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
19:11-14,15-18,19-21
And as
they heard these things,
he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem,
and
because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately
appear.
He said
therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to
receive for
himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants,
and delivered them ten pounds (one pound
each), and said
unto them, Occupy till
I come. But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after
him,
saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
And it
came
to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then
he
commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given
the money,
that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
Then came
the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten
pounds.
And
he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been
faithful in a
very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
And the second
came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
And he
said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
And another came, saying, Lord, behold,
here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin (no work): For I feared thee,
because thou art an
austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest
that
thou didst not sow.
And he
saith
unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked
servant. Thou
knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and
reaping
that I did not sow: Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into
the bank,
that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
And he
said
unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him
that hath
ten pounds. (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) For I
say unto
you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that
hath not,
even that he hath shall be taken away from him.
But those
mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring
hither, and
slay them before me.
Notes:
1. This
parable is very clear that
Christ will come again a second time to judge the works of Israel …
similar,
but different, to the scripture for the dispensation for a Christian
under
Paul’s gospel … with the trial of faith being rewarded
(1Corinthians
3:5; 1 Peter 1:7; )
1. For the
Jew, he would enter the
kingdom of God after he had satisfied the requirements of the
kingdom of
heaven and Abraham’s bosom as follows …
2. Although
given under the kingdom
of heaven dispensation, with the Sermon on the Mount and its set of
works
commandments … that would require effort on the part of the Jews, there
are
applications to the kingdom of God dispensation as well, with effort
that
brings reward. However this is not the main meaning of the parable.
3. The Jews
were getting ahead of
themselves … being unaware that there would be a gap of 2,000 years
between the
cross and the rapture.
4. The kingdom
of God,
stretching for about 2,000 years, was a mystery to be unfolded
after the
cross (Colossians 1:26-27)
Explanation:
A certain
nobleman = Jesus
Christ
went into a
far country to receive for himself a kingdom =
ascended back into heaven and
his former glory (Philippians 2:6-9,10-11)
and to return =
Christ’s 2nd coming
(Revelation 19)
And he
called his ten servants = Israel
The number
#10 represents Israel with a few examples as follows …
Israel is
a woman
(Revelation 12:6) with her worth being ten shekels (Leviticus
27:5)
Ten brothers
go down to Egypt to buy
corn (Genesis 42:3)
Ten curtains
of fine linen in the
temple (Exodus 26:1)
Ten
temptations (Numbers 14:22)
Ten
commandments (Deuteronomy 10:4)
Ten wise and
foolish virgins
(Matthew 25:1)
and
delivered them ten pounds (one pound each) = ten
represents the collective
Israel
and said
unto them, Occupy till I come = Christ
says “I’m coming back” (Revelation 19)
But his
citizens hated him and sent a message after him, saying, We
will not
have this man to reign over us = Israel
put Christ on the cross (Matthew 27:25)
And it
came
to pass, that when he was returned =
Christ’s 2nd coming
having received
the kingdom = in
heaven (Philippians 2:9)
then he
commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given
the money,
that he might know how much every man had gained by trading = had
they been profitable
servants
Then came
the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten
pounds.
And
he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been
faithful in a
very little, have thou authority over ten cities. And the second
came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
And he
said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. And another
came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have
kept laid up
in a napkin (no work): For
I
feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest
up that
thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. And he
saith unto
him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant.
Thou
knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and
reaping
that I did not sow: Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into
the bank,
that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
And he said
unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him
that hath
ten pounds. (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) For I
say unto
you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that
hath not,
even that he hath shall be taken away from him
= although
Christ calls him a wicked servant and takes from him any form of
blessing or
reward, there is no mention of this one pound servant being cast into
outer
darkness, being killed or sent to hell. Why?
The nation
of Israel, as a whole, shall be saved as Christ will never leave nor
forsake
them (1Kings 8:57; Psalm 27:9; Hebrews 13:5). That is the ten, five and
one
pound men will all have their eyes opened (Zechariah 12:10)
But those
mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring
hither, and
slay them before me = the
five, ten and one pound men were not Christ’s enemies as they all
feared him … especially the one pound man.
Lessons:
1.The
seven
years of tribulation will be a time of works and perseverance for the
Jew … and
with appropriate rewards.
2. This
parable has spiritual application to the kingdom of God dispensation …
with
effort being rewarded … not necessarily results (2 Corinthians5:9;1 Corinthians 3:8; 15:58)
Harley
Hitchcock
December 2023
www.
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