ken1burton wrote:Hello, I am new on this forum, But to the internet and the different Christian chat rooms, I have been in them thousands of hours. And most of the chat rooms are debates.
When you consider the Parables. One thing Jesus said needs to be considered:
Mark 4: 13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
The Parables have a connecting link. When that link is found, the Parables fall into place. Or know one, know them all.
Here is what connects them: They are all for the Day of the Cross.
There are some concepts that have to be understood to put the pieces in the right place. I will list them with the references.
Luke 18:31 Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
The day of the Cross is made as three pictures, or Doubled twice like Pharaoh’s dream in Genesis 41:32 to ESTABLISH it as God’s Word.
Isaiah 30: 26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Only the day of the Cross will fit Isaiah 30:26 when God heals His people.
The day as 7 days, seen as 3 pictures, first as 4 6-hour periods, seen as 4 beasts with 6-wings in Revelation, Seen as the first 4 days in Genesis, Second picture as 2 12-hour periods seen as 2 witnesses in Revelation, Third as 1 24-hour period seen as 24 Elders in Revelation.
All the Sevens in the Book of Revelation is looking at the day of the cross as these time periods, Often seen as a third of this, and a third of that or one of the three pictures, Together they are as ten days, or He shall have Tribulation 10 days.
So God’s word like as Silver tried in the Fire seven times, is for the day of the Cross, As Leaven hidden in three measures of meal, for the day of the Cross, Building Bigger Barns is Jesus reaching for all mankind, Not just the lost sheep of the House of Israel. The day as 7 time periods is as Silver, the day as 3 pictures is as Gold, Jesus is the Street, seen in the Three pictures so the Streets are paved with Gold.
Isaiah 51: 23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
First as a Street to those alive on earth, Second as a street to those who have died, Third as a street to be with God in Heaven.
Parable of the Sower, The day as 4 6-hour periods, Sunset to Midnight is the Wayside, Disciples are the seeds which fell, Stones as ones cold to Jesus (Coals of fire as believers in Christ, He kindles coals with His breadth, He breathed on them and said “Receive ye the Holy Ghost.”)
Thorns and Briers seen as the Heathen, Good Ground is noon to sunset as Jesus died for sin, the day as 3 pictures, 30 fold, 60 fold, 100 fold.
Many are called, Few are Chosen, (The Heathen which are CALLED by My Name are the MANY), and the Jewish people are the Chosen.
God got a bit cute on the lost Coin of the ten, He is saying He will get every one of the time periods, not lose one, So He uses the lepers, 10 were cleansed, Only one is seen to give Glory to God, WHERE ARE THE NINE?
Prodical Son, Jesus takes all the Father give Him, Give unto us, Riotous living is to eat and drink with publicans and sinners, Began to be in want, or wants all mankind saved, Not just the Lost sheep of the House of Israel, Begins to feed the Swine or preach to non-Jews. Returns unto the Father, of goes back under Jewish law and offers Himself the day of the Cross.
Like a man who goes into a Far country to receive a Kingdom and return, Jesus takes them all out of hell:
Zechariah 9:11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
DOUBLE or the Second picture is seeing Jesus in hell.
The First picture as 4 6-hour periods, or a River divided into four heads, (Garden of Eden)
The day as 7 eyes in the Book of Revelation, the Lamb has seven eyes. “Let tears run down like a river.” So the Second picture seen as a Desert or a pit where in is no water. So God dries up every tear from their eyes, as the Second picture starts.
The day as 4 6-hour periods, Sunset to Midnight, as Old Heaven, Midnight to sunrise as Old Earth. Heaven and earth flee from His Face seen as the Face of a man on the third beast with 6-wings which is Sunrise to noon, New Earth, New Heaven is noon to sunset.
Adding the Cubit makes a person reach angel status, Or loving Greater then to lay down your life for a friend (Greater love has NO MAN than this) Christians lay down their lives in Service even to their enemies.
There are 144 men with Judas, seen as a wall in Revelation 21:17, They have the Cubit or are the Angels given Charge over Jesus. Multiplied by 1,000 in Deuteronomy 1:11. Or the 144,000. Sealed in Isaiah 29:10/12 from seeing Jesus, 12,000 of twelve tribes.
They are the GOATS, Seen in Song of Solomon 4:1. The Goats as Hairs, of all the HAIRS of His Head are numbered, God uses who is above as the Head, who is beneath as the Tail, Jesus is the Head of the first 6-hours.
God places all iniquity on Jesus (Isaiah 53:6) So He is all things which offend, So the angels gather all things which offend (Jesus) from one end of heaven to the other, from one end of the earth to the Other. Jesus is also the ELECT which the angels gather.
The Judgment is Sunrise to noon, The Goats as hairs, the Teeth seen as sheep in Song of Solomon 4:2, When they pluck the Hairs from His Face, they separate the Sheep from the Goats.
The Third seal is the Black Horse with Balances. The third angel sounds in Revelation, The Star wormwood falls, Stars are for signs, The Sign is the Judgment falling on Christ, He is made all things cursed, He is even as the Earth.
Amos 5: 7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
I think I made my point, By the way, God made me a porcupine.
There are hundreds of concepts. And they like the Parables are for the day of the Cross, and they all fit together and interlock.
Ken
I am sorry, I don't see the connections. You are picking specific scriptures from different books and trying to link them together. Each scripture, taken in context of where it was written, doesn't correlate with your central theme.
