Much has been said about the parables of Jesus – how they are skillfully painted pictures of complex moral issues and spiritual principles in a way that an agricultural society could relate to.

It has been taught for a long time in our churches an...

"Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.  "Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near." Luke 21:27-28

What is redemption?

It means to be repurchased / to be bought back.

It also means to be made better or to be improved.

Deemed means to be considered and re is a prefix that means back or again.

In Adam man was sold to Satan and corrupted.

But in Christ man ...

“And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.  For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.  And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the ...