Section 2
Luke 10:2 says, "And He said to them, The harvest indeed is vast, but the workers are few; therefore, beseech the Lord of the harvest that He would thrust out workers into His harvest." In His economy God has a plan to accomplish. But this plan still requires His people to be seech, that is, to pray about it. In answering their prayer, the Lord will accomplish what they have prayed concerning His plan. In particular, here the Lord tells the disciples to beseech the Lord of the harvest. The word "harvest" indi cates that the kingdom of God is established with things of life that can grow and multiply. Furthermore, the title "the Lord of the harvest" indicates that the Lord is the One who owns the crop.
The way the Lord sent out the seventy in 10:1-24 is very similar to the way He sent out the twelve in 9:1-9. The Lord considered the time of this sending to be the time of jubilee, and in the jubilee no one will be short of anything. This was the reason the Lord charged the seventy not to carry anything for their need. Rather, they were to stay where they were received and eat whatever was set before them (Luke 10:7-8).
In 10:5 and 6 we have an important word concerning peace: "And into whatever house you