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Drew
Your interpretation of the parable of the talents is highly dubious. Let’s go through it in detail:
Mt 25.14 ¶ For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country,
Who is this man?
Jesus.
How do we know?
Because he has the authority to reward the faithful and condemn the wicked to destruction.
who called his own servants,
Who are these?
The disciples then and now. They are ‘his own’ because he has bought them with a price.
and delivered to them his goods.
There is some question as to what exactly the talents represent.
What is certain is that they do not represent what we would call ‘talents’ ie abilities to do something or the other.
Why not?
Because salvation is not by ‘works’. But more of that later.
The man goes away, and returns. What’s that?
Jesus leaves and returns – the second coming, and I know you’ve heard of it.
So I have to tell you that I don’t see YHWH returning to Jerusalem in the parable.
Your interpretation of the parable of the talents is highly dubious. Let’s go through it in detail:
Mt 25.14 ¶ For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country,
Who is this man?
Jesus.
How do we know?
Because he has the authority to reward the faithful and condemn the wicked to destruction.
who called his own servants,
Who are these?
The disciples then and now. They are ‘his own’ because he has bought them with a price.
and delivered to them his goods.
There is some question as to what exactly the talents represent.
What is certain is that they do not represent what we would call ‘talents’ ie abilities to do something or the other.
Why not?
Because salvation is not by ‘works’. But more of that later.
The man goes away, and returns. What’s that?
Jesus leaves and returns – the second coming, and I know you’ve heard of it.
So I have to tell you that I don’t see YHWH returning to Jerusalem in the parable.