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Passion Week Hour: 0070 | Day/Year Passion Replay 70Theoretical Time: (+/- 2 hours)
Passion-in-History: 1886-07-26 NS - 1887-10-24 NS |
The parable focuses on the issue of giving to God what he asks. The net is this: Don’t give it to God? Then give it to Caesar. The historical event is either the Assyrian Invasion (as charted here) in 10274-76 AA or perhaps the Babylonian invasion in 10390 AA.
The city of Rome was founded as close as can be measured to the time of the Assyrian. This was, of course, the seat of Caesar and was the time in history when taxes were first paid to Caesar.
Curiously, the oldest Roman calendar was exactly 10/12ths of the Bible’s calendar, suggesting strongly the northerners took their calendar to Rome at this date.
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41 Matthew 22:15-22 |
42 Mark 12:13-17 |
43 Luke 20:20-26 |
The question itself echos the "7 times" from Leviticus 26 and is the heart of the chronology of the Mosaic covenant. The structure of this parable indicates how the covenant does not generate sons. It also points out how those outside of this covenant are still alive. It is also a chronological reference to end of the age that begins with a 2550 year period at the time of Jehoiakim in Jerusalem. Charted here at 10390 AA.
It is important that this parable begins with a reference to those who don’t think there is a resurrection. This is because the time line of this parable points generally to the era of the resurrection itself.
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41 Matthew 22:23-33
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42 Mark 12:18-27
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43 Luke 20:27-40
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Another parable matching the time of the Babylonian exile.
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41 Matthew 22:34-23:0
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42 Mark 12:28-13:0
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Another parable matching the time of the Babylonian exile. This parable deals with the moving of the throne of David from Jerusalem to another place for safe keeping until it can be turned over to Jesus at his second coming. Understanding this depends heavily on understanding the Davidic covenant and where it is today. Jeremiah appears to have been the agent to move the royal house out of Jerusalem.
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42 Mark 12:35-37 |
43 Luke 20:41-44 |
Another parable matching the time of the Babylonian exile. This parable introduces the idea of the "widow" a picture of the remnant at Jerusalem who had lost most of the rest of the tribes to the Assyrians. These are the people the scribes of Zedekiah’s day were devouring.
The 7 woes directly reflects the promise in Leviticus 26 to punish the nation for 7 times if they broke the law.
These 7 woes spread out across time. Each woe is 360 years after the previous. The last woe is longer, 390 years. It ends with various events in the modern era including the Jewish return to modern Israel.
| Matthew (P) | Mark (P) | Luke (P) |
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41 Matthew 23:1-12 Woe 1:41 Matthew 23:13 Woe 2:41 Matthew 23:14 Woe 3:41 Matthew 23:15 Woe 3 (continued):41 Matthew 23:16-22 Woe 4:41 Matthew 23:23-24 Woe 5:41 Matthew 23:25-26 Woe 6:41 Matthew 23:27-28 Woe 7:41 Matthew 23:29-36 Laments Jerusalem:41 Matthew 23:37-24:0 |
42 Mark 12:38-40 |
43 Luke 20:45-21:0 |
Another parable matching the time of the Babylonian exile. In this parable the "two coins" are the two small parts of two of the main tribes who had remained back at Jerusalem after the Assyrians. They were widows, having lost their husband, the northern kingdom, as well as parts of their own tribes to the Assyrians. They were moved to Babylon following a metaphor seed in Daniel chapter 1: The gold, the precious vessels, were taken from the temple (ie: Jerusalem) and deposited in Babylonia, as part of Nebuchadnezzar’s treasury. Remain there to this day.
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42 Mark 12:41-13:1
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43 Luke 21:1-4 |
Another parable matching the time of the Babylonian exile. This parable matches the destruction of Solomon’s Temple by the Babylonians in 10409 AA.
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41 Matthew 24:1-2 |
42 Mark 13:1-2 |
43 Luke 21:5-6 |
Another parable matching the time of the Babylonian exile. This parable matches the destruction of Solomon’s temple to the return of Jesus "7 times" later. (He has already introduced the prophetic time period with the 7 brothers as mentioned above.) Here Jesus includes several additional stories that match a "generation" (80 years) beginning with the return to Jerusalem in 1948. (Or perhaps, recovery of Temple Mount in 1967 and then 70 or 60 years. Discussion is beyond the scope of this table.)
It is a curious fact that the Bible always encodes the timing of Jesus’ return when passages suggest it cannot be known. The key is always to watch the text itself.
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41 Matthew 24:3-44
Knowing Servant41 Matthew 24:45-25:0 10 Virgins41 Matthew 25:1-13 Talents41 Matthew 25:14-30 Judging The Nations41 Matthew 25:31-26:0
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42 Mark 13:3-14:0
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43 Luke 21:7-36
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Another parable matching the time of the Babylonian exile. This particular parable includes another time reference. The "two day" reference that begins this parable in Mark is a reference to the two millenniums that link 10500 AA to 12500 AA. This links the Second temple at Jerusalem (Ezra’s temple) to the temple built in Rome starting about 1500 AD. The issue in both is the amount of money spent on the building. Luther had problems with the indulgences sold at the time. Jesus editorial, as it appears to be for most buildings is this: Don’t hinder the woman with woman from doing this because it prepares Jesus’ body (His Church) for burial. Church buildings are in part a memorial to their builders that often are known world wide. Think of Saint Peter’s Basilica, the one reference in the parable, as a starting point. Many, many others have followed at different times and in different places. People are saved through these things.
Note also that Mark’s reference to 300 Denarii pushes from 10500 AA to 10800 AA or so. This is pushing in on the time of Jesus in world history. There would also be another 100+ years implied here as Saint Peter’s took over 100 years to build, suggesting skew in the start of this project.
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41 Matthew 26:1-16
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42 Mark 14:1-11
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43 Luke 21:37-22:0 43 Luke 22:1-6
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The story that Jesus taught on this date was on the subject of paying head-tax to Caesar. In this case Jesus used a strange lesson where he took the inscription on the coin itself as the basis for explaining that Caesar is due his own coins.
The major headline out of the White House involved a response to an AP article about the effectiveness of the stimulus packages at creating jobs. The White House, Caesar's court, promised full data to be released on Friday, October 30, 2009, after several more days of scrubbing.
On Friday, after the release of the data, the Financial Times as well as many others began to seriously criticize the effectiveness of the stimulus packages at creating jobs. The US TV network ABC estimated the cost per job of around $160,000 each.
Clearly the topic of the hour was how many heads Caesar's money was buying, and it was clear that it was not buying very many considering how much money was spent on the effort. Caesar was having to back-peddle on the whole stimulus package since it was obvious to nearly everyone that far more people could have been helped simply by giving the money away.
Jesus appears to be making a rather complex statement about how all Caesar's money is good for is paying Caesar's tax. It isn't very good at providing for people's daily needs, which is what God does for his people. Remember the Master's prayer, "Give us this day our daily bread..." Pharaoh/Caesar is simply incompetent at the task.
Note that while this was going on US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was traveling in Pakistan.
Hillary is an important person in the general fulfillments involving the US White House. She appears to be the woman who will fulfill the parable of the woman who keeps on loosing husbands.
At the time of this prophetic date Hillary was making a political mess in Pakistan. She badgered the Pakistanis in various ways. One was an attempt to get them to go after the tribal lands were Bin Laden is thought to be hiding. At severe pressure from the west the Pakistani government has been doing this, but at some risk the entire government will fall.
Another point she made was on the subject of taxation. Her point was that America taxes everything that moves, as well as things that don't. She wanted the Pakistanis to do the same to their people, enslaving them too.
Of course the Pakistani people do not have Caesar as their overlord, so they have a lower tax rate. This aspect of Jesus' parable on taxation is seen in Clinton's comments. Massive taxes are only paid to Caesar.
Curiously, her departure from Pakistan was the fulfillment of related Psalm 114, which suggests she was "hot" as a fulfillment venue for both headlines. (No wonder the woman had 7 husbands die.)
Jesus told the parable of the Greatest Commandment. Very briefly, the 10 commandments boil down to love God, love your Neighbor.
Clinton's visit to Pakistan is curious because she was in part trying to badger the Pakistani government into overrunning the tribal lands that are effectively outside of Pakistani control.
Clinton's request has been part of US government policy since 911, she is only continuing a long string of western blunders in the region.
The Pakistani people don't particularly view those tribal lands as part of their own nation. They are only part because the west thinks they are.
To the Pakistani's these lands are simply a neighboring people. Clinton is asking the Pakistanis to attack their neighbor. This is of course in direct contradiction to the commandment which says love your neighbor. War would cease if everyone obeyed this commandment.
Reports indicate that there is some risk that the Pakistani government might collapse if they do not press for peace with these particular neighbors. So, in effect, Clinton risks loosing everything if she continues to press against the basic rules laid out in scripture.
In any case, her visit in Pakistan appears to be the fulfillment venue for this aspect of the headlines expected at this date.
The parable of the Widow, and casting her mites into the temple treasury is also fulfilled in Clinton's travels. The wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq appear to be the reason why she spent all her funds and became a poor widow. Mark's account discusses the contrast about attacking neighbors versus conquering them like David did. (Which is perhaps why David's kingdom could not stand for long.)
Complete fulfillment for the widow involves the way Clinton left Pakistan for Abu Dhabi, and then Jerusalem.
This is yet one more story for this prophetic hour and it too likely points at Hillary Clinton and her travels.
Note that Clinton is the scorned woman from the Sodom and Gomorrah stories, and her actions will likely cause the famous signs at the end of the age.