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"Other sheep I have which are not of this fold: them also I
must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one flock, and one
shepherd" (Jn. 10:16). |
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"The queen of the south ... and the men of Nineveh shall rise
in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it" (Lk.
11:31,32). |
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"And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and
from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God ...
the last first, and the first last...yourselves thrust out" (Lk.13 :29-30).
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The two sons in the parable. "I will not", said one, but he
repented and went. "I go, sir", said the other, but he went not (Mt.21
:28-30). |
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The two sons in the parable of the Prodigal
(Lk.l5:11-32). |
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"This sycamine (fig) tree ... Be thou plucked up by the root,
and be thou planted in the sea" (Lk. 17:6). |
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"The Romans will come and destroy both our place (temple) and
our nation" (Jn.11 :48) |
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Jesus preaching "near the wilderness . . . at a city
called Ephraim, fruitful (Jn. 11:54) |
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Only the Samaritan leper thankful for Christ's healing
(Lk.l7:18). |
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Workers at the third, sixth, ninth, eleventh hours serve by
faith. The others, serving by legalistic agreement, are dismissed
(Mt.20:l-16). |
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The symbolism of the healing of the two blind men (see Study
153). |
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"We will not have this man to reign over us. . . Those mine
enemies bring hither, and slay them before me"(Lk.l9:14,27). |
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The Triumphal Entry: |
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Bethphage (= unripe figs) and Bethany (= date palm);
(Lk.l9:29). Plenty of symbolic passages associate these with Jews and Gentiles
respectively, |
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Two disciples. |
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An ass and an unbroken colt (Mt.21 :2); Job 11 :12s.w.),
facing the door (Mk. 11:4). |
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"What do ye, loosing the colt?" |
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"The Lord hath need of him" "%
(Lk.l9:31). |
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Jesus rode the colt in preference to the ass (Mt. 21 :7;Lk.
19:35). |
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Branches of palm trees (Jn.12 :13). Cp. 1 Kgs. 6 :32; Rev.7
:9,11 where palms are closely associated with cherubim - Gentiles with
Israel? |
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A crowd going before, and another crowd following (Mt.21 :9).
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"The world is gone after him" (Jn.12 :19). |
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The cursing of the fig tree (Mt. 21:19; Mic. 7:l RV;
Hos.9:16,17). |
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The court of the Gentiles declared holy (Mk. 11:16). |
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"A house of prayer for all nations" (Mk. 11:17). |
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The blind and the lame healed in the "k temple (Mt.21 :14),
but the offering of I"'', sacrifices interrupted (Mk. 11:15). |
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This mountain (Zion) to be cast into the sea (Mt.21
:21). |
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"The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a
nation bringing forth the fruits thereof "(Mt.21 :43) |
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Guests for the marriage feast brought in from the highways
(Mt.22 :8)—the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind"
(Lk.l4:21). |
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The Greeks: "We would see Jesus... the Son of man glorified
... I will draw all men unto me" (Jn.12 :20,21,23,32). |
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The Olivet prophecy: "Jerusalem trodden down . . . this gospel
of the kingdom preached to all nations" (Lk.21 :24; Mk.l3:10). |
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"Father, forgive them (the Roman soldiers) . . . Truly, this
was the Son of God" (Lk.23 :34; Mt.27 :54). "Pray not for this people"
(Jer.7:11,12,16). |
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The Field of Blood bought by the death of Christ to provide
strangers (Gentiles) witha place of burial (and resurrection) in the holy city
(Mt.27:7). |
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