On Seeing They Did Not 'See'....

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Dear All,

 

i would just like to re-post the article below which shows that even in relation

to Jesus's Own Disciples, they also did not always 'see', 'hear', or

'understand' what Jesus was trying to tell them.

 

Shri Jesus explain why he changed from saying the simple truth to speaking in

parables:

 

" This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not 'see', and

hearing they do not 'hear', nor do they understand "

(Matt.13:13).

 

Please enjoy more on this topic below.

 

Violet

 

 

 

" jagbir singh " <www.adishakti.org

Thu Aug 5, 2004 11:51 am

Jesus: " This is why I speak to them in parables, because

seeing they do not see. "

 

shriadishakti , " jagbir singh "

<adishakti_org> wrote:

>

> Everyone seems to be reeling in disbelief at what Shri Mataji is

> telling them. Religious fools and fanatics, after reading Her

> illumination on deep subjects and difficult parables, fear the

> very truth of the scriptures they revere. Their deafening silence

> and utter helplessness to rebut the Adi Shakti speaks volumes.

 

 

" In a parable, the lesson is always woven into a story which is

true to reality. There appears to be a time in our Lord's ministry

when he shifted from the simple straightforward declaration of truth

to the more veiled speech in parables. The transition is highlighted

in Matthew 13:10-17, where his disciples, noting the change, asked

him why he was speaking now in parables. Our Lord Jesus says, " This

is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see,

and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand " (Matt.

13:13 ). Then he adds a quotation from Isaiah, " ...this people's

heart has grown dull, and their ears are heavy of hearing, and their

eyes they have closed, lest they should perceive...and hear...and

understand...and turn for me to heal them " (Matt. 13:14, 15).

 

In our day we would say, " There's no way he can confuse them with

the facts they've already made up their minds. " So parables were,

and are, designed to reveal the truth to those who really want to

know it (as we see in the further questioning they aroused in the

disciples), and to conceal the truth from men of casual curiosity or

immovable commitment to their preconceived errors, such as we see in

the Pharisees. Their having heard the truth, thus presented, becomes

a judgment on their intransigence.

 

And though Christ's disciples were obviously puzzled at the time, it

is certain that later events, in particular the death and

resurrection of our Lord, must have unveiled much truth that had

been stored in their memories through his parables. The same applies

to the Pharisees. After his resurrection they must have spent some

sleepless nights thinking of what Christ had said. "

 

The Language of Analogy, www.pbc.org