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Jesus said he taught in parables so that they would not believe, yet the scholar says he taught in parables to make it easy for ignorant peasants to understand. | Jesus said he taught in parables so that they would not believe, yet the scholar says he taught in parables to make it easy for ignorant peasants to understand. | ||
God told Israel that they would become a parable to the nations. Their history is a parable of Christ, yet the scholar becomes hostile saying it is merely a literal history. God taught of Christ in the parable of the history of Israel so that they would not believe. He hid his teaching in riddle. | God told Israel that they would become a parable to the nations. Their history is a parable of Christ, yet the scholar becomes hostile saying it is merely a literal history. God taught of Christ in the parable of the history of Israel so that they would not believe. He hid his teaching in riddle. | ||
The scholar tells us Jesus was a good teacher. What kind of good teacher teaches so that his students do not understand? He was not a good teacher. He was a most superb teller of riddles in parables. <ref>{{bgw| Ps 78:2 }} I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:</ref> | The scholar tells us Jesus was a good teacher. What kind of good teacher teaches so that his students do not understand? He was not a good teacher. He was a most superb teller of riddles in parables. <ref>{{bgw| Ps 78:2 }} I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:</ref> | ||
His teaching in riddle could not be understood until something outside the riddle was known. One had to know that "the other side" is a euphemism for death to solve the chicken riddle. One has to know about the cross to understand the parable of Christ in the Old Testament record. The cross is the key to understanding his teaching. | His teaching in riddle could not be understood until something outside the riddle was known. One had to know that "the other side" is a euphemism for death to solve the chicken riddle. One has to know about the cross to understand the parable of Christ in the Old Testament record. The cross is the key to understanding his teaching. The genre of the Bible is a prophetic riddle hidden in the literal historic record. And now we hold the keys to unlock the mystery. | ||
