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Thread (2nd expanded edition) on Jesus’s Parable of the Two Sons (Luke 15:11-32)
This remarkable story of <400 words is both stunningly simple & packed with layers of meaning & deep allusions which outwit the most knowledgeable audiences.
This remarkable story of <400 words is both stunningly simple & packed with layers of meaning & deep allusions which outwit the most knowledgeable audiences.
It’s 3rd in a series of 3 stories about what is lost:
1/100 sheep lost
1/10 coins lost
Then 2 sons, both lost, though 1 is found again, & the fate of the other depends on the audience's response.
1/100 sheep lost
1/10 coins lost
Then 2 sons, both lost, though 1 is found again, & the fate of the other depends on the audience's response.
As @jamesbejon points out in an inspirational thread
The sheep is lost by going away
The coin is lost staying at home
This story tells of two sons, 1 lost by going away & the other lost at home.
The sheep is lost by going away
The coin is lost staying at home
This story tells of two sons, 1 lost by going away & the other lost at home.
Starting a series of tweets on the Parable of the Two Sons (Luke 15:11-32), part of a climactic structure with the lost sheep + lost coin. We begin with an outcast audience in 15:1 'drawing near' as the older son 'drew near' in 15:26. Contrast 'far' in 15:13, 20. #Parableof2Sons
Language of proximity + distance in #Parableof2Sons parallels + contrasts deeper realities. Sinners are close to Jesus physically + spiritually. The older son is physically close to dad, but emotionally in a far land. The younger son is far physically, but close to dad's heart.
Two contrasting groups hear #Parableof2Sons (Luke 15:1-2). Like a #pixar kids' film with lines only the adults get, some parts of the story are only for real Bible geeks like the scribes. Jesus challenges them to spot how almost every part of his story comes from the OT.
