An explanation of the parables

past, when I showed my love to the Jews, to deliver them from Egyptian bondage the period when the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt; and as a shadow I promised them the promised Land that I should give them, before they provoked ME to anger to destroy them in the wilderness; and yet I fulfilled my word to their children, before they went on to provoke ME the same. But now it is come to the END, the Types and Shadows are past, the Substance lies before you, the promised Land, the promised Kingdom, the promised Happiness, that is in store for Man, are now before you, to be hastening on; and my love is made known to man, how great my delight shall be with men whose delight is to be with ME: but shall I show this love to men, before their hearts are warmed by my love, to long for my coming, and wish to be freed from these evils of sin, that stand as a bar to the happiness of men, and bolts their hearts against their love to ME? This is the evil that sin produces; and this is the evil I shall destroy.

And now mark the Parable wherein I have shown you the wisdom of the wise, from the Master and the Servant, who saw their dangers, and wisely shunned them See page 75 of the book titled "The Flock of Sheep."; and this will be the wisdom of every wise man; they will discern the dangers abroad; they will discern their dangers at home; they will discern in what manner my Gospel is penned, and in what manner the whole is spoken; this they will discern, and warn one the other, as the servant warned the master; and as the master directed the servant, how to shun the dangers they were surrounded with, by fleeing for the strength that was stronger than themselves; and this will be the case with men who have the wisdom to discern the whole; they will flee to the ROCK A common biblical metaphor for God or Christ as a source of stability and protection. that is higher than themselves; and trust in the POWER that is stronger than themselves; and begin to discern the death of sin, and what destruction the enemy would bring all mankind to.