“THE
41 PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST”
28
general parables and 13 kingdom of God parables
Parable
#17 –
“THE
TWO SONS”
Matthew 21:28-31,32
The
8th of the 28 general 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 TWO
SONS”
“v28 But
what think ye (chief
priests)? A certain man had two sons;
and he came to the FIRST, and said, Son, go work to day in my
vineyard. v29 He answered and
said, I will not: but
afterward he repented, and went. v30
And he came to the SECOND, and
said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
V31 Whether of them twain did
the will of
his father? They say unto him, The FIRST. Jesus saith unto
them, Verily
I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the
kingdom of
God before you. V32 For
John came
unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the
publicans
and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented
not
afterward, that ye might believe him.” (Matthew 21:28-31,32)
Question: How
would
it be possible for people to go into the kingdom of God, heaven itself,
before
Christ goes to the cross?
The first
son are the harlots and the publicans initially rejecting
the
Messiah,
If you
see it from their point of view, the harlots and publicans were already
treated
as outlaws from the religion of the chief priests, so when they hear
about the
priests getting excited about the coming Messiah, this only further
drives them
away from Christ and his vineyard … and so it is a resounding “NO”
from
them. But after seeing his wonderful works of his healings and his
acceptance
of them by eating with them, they accept him … that is, after
initially
saying NO, they willing say YES to working in his vineyard.
The second
son are the self-righteous Pharisees and Sadducees (Luke 18:10-13,14) initially
accepting the
promise of
Christ the Messiah, but then rejecting Christ with extreme
hatred
being
jealous of his works, after seeing him eating and associating with
harlots and
publicans.
Now
continuing on, Christ talks further to the chief priests …
v31 “
….That the publicans and the harlots go into the
kingdom of God before you. v32
For
John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye
believed him
not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and
ye, when ye
had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.”
(Matthew
21:31-32)
Here we
have Christ in the kingdom of heaven dispensation, talking about the
believing
Jew’s eventual home being the kingdom of God which is in heaven itself.
It is
to be understood that the Jew would enter the kingdom of God in heaven,
after
the temporary stopover in Abraham’s bosom, should they accept Christ.
The following diagram will help:
We
can
see that the harlots and publicans entered heaven, the
kingdom of God,
God’s kingdom, before the chief priests … unless the latter repent
and accept Christ with his kingdom of heaven … which some of them did.
and become a good son.
Furthermore,
the bad sons today are those still under the law eg SDA’s, Mormons,
Catholics
and on, who believe you can lose your salvation. Are they aware that …
Harley
Hitchcock
October
2023
www.
AustralianBibleMinistries
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“THE 41 PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST”
28
general parables and 13 kingdom of heaven
parables
Parable
#18 -
“The Vineyard Labourers”
Matthew
21:33-36,37-40,41-44,45;
Mark 12:1-4,5-8,9-12;
Luke 20:9-12,13-16,17-19
The
10th of the 13 kingdom of heaven
parables
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