Parable of the Prodigal Son

and presents Jesus as the Son of David and Abraham (64). Because he is portrayed as a messianic King, His ancestry to the throne of King David is emphasized. Christ speaks of “the throne of His glory” (English Standard Version, Mtw. 19.28), and Jerusalem is called “the city of the great king” (Mtw. 5.35). Matthew not only refers to Jesus as the King but also relates Him to a Teacher. He sees Christ as the “new Moses” (70) establishing new laws to the world through parables and sermons. Matthew…

George Balanchine's Prodigal Son is one of the most fascinating and important of all ballets because of the subject it deals with, not its success in dealing with it. Jesus' famous parable is deceptively simple. Notwithstanding its paradoxical brevity, it is actually one of the most monumental, psychologically penetrating tales in the entire annals of human storytelling. Its denouement is as thrilling, as exhilarating, as triumphant as any conceived by the human mind. One would…

The novel, “Covenant Child”, written by Terri Blackstock, is a metaphor of God’s undying love. Mrs. Blackstock used the parable of the prodigal son and drew an analogy of Amanda waiting for her step-daughters’ return with such patience and loving that only our God portrays. The theme of the story is that God’s love is unconditional and undying. He embraced us his powerful love when we were still his enemy. To begin with, when Kara woke up in the hospital after her abortion, an acrimonious…

This story contains many parallels that relate it to the story of the prodigal son in the Bible. Like the prodigal son, Dee squanders her heritage in an attempt to find identity in the world. In addition, like the prodigal son, Dee fails to realize that her true identity is found connected to her family. Both characters lose their identity and go back home to rediscover it. Maggie can be compared to the older brother in the parable. In the story, she remains dedicated to her family heritage and…

devastating truth of Sibling Competition. (The Critique of The prodigal son) Do you you ever have a strange sense to run away? Do you ever feel like taking the money, and running to a new state? Have you ever wanted to be free from some of the family drama? Do you ever wonder what it’s like to live a life of luxury? What would happen if you ruined that life in a blink of an eye? In the parable The prodigal Son, there is a young man who is ready to be free and get his…

focused on the story's religious themes. After reading repeatedly and deeply, there are religious and biblical themes and motifs at the center of many of Baldwin's best literary efforts, including "Sonny's Blues." The references of Adam and Eve, The Prodigal Son, Cain and Abel highlight the theme of good and evil…

Testament, we find so many other references to God’s forgiveness. The perfect example is Jesus who asks us to forgive seventy times seven. He himself gets involved in passages about forgiveness. For instance, the paralytic man, the adulterer woman, the prodigal son, and many other texts. He also teaches us to forgive by giving himself on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins and our salvation from eternal death. Finally, he teaches us the Our Father, which includes a line about…

In my view, for various reasons, the western concept of considering a child as an alien and a stranger is richly secular. Engaging the cultural perspectives, it is usual for Pakistani people to refer to their male child as a son, which is richly theological. This refers to the idea about God as a parent and humans as God’s children. This engages the topic of doctrine of God, and speaks about whether or not and, how a Christian understands God as a Father or a Parent to us,…

the memory of me is sweeter than honey and the possession of me sweeter than the honeycomb” (319). We hear in the Book of Revelation of the wedding feast of the lamb and in the Gospel of Matthew Jesus talks of the wedding feast in three different parables. Sirach goes on to say “those who eat of me will hunger for more and those who drink of me will thirst for more” (319). Wisdom in its earthly, human form is seen as something that no matter how much you take in you will always want more. In…

death of Jesus where Roman armies breached the wall of Jerusalem, destroyed the holy city and Temple of Jerusalem (Gospel of Mark, 2004). The Son of Man Concept The concept of “son of man” is assigned by mark in three different categories. These categories are; the earthly son of man, the suffering son of man and the eschatology son of man. The concept of son of man refers to Jesus, his life on earth,…