Breathingbook

I’ve been working on adding a few things the Lord’s put on my mind to the the Hebrew studies I’ve worked on so far and I’ll be reposting those shortly to front page. This is one of the pop-up pages for Heb 1:2 that I’ve been working on, but I felt some may benefit from it actually getting posted instead of just being set up as a link. So here you go.

Lk 19:11-28 And as they heard these things, He added and spake a parable, because He was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. 12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for Himself a kingdom, and to return.

they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear Jesus spoke this parable to those who desired for the Kingdom of God to immediately appear. This desire was for an immediate physical appearance of God’s kingdom. Howbeit, in His Sovereignty, God set up a spiritual kingdom first, obtainable only by faith in Jesus. a certain nobleman This is representing Jesus. went into a far country is deep into the spirit; to the higher aspects of both the third heaven (2 Cor 12:2-3) and the spiritual movements of the Holy Spirit. to receive for Himself a kingdom, and to return This is speaking of Jesus dying upon the cross and His returning to the Father (Jn 14:28-29;16:4-16,28;17:12-13) until Christ’s final return (Rev 19:11-16;20:4-6).

13 And He called His ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. 14 But His citizens hated Him, and sent a message after Him, saying, We will not have this Man to reign over us.

His ten servants represent those who were given specific gifts according to the measure of the gift of Christ. ten pounds represents the gifts given to believers in measures (Rom 12:3-8; Eph 4:7-8,11-16) by the Lord: namely His Holy Word and the Holy Spirit: gifts and fruits, all in all. The Gk. word for “pound” here is “mina” and equates to a mere 1/60th of the talent from the similar parable of the Talents (Mat 25:14-30). These were never minted up as actual coinage, but served as weight measures to be used in a balanced scale, such as in the measure of grain, silver, gold, etc. One mina would roughly be the equivalent of 100 days pay for a skilled worker. Just one talent would be worth roughly 6000 days pay for a skilled worker. Which, basically, means these servants represent here in were not given as much to be responsible for by the Lord as those in the Parable of the Talents. Occupy till I come The word occupy in the Gk. is “pragmateuomai,” which mean to occupy oneself with these things by engaging in trade with others with these things. To paraphrase, “Use the things that I have given you to gain new believers that I might add them to My Estate.” His citizens hated Him This Gk. word for “hated” is “miseo” which means to “detest” or “love less.” These citizens did not truly love their noblemen. They said, We will not have this man to reign over us, indicating they would neither recognize His authority or become obedient to His rule.

15 And it came to pass, that when He was returned, having received the kingdom, then He commanded these servants to be called unto Him, to whom He had given the money, that He might know how much every man had gained by trading. 16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, Thy pound hath gained ten pounds. 17 And He said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. 18 And the second came, saying, Lord, Thy pound hath gained five pounds. 19 And He said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.

it came to pass, that when He was returned, having received the kingdom This is indicating the time period of the Lord Jesus’ final return and the subsequent judgement where everyone gives account of themselves. Thy pound hath gained ten pounds This and the other servants who returned with gain speaks of those with whom Jesus was able to continue His ministry by working through them. In other words, no one but the Lord truly knows where a believer hast been faithful and obedient to His will.The signs of this are not in materialism, works, gain, nor in anything that any human has the capacity to gauge or judge. Only the Lord truly knows the inner workings of man. The point here is these servants are said to have gained because they were faithful.

21 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is Thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: 21 For I feared Thee, because Thou art an austere Man: Thou takest up that Thou layedst not down, and reapest that Thou didst not sow.

I feared Thee, because Thou art an austere Man: Thou takest up that Thou layedst not down, and reapest that Thou didst not sow The word “austere” in the Gk. is “austeros” and means “rough” or “severe”.”This servant expresses more fear over messing up and causing the Lord to be angry with him, than He does in not stepping out at all. For some reason, this servant knows he should fear the Lord, yet he deliberately disobeys His command step out and use what the Lord has given him. He clearly knows the Lord has mysterious ways of making gain where it appeared He could not have gained. This servant is so fearful of failure, that he does nothing.

22 And He saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere Man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: 23 Wherefore then gavest not thou My money into the bank, that at My coming I might have required Mine own with usury?

Wherefore then gavest not thou My money into the bank, that at My coming I might have required Mine own with usury? The Lord calls this one “wicked.” To paraphrase, If you were so afraid, why didn’t you give what you could to those who could make gain with it? In this way, the Lord would have continued to make gain in some sort of fashion. This would be indicative of supporting a ministry of the Lord’s in some fashion, whether through tithes, time, provisions, etc.

24 And He said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. 25 (And they said unto Him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) 26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. 27 But those Mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before Me. 28 And when He had thus spoken, He went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.

those Mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before Me Notice the address is to those who will not recognize the authority of Christ or be obedient to Him. The consequences of such actions are pretty clear.