'Thirty, sixty, and a hundred.'
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Those "honest and good" hearts who make a success of the life of patient fruit-bearing to the Lord are set forth in three categories. Some of them bring forth thirtyfold, some sixtyfold, and some a hundredfold.
Here are three levels of laying hold on the grace of God that is in the Lord Jesus Christ.
The three stages of Christian development, thirtyfold, sixtyfold, and a hundredfold are typified by the three assemblings of the Israelites (Deuteronomy 16:16) and also by the three divisions of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
The three convocations enjoined on the Israelites were Unleavened Bread (Passover), the feast of Weeks (Pentecost), and the feast of Tabernacles.
The three areas of the Tabernacle of the Congregation were the Courtyard, the Holy Place, and the Most Holy Place.
It seems clear that the Scriptures reveal three major levels of attainment in Christ, and that all who choose to do so may seek and find the hundredfold level.
The three degrees of bearing fruit in Christ presented in the parable of the sower are as follows:
The level of justification through the blood of the Lord Jesus.
The level of ministry and holiness brought about by the operations of the Holy Spirit.
The throne level of dwelling and ruling in the fullness of the abiding of the Father and the Son.
Several times in the Book of Revelation we can note that the fullness of the inheritance goes to those who overcome, who live victoriously in Christ.
The pattern of the new Jerusalem itself with its surrounding "nations of them who are saved" appears to indicate that there are those who are part of the city itself, and then there are those who live in the light of the city. Revelation 3:12 states that Jesus will make him who overcomes a permanent part of the Temple of God, so much so that the name of God and the name of the city of God are inscribed on him.
The new Jerusalem is the Temple of God, the Lamb’s Wife, and is an expression of the fullness of the Life of God in Christ. The hundredfold Christian will dwell eternally in the Divine Presence, his nature being in accord with the Nature of the Godhead. The eternal abiding is the "rest" of God, spoken of in the Scripture (Hebrews 4:9).
So then, there is much to be gained by pursuing the things of God, by watching over the Divine Seed until there is an abundant harvest in our personality. Keep in mind that the Seed is Christ and that the hundredfold yield indicates a full developing of the portion of Christ that has been planted in us.
The Seed is Christ and the fruit of the harvest is Christ.
The following promise was given to Abraham:
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. (Genesis 22:17,18)
Again, in Galatians we find:
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. (Galatians 3:16)