“THE 41 PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST”
28 general parables and 13 kingdom of heaven parables
Parable #40 – “THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN”
Luke 18:9-12,13-14
The 26th of 28 general parables
“THE 41 PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST”
28
general parables and 13 kingdom of
heaven parables
Parable
#40 –
“THE
PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN”
Luke
18:9-12,13-14
The
26th
of 28 general parables
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.
Luke
18:9-12,13-14
And he
spake
this parable unto certain (men)
which trusted in themselves that
they were righteous, and despised others:
Two men
went
up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a
publican.
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank
thee, that
I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as
this
publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes
of all
that I possess.
And the publican,
standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven,
but smote
upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell
you, this
man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every
one
that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself
shall be
exalted.
Lessons:
1.
Unfortunately,
this parable is used by today’s unsaved
man that … you know … maybe on his death bed … HE WILL
CONFESS HIS
SINS AND ASK GOD TO HAVE MERCY ON HIM!
The
above is wrongfully used in
combination with the following …
“If we
confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,
and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)
…
but the First John scripture is solely
for Christians … NOT THE UNSAVED!
2.
Dear
Reader, today, it’s not just
about confessing your sins. Anyhow how many can you confess? And what
about all
the ones you don’t know of … that is … the unknown trespasses?
It’s
about going the next step and believing
on Jesus Christ as having paid the perfect blood penalty for all your
sins and
sin … the known and the unknown.
What
about any wrong doctrine you have
but don’t know it? … that’s a sin!
3.
Furthermore,
this parable is about a man
humbling and abasing himself in order that he may have a
‘self
justification’/vindication about what he had done under the kingdom
of
heaven dispensation.
4.
There is no mention of the publican
believeth-ing on the Lord Jesus Christ as fulfilling his
justification
(John 3:16).
5.
The
justification in this parable
is a vindication … that is being absolved or cleared of
blame … in
approaching God the wrong way. He had prayed to God the right way
with a
humble and contrite heart and not the arrogant and
boastful heart
of the Pharisee.
December
2023
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