Here in the Parable of the Sheep and Goats Jesus is summarizing for His disciples the repeated warnings He has been making in the Olivet Discourse to be on the alert lest the judgment that was about to befall the Jews also overtake them as well. In the previous parables He had emphasized both the…
Here at the end of Jesus’ discourse to His disciples on the Mount of Olives He is summarizing the substance of true religion by which all nations will be judged, even as was happening to the Jewish nation at that time, and which He is warning His disciples could easily sweep them away as well. …
After forsaking the temple mount and predicting its destruction for having rejected His Spirit from filling it, Jesus is on the Mount of Olives giving signs to His disciples and warning them to keep watch lest they too be swept away in the coming judgment. Here in the parable of the sheep and goats He…
Here in the parable of the sheep and the goats Jesus is summarizing His admonition to His disciples to be alert and keep watch lest they too be swept away in the flood of destruction that was about to overtake the unbelieving Jews who had rejected Him as their Messiah. The disciples had asked Him…
Recall that upon leaving the temple with Jesus and hearing His prediction of its utter destruction His disciples had asked Him when those things would take place, and what would be the sign of His coming and of the end of the age (Mat 24:3). In conclusion to the signs He gave, Jesus warned that…
Whereas the Master in the Parable of the Talents rewarded His faithful servants by putting them in charge of many things and receiving them into His joy as fellow participants in the establishment of His kingdom, He took away the talent of the unfaithful servant who did nothing with it and gave it to him…
In the Parable of the Talents Jesus is warning His disciples what it means to keep watch in His service, lest judgment overtake them as was about to happen to the unfaithful Jews whom He had just forsaken on the temple mount. After commending and rewarding His faithful servants for furthering His business interests, the…
In the parable of the talents two servants were commended and rewarded for furthering their Master’s interests by going to work and making productive use of the talents He had entrusted to them. But a third servant who perceived his Master as hard and served him only for fear was condemned as wicked and lazy…
Having left the temple mount and predicted its coming destruction, Jesus is on the Mount of Olives answering His disciples’ request for when that destruction would overtake the unbelieving Jews, lest it overtake them also. In summary of the signs He gave, He warned that they must keep watch and be on the alert, and…
In the parable of the talents we have seen from the example of the first two servants who are described as good and faithful that our Master Jesus Christ invites us to enter into His joy by joining Him as participants in His creative act of building a kingdom of righteousness, similar to the way…