“THE 41 PARABLES JESUS CHRIST”
28 general parables and 13 kingdom of heaven parables
 Parable #35 –  “LOST COIN”
Luke 15:8-10 
The 21st of 28 general parable

 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 following Timeline will help (not drawn to scale):

DANIEL 9:24-26,27
“Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city … from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks … after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off … he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week …”

Matthew 24:30             

Luke 15:8-10
Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

what woman = Christ is the woman

having ten pieces of silver = the number ten represents Israel … ten commandments, ten virgins … five wise and five foolish and so on. 

if she lose one piece, = Jesus Christ says “I’ll never leave not forsake” (Hebrews 13:5) … all of Israel shall be saved. “I’ll find you again!” (Zechariah 12:10)

doth not light a candle = Christ is both the candle and the light (Matthew 4:16)

and sweep the house = Christ will sift the world like wheat 

and seek diligently till she find it = to reclaim Israel. Christ came for Israel … they rejected him and he lost them … that is … they became lost to him

And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. = these are the angels and so on (Revelation 5:12-13). Christ comes back for Israel (Revelation 19)

Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. = Israel will be found again by Christ.

Lessons:
1. Christ will find Israel again in the seven years of tribulation … or rather Israel will find him by having their eyes opened to him again.

2. The application under the kingdom of God today is that Christ died for all and all can be saved without exception. No one needs be lost. Christ is still searching … every second … for every lost sinner today … and he will find them … but many they will not be found of him.

Harley Hitchcock
November 2023

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 “THE 41 PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST”
28 general parables and 13 kingdom of heaven parables
  Parable #36 –   “THE PRODIGAL SON”
Luke 15:11-32 
a.k.a. the “Elder Brother Syndrome”
The 22nd of 28 general parables




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