“THE 41 PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST”
28
general parables and 13 kingdom of heaven
parables
Parable
#22 –
“The
Talents”
Matthew 25:14-17,18-21,22-25,26-29,30
The
13th of the 13 kingdom of heaven
parables
BACKGROUND:
In
445BC, with one Bible week equating to seven years (a prophetic
year being 360 days), God commanded that seventy weeks each of 7
years, would be determined upon Israel, that is … 70 weeks x 7
years = 490 years (Daniel 9:24-27).
This
time frame is broken into four time periods of (a) 7 weeks + (b)
62 weeks + (c) the mystery church age of about 2,000 years +
(d) 1 week = 70 weeks and is explained as follows:
#1. Seven
weeks of years is 7 x 7 = 49 years … the time it takes to restore
and build Jerusalem from 445BC to 396BC.
#2. Sixty
two weeks of years is 62 x 7 = 434 years … the time from the
building of Jerusalem in 396BC to Christ being cut off at the cross in 32AD.
#3. The
church age of approximately 2,000 years
#4. One
week of years is 1 x 7 = 7 years … this is the seven years of
tribulation of God’s wrath upon the earth, that takes place after the rapture …
called Daniel’s 70th week.
“THE TALENTS” Matthew 25:14-17,18-21,22-25,26-29,30
“Perseverance
of works to the end of the tribulation”
14 For
the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country,
who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to
another two, and to another one; to every man according to his
several ability; and straightway took his journey … and so on.
EXPLANATION:
This
parable is a simple story of a business owner (Jesus Christ … “I must be about
my Father’s business” Luke 2:49) who takes a long trip (returns to heaven
having been resurrected), comes home (Christ’s 2nd coming to earth …
not the Christian rapture) and inspects the work of those he left in charge
(Israel).
This
parable is wrongfully applied to the kingdom of God dispensation to state that
a man’s works are necessary to get into heaven … that is … have you been good
enough?
Secondly,
all will reply “Well … no-one’s perfect … but God looks at your heart” but
cannot give any scripture to prove this. WHY? There is none!
However,
they will trot out some scriptures from the sermon on the mount when Christ was
on earth … not realizing these verses are from a superseded dispensation.
In
today’s dispensation, works are needed to get into heaven … CHRIST’S WORKS!
In
this parable, perseverance with works in needed to get into heaven … MAN’S
WORKS!
EXPLANATION:
1. The context of this parable is the return of the
Son of man … that is at the end of the seven years of tribulation.
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor
the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. (Matthew 25:13)
2. This is Daniel’s 70th week and
will be a Jewish dispensation.
3. This seven years will be salvation by ‘works’.
4. This will be a time of perseverance by ‘works’
to the end.
5. The rapture of the Christian church has
happened seven years previously.
6. This is also the case of the worker who does not
endure to the end (Matthew 24:13; 25:30).
7. This parable cannot be shoe-horned into
the Christian church age of the kingdom of God as outlined in Paul.
8. This has always been Israel’s sin … unbelief
(Hebrews 12:1) and disobedience (Hebrews 3:8, 14, 15)
9. The worker in this parable must persevere to
the end (Hebrews 3:14)
The Jew in today’s dispensation must hold their
confidence to the end (Hebrews 3:14) … that is … have Christ as their
Saviour and not just as their Messiah.
10. It is obvious that the ten and five talent men
have persevered to varying extents but the one talent man has not.
11. Spiritually speaking this has always been
Israel … three groups …
(a) full on and serious about the works of
Matthew 5-7
(b) the half-hearted who tried their best
but did not have the faith or obedience of the ten talent people
(c) those who were the disobedient and
unbelieving … as in the group that receive the admonitions in Malachi.
12. Under the kingdom of God dispensation, Paul’s
gospel, SALVATION WILL BE WORKS … JESUS CHRIST’S WORKS … with eternal
security and salvation guaranteed,
13. Under this kingdom of heaven dispensation,
there is no security … and the works needed will be those of perseverance.
14. In the tribulation, works will be rewarded
as follows …
“And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear:
with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear
shall more be given. For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath
not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.” (Mark 4:24-25).
Those of five and ten talents receive back what
they put in, but not the one talent man.
TODAY’S APPLICATION:
1. What a relief for those saved in the
dispensation of today … the kingdom of God … Christ’s works are all the works
needed to guarantee salvation.
2. At the end of the seven years of tribulation,
only those who have perseverance of works will be saved.
3. This parable is wrongly applied today, to show
people they can lose their salvation.
4. There are only two religions today … the doing
religion and the done religion.
5. Dear Reader,
Do you have the DOING or the DONE
religion?
Are you good enough to get to heaven?
Are you still working your way to heaven?
How much works will you need to get into
heaven?
6. Not realizing the difference of the
dispensations, the doing religions, those which believe you can lose your
salvation, are Roman Catholicism, the SDA’s, the Mormons and probably a lot
of the other so-called Christian religions … the ‘tongue’ speaking, tithing,
water baptising ones and so on.
7. How many people has the misinterpretation of
this Talents parable was sent to hell? Millions? Billions? People looking at their
own achievements instead of those of Christ?
CONCLUSION:
Dear Reader,
Q: what are the entry requirements for heaven?
A: Pefection as the scripture says …
“For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet
offend in one point, he is guilty of all.”(James 2:10)
“For as many as are of the works of the law are
under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not
in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.” (Galatians
3:10)
THE REMEDY?
“Christ hath
redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: …” (Galatians
3:13)
Yes Dear Reader, your ticket to heaven has
already been paid for … believe on the man, Jesus Christ, God himself
manifest in the flesh, who paid for it … pick it up and praise God for your
salvation!
Harley
Hitchcock
November 2023
www.
AustralianBibleMinistries
.com
“THE
41 PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST”
28
general parables and
13 kingdom of heaven
parables
Parable
#23 –
“THE
GROWING SEED”
Mark
4:25-28,29
The
10th of the 28 general parables