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Originally Posted by coadie
Actually you are wrong. There are 3 characters involved. So you mental limit of there being only one "moral truth" is rather shabby.
From the beginning, the word "prodigal" isn't even mentioned in the text. So when you get so restrictive and absolutist on a word that isn't even in there, it raises some red flags.
There are things to learn in the parable regarding the father, the son and the brother that never left.
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That there is a single moral truth does not contradict that there are three characters. However, the main character of this story is, of course, the Father.
Jews would have viewed the prodigal as the sinners that Jesus was hanging out with. The elder brother, Israel, Pharisees, self-righteous, and the father, well... the Father.
This is more accurately the Parable of the Lost Son. Parables aren't titled by Jesus, they are given names by those who offered their translations of the scripture, and they give the title as an overview. If anything, I'd title the story, "the Prodigal God," as I see the Story mostly about him and His love.
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