When does the millennium begin?

[Oseas]

We are not yet in the millennium..

We are in yes. By the way, there will be only and only punishments against all nations, but all nations, in this millennium, the seventh and last millennium, the seventh and last Day. The nations are already suffering greatly, the world of Devil are being and will be demolished, DISSOLVED, IMPLODED, and the worst is coming, it is at door.

This millennium belongs not to the men, but to the LORD exclusively, and what He must do in accord Scriptures in fulfilment of the Word of God(Matthew 25:v.32 & 41 & 34, He will do although be invisible yet.

 

[Oseas]

John 11:24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

Oh yes, for at THIS time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at this time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the STARS(Gen.1:v.16 & Rev,12:v.1-2&5) for ever and ever. Daniel 12:v.1-3

1 Thes. 4:v.16-17
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel - Michael - and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Isaiah 40:v.31 - 31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with WINGS (TWO WINGS) as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 60:v.8 - Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? -

1 Cor.15:v.51-54
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

Philippians 3:v.20-21 -

20 For our conversation is in heaven (heaven? read Ephesians 1:v.3); from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

21 Who shall CHANGE OUR VILE BODY, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself. Hallelujaaaah!

In Christ JESUS, KING of kings (made by Him) and LORD of lords

Amen

 

[Adstar]

We are in yes. By the way, there will be only and only punishments against all nations, but all nations, in this millennium, the seventh and last millennium, the seventh and last Day. The nations are already suffering greatly, the world of Devil are being and will be demolished, DISSOLVED, IMPLODED, and the worst is coming, it is at door.

This millennium belongs not to the men, but to the LORD exclusively, and what He must do in accord Scriptures in fulfilment of the Word of God(Matthew 25:v.32 & 41 & 34, He will do although be invisible yet.

The millennium will be a time of peace prosperity and justice.. It will not be a time of suffering for the Saints.. Satan will be bound and in the pit during the 1000 years as revealed in the Bible.. So satan will not be inspiring anyone to do evil during the 1000 Years..

Satan bound for the 1000 years::
Revelation 20: KJV
1 "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. {2} And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,"

Satan only released from the bottomless pit after the 1000 years is finished::
Revelation 20: KJV
7 "And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, {8} And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea."

So satan will be able to do nothing during the 1000 years.. Of course we know satan is active in this world right now.. So the 1000 years has not yet started..

 

[RevelationMan]

The day of the Lord, the hour of trial, the day of God, the day of Christ and that day, are all referring to the same time period, just by different monikers. Those designations cover the gathering of the church and everything that takes place within the time period of God's wrath, right up to when the Lord returns to the earth to end the age.

Since there is a millennial kingdom which takes place after the Lord returns to the earth to end the age, then the earth cannot be destroyed by fire at that time, because Jesus needs to rule on the earth according to prophecy. However, this current atmosphere and earth will pass away at the end of the millennial kingdom before or during the great white throne judgement as described in Rev.20:11 and 21:1

don't you think that what we believe has something to do with what will happen to us? The body of believers that believe the church will be raptured before the tribulation will be kept from the hour of trial. The body of believers who believe that they will go through the tribulation will indeed go through the tribulation. This makes sense to me.

 

[garee]

The millennium will be a time of peace prosperity and justice.. It will not be a time of suffering for the Saints.. Satan will be bound and in the pit during the 1000 years as revealed in the Bible.. So satan will not be inspiring anyone to do evil during the 1000 Years..

Satan bound for the 1000 years::
Revelation 20: KJV
1 "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. {2} And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,"

Satan only released from the bottomless pit after the 1000 years is finished::
Revelation 20: KJV
7 "And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, {8} And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea."

So satan will be able to do nothing during the 1000 years.. Of course we know satan is active in this world right now.. So the 1000 years has not yet started..

In regard to the signified language of that parable. The language introduced in verse 1 of Revelation. We are given the instructions as to how we can find the unseen understanding hidden in parables .Again as the tongue of God which without he speaks not to everyone hiding the spiritual unseen understanding from those who walk by sight looking to the temporal

The meaning becomes clear when we do mix faith the eternal in what is revealed. It is the gospel key that binds and loosens the soul of man . A never ending judgment .Not a iteral bottomless pit or literal chain of key. How could a literal chain bind a lying spirit? The whole parable is filed with metaphors to include a thousand years.

2 Corinthians 4:18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

 

[Adstar]

In regard to the signified language of that parable. The language introduced in verse 1 of Revelation. We are given the instructions as to how we can find the unseen understanding hidden in parables .Again as the tongue of God which without he speaks not to everyone hiding the spiritual unseen understanding from those who walk by sight looking to the temporal

The meaning becomes clear when we do mix faith the eternal in what is revealed. It is the gospel key that binds and loosens the soul of man . A never ending judgment .Not a iteral bottomless pit or literal chain of key. How could a literal chain bind a lying spirit? The whole parable is filed with metaphors to include a thousand years.

2 Corinthians 4:18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Revelation 20 is not a parable.. It is a prophecy.. And human lodgic would conclude that there cannot exist a bottomless pit or a chain tht can bind a lying spirit..

 

[TooFastTurtle]

First of all, John was only caught up once. In Rev.1:10 John states that he was in the spirit, i.e. in his mortal body meditating on God and His word. It is in Rev.4:2 where says, "immediately I was in the spirit" is referring to literally being transformed into the spirit and was caught up to heaven. And second of all, John was not brought from the first century to the twenty first century. John was being shown a vision of the future and not actually taken there.

The day of the Lord is period of time which covers the entire time period of God's wrath, which is found in pretty my all of the prophets description of it.

I agree. What do you believe about the book of Enoch? What is your opinion on it? I think it contains interesting information about how humanity learned war, cosmetics and other things.

 

[Ahwatukee]

I agree. What do you believe about the book of Enoch? What is your opinion on it? I think it contains interesting information about how humanity learned war, cosmetics and other things.

Hello! I have copy of Ethiopic Enoch and believe that it is the word of God. It was in fact apart of the Bible up to the 3rd century. Jude quoted from it. It gives greater detail in regards to Genesis 6:1-2 when those angels, of which there were 200, took wives from the progeny of mankind. It goes into great detail about what each of the angels taught mankind. It is because of those angels and their offspring and man's resulting corruption, that God flooded the earth.

Yes, I agree with you. There is a verse in Enoch which states that one of the angels taught the beautifying of the eyebrows (make up).
They taught sorcery, the divining of roots and trees, how to make weapons of war, astrology and many more things that mankind was not supposed to know.

The offspring were over 300 cubits tall! That would make them over 400 ft. Regarding this, it states that they ate all that mankind produced with their hands until it was impossible to feed them. Then they began to injure animals and birds and humans, eating them one after another. They would just be too out of scale for the food that God created for mankind. A cow to them would only be the size of peanut. Those tales of giants and the Titans don't seem too much of a myth now, huh?

I can't even begin to imagine what it would have been like pre-flood.

 

[TooFastTurtle]

Hello! I have copy of Ethiopic Enoch and believe that it is the word of God. It was in fact apart of the Bible up to the 3rd century. Jude quoted from it. It gives greater detail in regards to Genesis 6:1-2 when those angels, of which there were 200, took wives from the progeny of mankind. It goes into great detail about what each of the angels taught mankind. It is because of those angels and their offspring and man's resulting corruption, that God flooded the earth.

Yes, I agree with you. There is a verse in Enoch which states that one of the angels taught the beautifying of the eyebrows (make up).
They taught sorcery, the divining of roots and trees, how to make weapons of war, astrology and many more things that mankind was not supposed to know.

The offspring were over 300 cubits tall! That would make them over 400 ft. Regarding this, it states that they ate all that mankind produced with their hands until it was impossible to feed them. Then they began to injure animals and birds and humans, eating them one after another. They would just be too out of scale for the food that God created for mankind. A cow to them would only be the size of peanut. Those tales of giants and the Titans don't seem too much of a myth now, huh?

I can't even begin to imagine what it would have been like pre-flood.

Since you own a copy of it and we know Ethiopian Tawahedo church is one of the most ancient ones around I would like to ask you: Does the book of Enoch say anything about the pre-trib rapture? Or about the end times? Something I should know?

 

[garee]

Revelation 20 is not a parable.. It is a prophecy.. And human lodgic would conclude that there cannot exist a bottomless pit or a chain tht can bind a lying spirit..

Prophecies are parables .Without parables as prophecy. . Christ the anointing Holy Spirit our teacher and comforter spoke not.

Human logic would also conclude that the rest of those metaphors to include a literal thousand years must have a hidden understanding.(the gospel).

The last day the beginning of the thousand year metaphor.It began nearing two thousand literal years ago. When Jesus said it is finished. The one time demonstration is over. . Thousand is used to represent a unknown throughout the Bible .Time factor is one of them . Logic would reveal we cannot life over as in reincarnation. Like the use of the parable below thousand represents a unknown

Ecclesiastes 6:6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

A thousand years seen the temporal .A thousand years not seen the eternal

Using human logic shows the spiritual understanding has not been understood. What it is, is not what it represents. The temporal things of men represents the unseen eternal those of God

2 Corinthians 4:18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

A thousand years seen... the temporal .A thousand years not seen.... the eternal .A literal key seen the temporal, the spiritual key not seen the gospel. .. the eternal.

The book of Revelation verse 1 right from the beginning helps us giving us the unseen hermeneutic key to find that hidden from those who walk by sight after the temporal.

Revelation 1:1 King James Version (KJV) The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

The faithless atheistic Jew were known for turning things up side down making the things of men the eternal. . and that of God the temporal

Isaiah 29:16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

 

[Ahwatukee]

Since you own a copy of it and we know Ethiopian Tawahedo church is one of the most ancient ones around I would like to ask you: Does the book of Enoch say anything about the pre-trib rapture? Or about the end times? Something I should know?

Right off the top of my head, there is a prophecy which Jude quotes from Enoch regarding the Lord and His saints' return to the earth to end the age:

Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.

 

[Dino246]

Prophecies are parables .

Wrong. Parables may be prophetic and may not be, but prophecies are not parables. They are two unrelated concepts.

Without parables as prophecy. . Christ the anointing Holy Spirit our teacher and comforter spoke not.

Wrong, still. You are taking this idea out of context. I've explained this to you at least three times.

Human logic would also conclude that the rest of those metaphors to include a literal thousand years must have a hidden understanding.(the gospel).

Wrong. Only you believe that.

Using human logic shows the spiritual understanding has not been understood.

Wrong. Human logic is a set of tools that recognizes and undergirds sound reasoning. Spiritual understanding is, frankly, irrelevant to sound logic.

The faithless atheistic Jew

Wrong. The Jews of Jesus' time were not atheistic. You might know that if you looked up the meaning of the word before using it.

 

[garee]

Hello! I have copy of Ethiopic Enoch and believe that it is the word of God. It was in fact apart of the Bible up to the 3rd century. Jude quoted from it. It gives greater detail in regards to Genesis 6:1-2 when those angels, of which there were 200, took wives from the progeny of mankind. It goes into great detail about what each of the angels taught mankind. It is because of those angels and their offspring and man's resulting corruption, that God flooded the earth.

Yes, I agree with you. There is a verse in Enoch which states that one of the angels taught the beautifying of the eyebrows (make up).
They taught sorcery, the divining of roots and trees, how to make weapons of war, astrology and many more things that mankind was not supposed to know.

The offspring were over 300 cubits tall! That would make them over 400 ft. Regarding this, it states that they ate all that mankind produced with their hands until it was impossible to feed them. Then they began to injure animals and birds and humans, eating them one after another. They would just be too out of scale for the food that God created for mankind. A cow to them would only be the size of peanut. Those tales of giants and the Titans don't seem too much of a myth now, huh?

I can't even begin to imagine what it would have been like pre-flood.

Nothing in those verses in Genesis 6 . it was not a famine for food but a famine for hearing the gospel. Mankind had become unevenly yoked with the gospel seed. We have food the disciples knew not of.

Galatians 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

Jude was moved by God record God's thoughts in one book in the new testament . He did not quote from other books.

I would think off spring of 300 cubits tall is from the imagination of man's heart.

The word angel does not appear in Genesis chapter 6. The reference is sons of God .Born again sons, born unto God the new creation . and daughters of men. Men born of men flesh is flesh .

John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh (death); and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.( life)

Fifteen times the word men to represent mankind is used .Not once the word angel . And the giants are simply men or woman of faith used mightily. Like Rehab or Deborah. They were there giants of the faith before the flood as well as ather. David was one of the men of renown . Bully killers .Golinth seemed like as grasshopper to David.

That portion of scripture (7 verses) was teaching to not be unevenly yoked with unbelievers "daughters of men". (flesh and blood)Remember what we are as sons of God not daughters of men. We are not what we will be when we do receive the promise of our new incorruptible body.

Philippians 2:15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

1 John 3:1Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

As new creatures we have the born again spirit.

Men born of the flesh and blood. . daughters of men. . . natural . sons of God born of the Spirit (John 3:6) supernatural

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.There were giants (sons of God) in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, (not born again children of God, as sons of God) the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. Geneisis 6: 1-7

Not one mention of the word angel. . . Hollywood style .

 

[garee]

Right off the top of my head, there is a prophecy which Jude quotes from Enoch regarding the Lord and His saints' return to the earth to end the age:

Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.

Prophecy is limited to what is revealed in the scriptures.

 

[garee]

Wrong. Parables may be prophetic and may not be, but prophecies are not parables. They are two unrelated concepts.

Parable like tongues are prophecy .Two difernt kinds of prophecy that do the same.. . declare the will of God.

Wrong, still. You are taking this idea out of context. I've explained this to you at least three times.

Wrong. Only you believe that.

Wrong. Only you believe that.

How many times does the Holy Spirit have to reveal without parables prophecy he spoke not before it becomes your truth?

Wrong. Human logic is a set of tools that recognizes and undergirds sound reasoning. Spiritual understanding is, frankly, irrelevant to sound logic.

Spiritual understanding is, frankly relevant to the signified tongue of God . We look to the thing seen the temporal in order to see the unseen spiritual truth of the gospel .. . .our new tongue.

God has clearly purposely wrote the Bible so that it would be difficult to discover many unseen truths fostering unbelief with those who develop their own gospel plan.

Mark 4:10-12 King James Version (KJV) And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

Parables like above as prophecy give those once spiritually blind and spiritually deaf . . . ear to understand and eyes to see, they use the proper hermeneutic tools like that of (2 Corinthians 4:18) They are much more than little storires to help little ones sleep. Prophecy after any manner is prophecy nothing more and nothing less

In another parable he further declares .We are to consider it a honor that we even can search out the unseen gospel understanding.

Proverbs 25 King James Version (KJV) It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

Wrong. The Jews of Jesus' time were not atheistic. You might know that if you looked up the meaning of the word before using it.

It as it is applied works fine. (no faith) faithless.. . . atheist. No God in their hearts calling atheist fools.

They were searching after another Jesus as the antichrists, a atheistic religion that creates its own kind of gospel after the philosophies of men .

 

[Dino246]

Parable like tongues are prophecy .Two difernt kinds of prophecy that do the same.. . declare the will of God.

Wrong. Parables can be spoken (or given) by anyone, not just God. Tongues aren't prophecy either, but I've tried to teach you that before, and you reject plain Scripture on the subject.

How many times does the Holy Spirit have to reveal without parables prophecy he spoke not before it becomes your truth?

Wrong. The Scripture does not say "Without prophecy He spoke not."

Spiritual understanding is, frankly relevant to the signified tongue of God . We look to the thing seen the temporal in order to see the unseen spiritual truth of the gospel .. . .our new tongue.

God has clearly purposely wrote the Bible so that it would be difficult to discover many unseen truths fostering unbelief with those who develop their own gospel plan.

Irrelevant. Parables are not prophecy.

In another parable he further declares .We are to consider it a honor that we even can search out the unseen gospel understanding.

Proverbs 25 King James Version (KJV) It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

Wrong. That isn't a parable; it's a proverb. The two are not the same thing.

It as it is applied works fine. (no faith) faithless.. . . atheist. No God in their hearts calling atheist fools.

They were searching after another Jesus as the antichrists, a atheistic religion that creates its own kind of gospel after the philosophies of men .

Wrong. "Faithless" does not mean the same thing as "atheist".

"Faithless" means "does not have or exercise faith". "Atheist" means "does not believe there is a divine being". The Jews believed that God existed, but they did not have faith in Him. Atheists may exercise faith (in gravity, for example) but they don't believe in the existence of a divine being.

 

[Melach]

when Jesus returns

 

[garee]

Wrong. Parables can be spoken (or given) by anyone, not just God. Tongues aren't prophecy either, but I've tried to teach you that before, and you reject plain Scripture on the subject.

Parable - Wikipedia A parable is a succinct, didactic story, in prose or verse that illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles. It differs from a fable in that fables employ animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature as characters, whereas parables have human characters. A parable is a type of analogy.

Without parables the poetic language or tongue of God, Christ spoke not

Yes everyone uses some metaphors as their signified signature.

God has developed his own personal system as a fingerprint or seal . Without parables, . . prophecy as scripture Christ spoke not.
Tongues are no different. You say you have taught me. But I am still waiting for your proof that as to what the sign of tongues confirms according to the law of interpretation?

Wrong. The Scripture does not say "Without prophecy He spoke not."

Parables are prophecy (God's word) just as tongues .

Irrelevant. Parables are not prophecy.

Wrong. That isn't a parable; it's a proverb. The two are not the same thing.

The word proverb is parable . Proverbs are moral prophecy unlike parables that are used to represent time periods as historallly true as well as revealing the spiritual meaning.

Wrong. "Faithless" does not mean the same thing as "atheist".

"

Faithless" means "does not have or exercise faith". "Atheist" means "does not believe there is a divine being". The Jews believed that God existed, but they did not have faith in Him. Atheists may exercise faith (in gravity, for example) but they don't believe in the existence of a divine being.

They believed in a god they created by oral traditions of men making the true without effect.

All men are born atheist . . (no faith, faithless) That faith comes from hearing God. Paganism is atheism.

If a person does not have the exclusive faith that comes from hearing God .Then they are not children of God. Atheism denotes no faith in a God not seen. . . one revealed by that which is written. Adding the word god to their unbelief does not change the foundation.

 

[Hullexile]

Parable - Wikipedia A parable is a succinct, didactic story, in prose or verse that illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles. It differs from a fable in that fables employ animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature as characters, whereas parables have human characters. A parable is a type of analogy.

Without parables the poetic language or tongue of God, Christ spoke not

Yes everyone uses some metaphors as their signified signature.

God has developed his own personal system as a fingerprint or seal . Without parables, . . prophecy as scripture Christ spoke not.
Tongues are no different. You say you have taught me. But I am still waiting for your proof that as to what the sign of tongues confirms according to the law of interpretation?



The word proverb is parable . Proverbs are moral prophecy unlike parables that are used to represent time periods as historallly true as well as revealing the spiritual meaning.

Wrong. "Faithless" does not mean the same thing as "atheist".

"

They believed in a god they created by oral traditions of men making the true without effect.

All men are born atheist . . (no faith, faithless) That faith comes from hearing God. Paganism is atheism.

If a person does not have the exclusive faith that comes from hearing God .Then they are not children of God. Atheism denotes no faith in a God not seen. . . one revealed by that which is written. Adding the word god to their unbelief does not change the foundation.

Where are you getting that "without parables.... Christ spoke not" quote from?

 

[garee]

Where are you getting that "without parables.... Christ spoke not" quote from?

Parables are the signified tongue or language of God. We can see that in the opening of the book of Revelation as the proper hermeneutics .

Revelation 1 King James Version (KJV)The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

No interpreting law that say to literaize the parables.

Matthew 13:34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

Mark 4:11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables

No spiritual understanding