Today's Sunday School lesson was The Prodigal Son from Luke 15: 11-32 which was lead by the husband & wife team of Larry and Kay. We had great discussions on different aspects of this parable, so much so, that my mind was processing it in the background during Church and through lunch.
While I was doing the lunch dishes, my brain began putting some pieces of the puzzle together. I think I may have come up with an interesting parallel.
The Elder Son is the people who were following all the laws in hopes of getting into Yahweh's good graces. The Prodigal Son is the new converts. Naturally, we all can figure out that the father in the story is Our Heavenly Father. To me it shows, that we are all equally welcomed by God. Whether we are Repentant Sinners or Covenant Keepers.
On a side note, the ending, in some ways, could be a foreshadowing of what was to come for Jesus who died for our sins then rose again and was welcomed home by the Father. As to what the elder brother did after that, I will leave that part of the story up to your interpretation as did Jesus when speaking to his audience.
I hope that all of you are blessed in some way by my simplistic layman's interpretation of one of Jesus' well-known parables.
DeColores,
Lynn
