Latter Parables Of Jesus 5

INTRO: We have now prepared ourselves to look at the latter parables of Jesus as given in the Gospel of Matthew. We saw that a parable is a figure of speech, and we spent time on how to interpret parables. Then we looked at the meaning of the phrases ‘kingdom of heaven’ or ‘kingdom of God’. I recommended to you that these phrases speak of the same thing. One tells us who the ruler is and the other, the place from which the rule takes place. And as these parables are prophetic in nature, we then looked at the subject of prophecy and I gave a number of kinds of prophecy and some pointers in interpreting prophecy.

In my studies I have found that Jesus made eight recorded trips to Jerusalem. The last one was after His resurrection. After He was resurrected He went to the Galilee area one more time, and then He went back to Jerusalem from where He ascended to heaven. Now on this seventh trip, which was the last trip before He was crucified, He left Jerusalem, and went up to the Galilee area, crossed to the other side of the Jordon, came down to close to Jericho, where He crossed over and stayed night with Zacchaeus. Let me show you that on a slide (Slide of 7th Trip here).