“THE MIRACLES AND PARABLES
OF JESUS CHRIST”
“THE MIRACLES AND PARABLES
OF JESUS CHRIST”
Throughout
the Old Testament, God the Father, God Jehovah, God Almighty gave
Israel
countless miracles to prove he was God.
So
when Christ shows up on earth, Christ does the same to show that “…
Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among
you by miracles and wonders and signs …” (Acts 2:22),
and these miracles, signs and wonders continued
throughout his earthly ministry.
Indeed
Christ was God Jehovah of the Old Testament … manifest in the flesh (1 Timothy 3:16) … as the scripture states “Jesus Christ the same yesterday,
and to
day, and for ever.” (Hebrews 13:8)
Early
on, Christ outlines what the kingdom of
heaven would be like here on earth should Israel receive him as their
Messiah
(Matthew chapters 5-7).
However,
when it became clear that Israel was
rejecting him after openly and plainly showing them that he was God
manifest in
the flesh, Christ switched into telling them parables about himself.
Israel,
as a nation, would not understand the
parables (Matthew 13:13) … however a few individuals might get the
connection
between the parable, and him being the son of God, God himself in the
flesh …
their Messiah … indeed their Saviour … come at last as prophesied.
PARABLES
A
parable
is an exact, correct, infallible and prefect teaching of a doctrine
given in a
veiled and mysterious form, for the purposes of confusing, thwarting
and
tricking, those who treat the Bible lightly, indifferently or for those
who
would spiritualize the words of God as found in the King James Bible.
But their prime intent was to keep blinded, the Jew that refused to have Christ as their Messiah and Saviour. Parables were deliberately used by God against those who won’t have the truth. This is purposely done so that a man will be rendered blind and deaf if his heart and doctrine isn’t right. (John 9:40-41; Acts 28:25-28).
LET’S
START AT THE BEGINNING
In
the Old Testament, God bent over backwards to help and rescue Israel.
From
Abraham down to Malachi God gave them everything – miracles, food,
protection,
world dominion and so on. But God temporarily closes his dealings with
Israel
with the book of Malachi, with his scathing criticism of Israel and
their unbelief,
ingratitude, deafness, disobedience and hard heartedness. God then
leaves them
alone for about 4 hundred years.
GOD’S
LOVE FOR ISRAEL
God’s
love for Israel has been such, that he has used all manner of means
in
revealing his dealings with Israel, that is, its past, present and
future.
There
is the obscure typology of Daniel chapter 11; the visions
of
Zechariah; the practical demonstrations of Ezekiel; the
revelations
of St John the Divine in the last book of the Bible, the plain
speaking
of the prophets and the so called ‘quaint’ story (which it
isn’t) of the
Song of Solomon; and signs, wonders and miracles;
not to
mention Hosea actually taking an active prostitute for a wife
accompanied by her children; along with Jeremiah forbidden to
marry; and
God taking away the desire of Ezekiel’s eyes (his wife).
As
it has been said, Israel has experienced more miracles per square foot
than all
other nations put together in the history of mankind.
Jesus
Christ, God himself manifest in the flesh, then comes to Israel as
their
Messiah, to save his people from their sins, but he knows that in their
hearts,
that they are disobedient, rebellious, stiff necked, blind and
unbelieving …
and they will eventually put him on the cross.
Christ
knows the whole thing will end in disaster for Israel, with them be
scattered
among the nations of the world for 2,000 years. However, he knows he
will
rescue them, as a nation, at the end of the seven year tribulation.
Harley
Hitchcock
September
2023
www.
AustralianBibleMinistries
.com
THE
PARABLES OF CHRIST
“Are
there 40 or 41 recorded parables?”
general
parables?”
“Are there 12 or 13 recorded kingdom
of heaven parables?”
Why is there a ‘seeming’ inconsistency?
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