A Story of the Waiting Father For His Sons' Home Coming (Lk. 15: 11-32)

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dc.contributor.authorKallumpurathig, Raju
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-25T12:42:06Z
dc.date.available2019-02-25T12:42:06Z
dc.date.issued2001-02
dc.description.abstractParables are unique to Jesus' teaching. They are prophetic and demanding. They call us to conversion and reveal that our lives belong to God. Jesus tells us parables in order to break through our deafness and our hardness of heart. And then he gives us himself, the clearest parable of the Father. The parable of the Prodigal Son (Lk.15:11-32) is an artistic creation of Jesus. In it, we see how Jesus reacted to some of the most disturbing issues of his day. In this parable God by the lips of Jesus declares his forgiveness and mercy for penitent sinners and tax collectors while at the same time very gently rebuking the selfrighteous Pharisees and Scribes for criticising his association and table fellowship with those outcasts and publicans. This is the story of two lost sons. If the younger brother was lost in the distant country, the elder was no less lost behind the barricade of self-righteousness. The chief character in the story is neither of the two sons but the father. Right up to the very last scene, that final meeting with the elder brother, the father bridges over the whole story. The father waits because he loves. This Essay consists of four chapters. The first chapter speaks about the parables of Jesus as a whole. In it, we look into the meaning of parable, the reason for Jesus' teaching in parables, and the main message of the parables. The second chapter treats specifically of the parable of the Prodigal son. There we will probe into the Lucan creation of the parable, examine the Lucan context. Coming to the third chapter, we will mainly look into the events that take place in the parable, namely, the home-leaving and homecoming of the younger and elder sons, (for the elder brother we can only speak of his possible return). In the fourth chapter we see how the father waits in love for his sons' homecoming and when the younger son returns the father calls for a celebration. Thus we conclude that the father in the story is a representation of God. Then, we will reflect on homecoming in Christian life. Finally, we wind up the Essay with a general conclusion.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/631
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTangaza University Collegeen_US
dc.subjectSons' Home Comingen_US
dc.subjectFatheren_US
dc.subjectLuke. 15: 11-32en_US
dc.subjectKingdom of Goden_US
dc.subjectGod's Mercy For Sinnersen_US
dc.subjectGod as the Motheren_US
dc.subjectGod as the Fatheren_US
dc.titleA Story of the Waiting Father For His Sons' Home Coming (Lk. 15: 11-32)en_US
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