“THE 41 PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST”
28
general parables and 13 kingdom of heaven
parables
Parable
#26 –
“THE
GOOD SAMARITAN”
Luke 10:30-33,34-37
The
13th of the 28 general parables
The
misinterpretation of this parable may have sent
untold millions to hell!
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.
This
parable is set in the context of the previous
verses …
“And,
behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted
him, saying, Master, what shall I DO to inherit eternal life?
He
said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? And he
answering
said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all
thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy
neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered
right: this
DO, and thou shalt live.” (Luke 10:25-28)
Christ
lets this lawyer know in no uncertain terms
what he has to DO to inherit eternal life … be absolutely
perfect and
sinless by fulfilling the law … that is DO the law.
Now to
inherit something, you must be in the family
… correct? … and this lawyer thought that he was in the family of God …
but he
wasn’t.
That is,
in the mind of this lawyer, in his own
estimation, the lawyer was pretty sure he has fulfilled the first law
of loving
the Lord Jehovah with all his heart … like the Pharisee (Luke 18:10-12)
… “I
think I’m perfect with fasting and tithing … and not like the publican
beside
me … and also … I’m not an extortioner, I’m just and I’m not an
adulterer!”
But what
was tripping up this lawyer was the DOING
of the second law of “Loving his neighbour as himself.”
And like
all lawyers, they know how to muddy the
waters with asking for the definition … in this case … ‘neighbour’.
This
lawyer in tempting Christ (1 Corinthians 10:9)
should have realised that this was one of the five sins his people
committed in
the desert (1 Corinthians 10:9).
Furthermore,
this lawyer is about to tangle with The
Lawyer … with a capital “L”.
EXPLANATION
OF PARABLE:
Dear
Reader, as we read, we will see how Christ puts himself into the
parable to get
the meaning behind the meaning. We will not spiritualize but this
parable is a
type, a shadow, of Christ himself.
But he,
willing to justify himself, said unto
Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
And Jesus
answering said, A certain man went down
from Jerusalem to Jericho =
When the
word ‘certain’ is used, we know it is a
real story, like the certain rich man in hell (Luke 16:19).
This man
could have been a Jew or a Gentile … most
likely a Gentile, as a priest and a Levite passed him by.
and fell
among thieves, which stripped him of his
raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead = Gentiles
always had access to God in the Old Testament, and indeed
when Christ was on earth, but compared to the Jews, they could be
considered
stripped, wounded and half dead, having no history of a relationship
with God.
And by
chance there came down a certain priest that
way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And likewise
a
Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by
on the
other side = These
were Jewish and had vast hatred for
Gentiles and Samaritans.
But a
certain Samaritan = this is
Christ putting himself into the parable.
Some
points about Samaritans and Christ:
(a) The
Jew thought the Samaritans had devils in
them (John 8:48). Jews and Samaritans were like oil and water … they
didn’t
mix.
(b) Those
from Samaria, had built two temples for
worship 2Kings 10:29) … instead of worshipping at the temple in
Jerusalem. They
were outcasts. The Samaritans were of the ten tribes not blessed by God.
(c) The
lawyer was horrified at Christ calling
himself the I AM (John 8:58) … Jehovah God!
(d)
Indeed, this lawyer saw Christ as a threat,
another temple to be worshipped … Jehovah God himself manifest in the
flesh. In
essence, Christ had set himself up as another temple up beside the
temple in
Jerusalem (Hebrews 8:2; Revelation 21:3).
(e) This
lawyer, being a Pharisee, believed that
Christ had devil “Then answered the Jews, and said unto him (Christ),
“Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?” (John
8:48)
(f)
Samaritans have always shown themselves to be more
grateful and those form Judah … as in the case of the ‘healed from
leprosy’
Samaritan (Luke 17:11-14,15-18,19).
(h) The
Samaritans were among the first to know and
accept Jesus as follows:
“The woman
saith unto him, I know that Messias
cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all
things.
Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.” (John 4:25-26)
as he
journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw
him, he had compassion on him = So with
this parable Christ shows the great gulf fixed (Luke 16:26) between
this lawyer
and himself. Christ had come as Saviour for the Jews but also died for
the sins
of the Samaritans, and indeed the world … with great compassion.
And went
to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring
in oil and wine =
Christ is
actually using this parable to tell of
himself!
Christ, as
the Samaritan with a devil … which he
hasn’t … is pouring oil and wine into the wounded man. How so?
Christ is
the oil and gives and sends the Holy
Ghost … which is the oil (John 14:16; 14:26; 15:26; 16:7)
Christ is
the new wine (Matthew 9:17)
and set
him on his own beast = Christ
himself … cast your burden on me (Psalm 55:22)
and
brought him to an inn = Christ
is the inn … the tabernacle (Hebrews 8:2)
and took
care of him = he
watched over the wounded man (Hebrews 13:5)
Indeed,
Christ fulfilled the God’s laws, watching
over and caring for … in the first instance the Jews in the kingdom of
heaven,
but then the whole world under the kingdom of God dispensation.
And on the
morrow when he departed = Christ
stayed overnight in the inn with the wounded man. This is the
equivalent of a temporary salvation with Christ as the Son of man.
There is no
eternal salvation at this point. Christ is there for a season (a night)
and
then leaves.
he took
out two pence = Christ
is the second person of the Godhead
and gave
them to the host = God the
Father
and said
unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever
thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee … of
course, Christ will shed his blood on the cross for more payment for
the whole world … and not just the wounded man.
Which now
of these three, thinkest thou, was
neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that
shewed
mercy on him = the
Samaritan
Then said
Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise = Christ
says to the lawyer “Stop being so self-righteous … be like me –
a Samaritan, go and show mercy on the Gentiles and indeed, the
Samaritans.”
LESSONS:
1. The
question from the lawyer was NOT
“What must I do to get into heaven?” but “What shall I DO to inherit
eternal life?”
The lawyer
should have known that entry into heaven
was guaranteed via Abraham’s bosom (Luke 16:22-23) … should he believeth
in the Lord (John 3:16) and sacrifice animal blood for the remission of
past
sins.
No! The
Lawyer was asking about his inheritance about
getting into heaven. He thinks he is in the family of God already …
which he
isn’t … and wants to know what more can he do to get his inheritance
when he is
in heaven.
This was a
question about inheritance not entrance.
Christians
today similarly get confused about the
following … and see the word “inherit” as being entry … which it isn’t.
“Know ye
not that the unrighteous shall not inherit
the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor
adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor
thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners,
shall
inherit the kingdom of God.” (1 Corinthians 6:9-10)
Christ was
telling the lawyer that should his works
be like that of the Samaritans, he shall get some inheritance when he
gets … or
should he get … into heaven. But of course, he had to believe in the
Lord Jesus
Christ first off (John 3:16)
2. The
lawyer’s
question was also about getting eternal life to which he has been told
by
Christ about Christ being the “I AM” (John 8:58).
3. This
lawyer
wasn’t even within a bull’s roar of the kingdom of heaven, heaven
itself and
inheriting in heaven. Strike three …. You’re out! The Samaritan would
get there
before him. The lawyer was last in line …
“But I
say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith,
I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people (Gentiles),
and by a foolish nation (Gentiles) I will anger
you.” (Romans 10:19)
This was a
double blow to the Pharisee lawyer, as
Christ, firstly, as the Jew hated Samaritan, and secondly, showing
compassion
for the wounded Gentile, relegated the lawyer to hell … unless he
pulled up his
socks … to believe in Christ and begin showing mercy and compassion to
Samaritans and Gentiles.
In answer
to the questions “What must I do to have
eternal life” and “Who is my neighbour?”, Christ showed the lawyer he
must DO.
IN
CONCLUSION …
This
parable has been dreadfully misinterpreted and
has sent how many to hell? You tell me?
This
parable is loved by the Catholics, SDA’s,
Mormons, the world, the Buddhist, the Hindu, the Muslim, the Jew, and
every
pretend Christian trusting in themselves.
Why?
It’s
crawling with works! Yummy! Yummy!
Harley
Hitchcock
November
2023
www.
AustralianBibleMinistries
.com
“THE 41 PARABLES JESUS CHRIST”
28
general parables and 13 kingdom of heaven
parables
Parable
#27 –
“A
FRIEND IN NEED”
Luke
11:5-8,9-12,13
The
14th of the 28 general parables
