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Originally Posted by Praxeas
A parable is not a hidden meaning. Rather a Parable is a story that TEACHES a certain truth. Some Parables were just harder to understand than others. Those that hungered for spiritual truth were more readily able to understand them
Mat 13:14 Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: "'You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.
Mat 13:15 For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.'
Mat 13:16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. |
I totally agree with your post, except the first sentence. The meaning to Jesus parables were hidden to the very people that we think needed to see the truth in them the most. The disciples were already believers, why did Jesus not speak in a matter that would have opened the eyes of the the unbelievers? The scripture say that He blinded them intentionally, so that the Gentiles could be brought in.
God does all of His purpose in His good time, otherwise He could convert the world in a nano second.