The Parables of Jesus and the Last Days
The parables of Jesus are an interesting subject. They were given as a result of the Jews’ rejection of Jesus. In other words, the parables were preached to a closed minded people. They have a two-fold purpose. On the one hand they reveal the secrets of the Kingdom of God to “those who have ears to hear,” but on the other hand, they have the effect of hiding the secrets of the Kingdom of God from those whose minds are closed to the truth.
Below are a number of studies of mine, which nearly always aren’t wholly mine. I have based them upon, and they follow the sequence of, a You Tube video series, The Eschatology of the Parables of Jesus, presented by Dr. Don Preston. They don’t interpret all of the content of the parables, nor do I mention every parable. I was interested only in the eschatology of the parables themselves, and, quite frankly, not every parable speaks of the last days, so I left those out. With this in mind, I hope the reader will enjoy these studies, as much as I enjoyed studying them and deriving content from Dr. Preston’s work.
- It Is Not Given for Them to Understand
- Bringing in the Day of the Lord
- The Strong Delusion of False Doctrine
- Preaching to Closed Minds
- Bookends of Meaning in the Parables
- What Occurs at the End of the World?
- In What Age Did Jesus Live?
- John as Elijah
- Understanding the Parables
- Jesus Interpreting Daniel
- Did the Apostles Understand?
- ‘The End Times’ Context
- Jesus’ Words and Revelation 14
- Jesus’ Words and Israel’s Feast Days
- The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
- Martyr Vindication
- The Rejected Stone
- The Messianic Temple
- Is ‘Oops’ in God’s Vocabulary?
- The Wedding Feast
- Jesus’ Source for the Wedding Motif
- Why Postpone the Wedding?
- The Unity of the Olivet Discourse
- The Banquet and the Resurrection
- The Wedding and the New Creation
- Matthew 22 and Revelation
- Jesus Gave them Signs
- The Destruction of the Temple
- What Were the Signs of the End?
- The Great Commission a Sign of the End
- The Judge Is at the Door!
- Is Israel the Fig Tree?
- The Bridegroom Comes
- The Midnight Call and Romans 13
- Let Your Lamps Be Burning
- The Day and the Hour
- The Absent Master
- He Shall Sit on the Throne
- Judgment of the Nations
- Gathering in the Valley of Decision
- Judgment at the End of the Age
- Eternal Inheritance
- In the Fullness of Time