Noah, a preacher of righteousness (2nd Peter 2:5),  received a promise from God as the waters from the great flood had dried up.  Here is that promise: “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease” (Gen. 8:22).    That promise has been kept by God until this day.  What would we do without THE SEED which continues to put bread on our tables and food in our mouths?  While we are now talking about the physical seed, the same principle applies spiritually. Jesus, in explaining the meaning of the parable of the sower, gives us the secret of God’s desire for humanity in all ages.  “Now the parable is this: The SEED is the word of God” (Luke 8:11).  With much care humanity has preserved THE SEED of many plants to insure that the next generation can also reap the benefits of a good harvest. If down through the ages the same effort had been made to preserve the spiritual SEED,  the religious community  would be a lot different today. There would not have been any need to name our places of worship for just mention of the name “the church” would be sufficient.  In the  first century there was only one.  Wouldn’t it be great if we could all plant just the seed of the Kingdom from that first century?  We then could reap the harvest of only one name and unity among all!