Week 3: Monday The Context

The Messiah and His kingdom—this connection is the backdrop ofall of Scripture since the fall of Adam and Eve (Genesis 3:15). TheParable of the Net (Matthew 13:47-50) reinforces this connection.Why does Jesus give us such a wealth of ten parables in Matthew13? The key is found in Matthew 13:10-17, where Jesus teachesthrough a chiasm (i.e., a literary structure in which ideas arepresented and then repeated in reverse order). J