Kingdom of Heaven like a Treasure

Lenski Commentary on Matthew 13
The Parable of the treasure, makes a turn from how the kingdom is bestowed and operates to "Now Jesus shows how [the kingdom] is acquired."
In Conclusion Lenski writes, "We are to understand the imagery properly and must stop where it stops and not go beyond. Thus the buying of the pearl does not deprive another man of its use; for though the pearl is but 'one,' everyone of us is to buy it and to own it irrespective of others. There is nothing in this parable which corresponds to the field in the other, the Word being sufficiently illustrated there."
Lenski places the man and the merchant as each individual Christian. Each of us is then to give of ourselves in order to buy the kingdom of heaven, or the treasures of salvation.
"The Scriptures know of two extraordinary ways of buying: one is, without money or price, Isa. 55:1; Rev. 21:6; the other is to give up for the sake of the eternal treasures of God all that would prevent our possessing them. Both are the same, for both imply the acceptance of God's gift, the latter adding only the thought that the vessel must be empty so that God's grace and gift may fill it. The field, not the treasure, is bought. Both the value of the treasure and its being without an owner that might be reached, precludes its being bought. Christ and the treasures of salvation shut out any and all payment and purchase on our part. But by giving up every self-made, human doctrine and philosophy, however deep these may seem to be, we may make the Word our own and in and with it all the treasures of salvation."
He even draws further into this dynamic of finding the treasure ourselves in Scripture. He describes the Field in which the treasure is hidden, as the Holy Scriptures.
"The field is undoubtedly the Scriptures, John 5:39." He also hits at the field being connected back to the previous parables (Sower, Wheat/Weeds). "The fact that the field is bought is not an objection, for buying denotes the real, true appropriation of the Scriptures once a man knows the treasure they contain. Since the church has the Scriptures, we may add her preaching and her teaching when interpreting the field. How plain, common, ordinary is this Scripture field! Many walk over it again and agin in their reading or in their hearing and find precious little in it. But the great treasure is there."
"God's treasure, hidden, indeed, is to be found by us (11:25; Col. 4:3, 4; Luke 19:42); his connection with the treasure remains and is obvious the moment it is uncovered." He points us to several other text which may indicate how hard it is to find salvation.
But his best comment that hints toward the truth is found in this statement: "This aorist tells us what the man did this case (historical aorist) not what happens in every case of this king (gnomic)." Aorist participle "finding" and Aorist Active "hide" (transitive) This construction should indicate that this is not gnomic (or general situation) but a certain situation (historical action).
Therefore, I still conclude that God finds his treasured possession buried in the fallen creation (where he has scattered seed and planted good seed). Jesus then does give all he has in his very life upon the cross in order to purchase said treasure or pearl. There is only one holy Christian Church, and only one who buys said treasure/pearl.
I am still not sure what to make of Lenski's side comment: "The moral obliquity that some find in this action and in its employment by Jesus does not exist, because the whole presentation intends to describe the very opposite. (I think that means "David is wrong!") Since the owner of the treasure is dead and forgotten, who according to law or to morals has a claim to the treasure except this happy finder?" (Is he saying that Jesus is dead? Is he saying that previous generations of believers are dead and no longer own the treasure? ???)
Thank you!!

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