pecks of meal, until it was all leavened.'"
Matthew 13:33

Just as the seed sown on the ground pictures the word sown in the heart, the leaven in the meal pictures the life of the kingdom mixed in our natural life.

They did not have prepared yeast to mix with flour; they kept a small amount of leavened dough to use to leaven the next batch of meal. They mixed two things that were similar, except that one had life. In the same way, the life of the kingdom can seem to get lost in daily life. But the little thing that seemed to be lost, can change the whole.

The point of the parable is that the life of the kingdom can change the whole individual, but it will take time.