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Jesus v. Jerusalem: A Commentary on Luke 9:51–20:26, Jesus’ Lawsuit Against Israel is unavailable, but you can change that!

Most people don’t realize that many (if not most) of Jesus’ parables were intended not as general morality tales, but as particular pronouncements of coming judgment and change. Jesus was warning Jerusalem to repent and to accept its new King (Jesus) or else fall under ultimate condemnation of God. In fact, much of Jesus’ teaching in the Gospels pertains primarily to that pre-AD 70 crowd, and...

concerned. So would it be for the Jews. They had taken their calling for granted; now they would find themselves left in the streets. It is clear, then, that the “thief in the night” metaphor pertains only to the wicked servants. The faithful would inherit the Kingdom. The thief would only strike those who were unprepared. Thieves, after all, normally don’t come around where the lights are on. As I have mentioned before concerning the selling of property pre-AD 70, we
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