264 Luke's Liberation from Racism Part 3

We continue with this series of looking in the Gospel of Luke at the stories that he included that were absent from the other three. Today we look at the Prodigal Son and the Rich Man and Lazarus. It is again very enlightening that these two stories were told by Jesus to let them know that the Gentiles are also the children of God and included in the kingdom. We wonder about what the older brother decides because he is still outside the house when the story ends. Does he come in and enjoy the party for this younger brother or does his anger prevent him from coming in and result in being excluded from his father's house because of his father's extravagant love.

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SHOW NOTES

11. In the parable of the prodigal son, the Lost Boy represented the Gentiles and the Elder Brother represented the Jews (Luke 15:11-32). This parable completely reversed the destinies of Jews and Gentiles. This was another scandalous story for Jews from Jesus.

12. In the parable of the Rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31), Jesus was warning the Jews, who were rich in their knowledge of God, of the consequences of not sharing their riches with the Gentiles, who were poor in their knowledge of God.