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Gospel of Thomas · 73 of 114 · tr. Thomas O. Lambdin

Logion 73

Jesus said, "The harvest is great but the laborers are few. Beseech the Lord, therefore, to send out laborers to the harvest."
Themes
Divine Providencetheology

Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.

The text presupposes that the Lord actively orders human affairs by sending laborers to complete the harvest.

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Eschatological Judgmentsoteriology

Final, collective cosmic judgment as an event in which the wicked are sentenced and the cosmos restored; distinct from psychopomp_journey (individual passage at death) and emphasising verdict where Zoroastrian frashokereti emphasises restoration.

The metaphor of the harvest traditionally signifies the end-time gathering and separation of souls in this tradition.

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Fasting And Prayerpraxis

Ascetic disciplines that prepare the body and mind for spiritual receptivity or purification.

[auto] The passage explicitly commands the listener to 'Beseech the Lord,' identifying prayer as a necessary spiritual discipline.

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Prayerpraxis

Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.

[auto] The passage explicitly commands the listener to beseech the Lord, making petitionary prayer the central instructional theme.

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