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Mingled Seed

by Elder Brian Moore

Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy

cattle gender with a diverse kind: thoushalt not sow

thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment

mingled of linen and woolen come upon thee.” Leviticus

19:19

In the book of Leviticus, a book primarily concerned

with priestly ritual and legal rules, we find that the

Lord spoke unto Moses concerning a variety of statutes

and laws dealing with everything from cleanliness,

idolatry, sexual conduct, blasphemy, rituals, and

obedience. Realizing that we are no longer under the

law and that the rituals, procedures and applications

mentioned in the book of Leviticus were directed to the

household of Israel, we must understand that there are

still many practical applications of the law that are

beneficial in our everyday life. Let us not forge that

the law was given “because of transgression.”  Which

leads me to the subject at hand, mingled seed, what

practical application can we draw from this Old

Testament instruction?

I recently spent an hour or so tilling a small garden

for my parents. While laboring in the field, I began to

consider the things that would later be planted in the

garden. From past experience, I knew that I could

expect a few onions, some lettuce, some corn, some

cucumbers and of course a few tomatoes. I could even

picture the rows by which they would be planted all

neatly and orderly laid out. Each section of the garden

would be designated for a particular crop which would

make it easier to weed, water, fertilize and eventually

harvest each crop at the appropriate time. In the book

of Leviticus 19:19, sown therein is a wonderful piece

of instruction to anyone who wishes to “keep a garden.”

For example it wouldn’t be profitable to mix or

“mingle” the various seeds mentioned above and then

just carelessly spread them abroad in the field. It

would cause far to many problems, some of the crops

would “choke out” the other crops leading to a smaller

yield of crops. Some of the crops would ripen slower

than others and would be “trampled down” when it came

time to harvest the ripe or mature crops. Some of the

crops might require more water and due to the mingling

of the seed they would “dry out” some of the weaker

crops. Some crops require more nutrients than others,

which could lead to one crop being “weakened” and less

desirable. Naturally, there are many other problems

which could come from mingling seed, but hopefully the

lesson is rather obvious to the reader that mingled

seed isn’t a good thing.

Despite teaching us a thing or two about gardening,

there is a much greater lesson to be learned from

Leviticus 19:19. Today there are many among the Old

Line Primitive Baptist who wish to mingle in a little

seed here and there. The desire, of many of these

brethren, is to create change and to hopefully make the

Primitive Baptist more popular. Some of the strange

seed being mingled comes in a variety of packages, each

with it’s own effort to choke, trample, weaken and dry

out the doctrine of Grace. These seeds are packaged

rather carefully and often are presented in such a

subtle manner that even the most trained ear can hardly

detect the poison. One of those seeds is the “all the

elect will hear and believe the gospel seed.” This seed

weakens the strong crop (Salvation by Grace) and

introduces Gospel Regeneration and eventually leads to

anti-biblical missionary societies. Those that spread

this seed are looking to harvest filthy lucre and take

on the appearance of large factory farms (worldly

denominations). Another popular seed that is being

mingled among the Old Baptist is the “there is no hell

seed.” This seed will slowly dry out the strong crop

(Salvation by Grace) and eventually cause it to lose

its color. This seed promotes lasciviousness and

discredits the inspired written word of God by

literalizing and rearranging text to fit their

erroneous doctrine. This seed, especially in

Appalachia, looks similar to the strong crop, but that

is it’s only desire to “LOOK” like the strong crop.

Finally, another seed, which currently is being mingled

among the Primitive Baptist is the “Pre-Millenialism

seed,” this seed advocates a future 1,000 year reign of

Christ and it is mired in error and false

interpretation. This seed “chokes out” the truth and

supplants it with fables. It takes doctrine out of

context and denies the plain teachings of the bible.

This doctrine can be traced back to the 1830’s and it

presents the second coming of Christ into two stages.

It’s supporters advocate that God was forced to

postpone the seventieth week of Daniels Prophecy

because the household of Israel rejected the messiah.

This is a dangerous doctrine and despite the fact that

it is very popular among Charismatics and popular

religionist today, it does not supplant the fact that

it’s origins are only 170 to 180  years old. The

Primitive Baptist HAVE NEVER endorsed such a doctrine

and Primitive Baptist historical documents, writings

and periodicals over the years have spoken out against

it’s teachings. This seed creates controversy,

displaces the Kingdom of God and sows discord among the

brethren, it is best left out of the garden all

together.

This article was not written with intent to hurt

anyone but rather to stand firm in the light of the

truth. Is it not our duty as Watchmen to declare the

whole counsel of God?  Or should we sit idly by and let

our tongues cleave to the roof of our mouth in order to

keep a little peace? I ask you to meditate upon these

things and to prayerfully consider what has been

written and then ask yourself the question…………will our garden be one of mingled seed?