THE SEVEN PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM (THE SEVEN PARABLES OF MATTHEW THIRTEEN) I. THE AUTHOR OF THESE PARABLES These seven prophetic parables are often called “The Seven Parables of the King” for they were spoken by the divine-human King of Israel (and, someday, of the whole world). So these prophetic parables were spoken, not by a mere man but by a divine-human person who knows the past, the present, and the future and so is qualified to speak with authority in regard to prophetic things. II. THE HEARERS
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