“THE 41 PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST”
28 general parables and 13 kingdom of heaven
parables
Parable
#11 – “Pearl of Great Price”
Matthew 13:45-46
The
6th 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 kingdom of heaven = see above diagram
merchant man = God the Father
goodly pearls = pearls are found inside tightly closed oyster shells attached to rocks
… and this pearl called Israel, God will never let go (Hebrews 13:5).
Israel in the desert had the Rock follow them,
but now under the kingdom of God dispensation, they can be in the Rock
(1 Corinthians 10:4).
one pearl of great price = Israel … found in the world
sold all that he had = his Son Jesus Christ
bought it = Christ, a
Jew, God manifest in the flesh (1 Timothy 3:16) came to save his people,
Israel, from their sins (Matthew 1:21) and purchased it with his own blood
(Acts 20:28).
CHRISTIAN APPLICATION
We are reminded of John 3:16 where free eternally
secure salvation is now open to all. Indeed Christians being in Christ are
‘little pearls’ … as it were.
Israel in the desert was only attached to the Rock
like a pearl in an oyster shell.
Christians are not attached to the Rock like pearls
in oyster shells, but we are pearls in the Rock as it were.
October 2023
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“THE 40 PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST”
Parable #12 - ”The
Net”
Matthew
13:47-50
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