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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (3904)	12/22/2006 11:44:02 PM
From: alan w	Respond to of 5569

It's parable in a series of parables aimed at Jewish leadership. It's the last in a series of 5 after the Pharisees and scribes proclaimed that "this man is receiving sinners". Jesus makes that charge the basis of a 5 fold parable in which He emphasizes that God is not concerned with the righteous, but with sinners. The lost sheep The lost coin The prodigal son The unjust steward The rich man and Lazarus The rich man is Israel and Lazarus represents the nations. Before the veil is lifted from Israel's eyes (Romans 11), they will be provoked to jealousy, and seeing that the "dogs" are at the forefront, they will be in torments. But they will be restored to their former place (Romans 11 again) and the nations will share with them in a joint allotment of the kingdom. From Ephesians 3:6 Joint enjoyers of an allotment, and a joint body, and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus, through the evangel of which Paul became the dispenser. It's a parable aimed at Jewish leadership. Have a good one! alan w