Paul's Parables

John sees the new heaven and earth containing the new Jerusalem– a glittering city with every precious stone reflecting the Light.  The open gates are of pearl, the foundations are named for each of the Lord’s apostles, and the streets are of transparent gold.  Nothing impure is there and there is no crying.  Those whose names are found in the book of life dwell there and God is its light.  The ri...

An angel from Heaven binds Satan with chains and casts him into the bottomless pit where he is locked up for 1000 years.  Jesus, with the 144 thousand and his redeemed rule the world in justice and peace for 1000 years giving the land rest.  At the end of that time Satan will be released and he will gather a great army of all who still reject Jesus.  They surround Jerusalem but God destroys them a...

Babylon and all the wicked people of the world are judged and they mourn at the destruction of the city.  There is rejoicing in heaven and all those invited to the wedding are told to come.  The rider on the white horse, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, with heaven’s army defeats the beast, his prophets, and all the kings of the earth.  They are bound and cast alive into the lake of fire which...

In Heaven there is great rejoicing as the 144 thousand praise God and worship the lamb.  A great angel announced the Gospel to every tribe and nation telling all that this is their last chance to fear God before God’s judgement.  Jesus uses his sickle to bring in all his people and another angel cuts down all the wicked people for God’s judgement.  Heaven rejoices and praises God while angels take...

Tells of the new Mother and the Dragon relating how Satan seeks to destroy God’s plan.  We can trust God’s plan for us and believe in Jesus who lives again, finishing God’s work on earth.  Satan is cast out of heaven forever by Michael and his angels, but for 3 and ½ years the terrible beasts rule the earth and kill those who refuse to take his mark with the dragon's power.

Judgements are uttered by a mighty angel as crashing thunder but are not revealed.  But the voice said the last trumpet would announce the end. That God’s waiting would be up, and he would judge the world just like he told the prophets. The two witnesses who prophecy for 3 ½ years, are killed by the beast from the bottomless pit, but they live again.  The seventh trumpet sounds and God reigns over...

Auntie Winnie retells the events of the end times as revealed by God through visions to the Apostle John in Revelation.   All is still as four angels hold back the wind.  144 thousand Jews are marked with God’ seal, 12,000 from each tribe. His victorious servants, who remained faithful to him through the great persecution praised Him for the salvation He provided.  The seventh seal is broken and t...

The vision is of the throne of God in heaven where all come to worship and praise Him.  The Lamb is found worthy to open the scroll of God’s judgement on the earth.  God is in control of everything that happens.  The opening of the seals pronounce judgements on the earth. As the sixth seal is broken all mankind cries out in fear of God’s coming great day of wrath.

Auntie Winnie retells the events of the end times as revealed by God through visions to the Apostle John in Revelation. Young Mark wants his grandpa, Hal Abojie John, to remind him again of the visions he had seen because he wants to obey what Jesus said. The stories are told by Grandpa John to young Mark including some conversation between the two of them.  They settle down on a rainy afternoon f...

The rooster relates what he sees from his hiding place after he sees that Jesus is alive.  He is no longer afraid and wants everybody to know.  He hears Peter and John talking.  Now they understand and leave with the other disciples for Galilee.  The rooster goes back to his city and crows some more!

The rooster follows the soldiers and Jewish leaders as they take Jesus to different places in the city.  Jesus is whipped and laughed at.  The leaders stir up the crowd and they demand Jesus be crucified like the worst of criminals.  When Jesus dies, darkness and an earthquake comes in the middle of the day.  The scared rooster hides among some rocks.  Since Jesus was dead he would never crow agai...

On the last night of Passover week all is not quiet in Jerusalem.  The rooster goes out to a place where he looks for olives to eat and finds the disciples sleeping and Jesus praying.  He wakes up when loud soldiers grab Jesus and all the disciples, even Peter, run away.  Peter is afraid and denies Jesus three times.  The rooster crows desperately, twice.

The rooster relates that the whole city of Jerusalem welcomes a man who rides in on a donkey.  He hears about what has happened and discovers the perfume that had been used before hand for Jesus burial.  The rooster is not afraid, even when Jesus makes a lot of noise throwing the moneychangers out of the temple and makes the religious leaders mad at Him.  Jesus says He will be crucified, but Peter...

Jesus teaches the huge crowd that followed him to his place by the lake and crowded into his home.  Sammy heard Him teaching about more than only the law like the religious leaders taught.  He also saw men taking the tiles off the roof to let their paralyzed friend down in front of Jesus.  Jesus first forgave his sins and then healed him.

The children and Mary and are distressed because they can’t find Jesus.  So many people are following Him that He could no longer preach freely, even in His hometown of Nazareth.  Jesus had walked away through a hostile mob that wanted to throw Him off a cliff before he came to Capernaum to call his disciples.  Mary followed them on a donkey so she could join the traveling party with Jesus.

The huge catch of fish was sold and the fishermen followed Jesus as he traveled to other villages.  The crowds grew as they went and Jesus healed their sick, even the leper with his terrible highly contagious disease, who had followed a long way off from the crowd.  Jesus wanted to heal him, touched him, and healed him too. The leper worshiped Jesus and went to tell the priests. 

Jesus didn’t teach like the religious leaders and used parables.  He taught in parables that the Kingdom of God was not like the temple laws.  When Peter’s nets filled with fish, he realizes that Jesus is God. He recognizes his sinful condition and unworthiness to be a follower of Jesus.  Jesus tells him that he will now  catch men.

Sammy runs to bring the news to his dad that his mother in law is very sick.  Jesus comes and heals her making everyone very happy when she gets up to take charge in the kitchen like usual.  Jesus says Simon Peter will now be called Peter, a Rock.  Jesus then heals even more sick people who have followed Him including casting out a demon.

Jesus takes Sammy home with him after healing people all day in the city of Capernaum.  Jesus explains to him that His power comes from God. The next day Jesus got up very early to pray while people kept coming from the neighboring towns wanting to be healed.  Jesus heals them all and says he needs to go to many more towns.  Sammy goes to help his dad with fishing.

Sammy and Simon, visiting their aunt Mary, Jesus mother, are glad to welcome him home at Capernaum but a crowd soon gathers around their house with the new porch and flat tile roof.  Jesus finds a little time to relax.  Mary knows that they will want Jesus to preach and heal.  The Pharisees and lawyers are also coming to spy on Jesus.  Sammy is reassured that Jesus preaches only what His Father te...

The Pharisees who are watching criticize Jesus when he has a meal, eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners.  They were always concerned about what people would think.  Jesus explains that he did not come to heal those who are well, but the sick.   He did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.  His disciples could celebrate with him because he was still with them.  T...

It is the Sabbath when no one was allowed to work, but Sammy also picked some grain to eat when everybody walked past a farmer’s field.  He was traveling back home with Jesus to help care for his crippled sister, Miriam.  One of the critical Pharisees accused Jesus of breaking God’s law when His followers plucked and ate grain.  Jesus reminded them that David’s men ate sacred bread and God did not...

Simon tells his friends that there are so many people coming to Jesus to be healed that they go up into the mountains.  Jesus chooses the twelve disciples who will help him heal people and He teaches them about His Kingdom of Heaven.  Miriam, who is unable to walk, has heard of His healing and is looking forward to Jesus’ promised visit.  She sings a song she made about Jesus healing the sick.

Simon is Sammy and Miriam’s friend who writes a letter to share the stories he heard Jesus tell about his Kingdom.  The rich man whose riches were lost, the blind men both falling in a ditch, and the girl with a large chip of wood in her eye trying to remove a speck of sawdust from her friend’s eye were all stories teaching about God.  Our treasure should be in Heaven and a blind man can’t keep hi...

When Jonah finds his prophecy unfulfilled he feels useless, a failure as a prophet.  He sorrows over the loss of his shade when the vine that grew up so quickly withers and dies.  He can’t understand how God could be so merciful and love all those wicked people.  He thought it all turned out wrong because the wicked weren’t immediately destroyed.  God showed him it turned out right because they re...