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Parables and Riddles

Parables and Riddles. Understanding How to Find Meaning. Parables and Riddles. Matthew 13:11-17(quoted Isaiah 6:8-10) Psalm 78: 1-2. Parable “to draw out as a bow”. Riddles “the answer unites the two”. 3 Laws of Dreams. 1 st Law – Each dream from the Lord is a fitly spoken word.

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Parables and Riddles

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  1. Parables and Riddles Understanding How to Find Meaning

  2. Parables and Riddles • Matthew 13:11-17(quoted Isaiah 6:8-10) • Psalm 78: 1-2

  3. Parable “to draw out as a bow” Riddles “the answer unites the two”

  4. 3 Laws of Dreams 1st Law – Each dream from the Lord is a fitly spoken word

  5. 3 Laws of Dreams 2ndLaw – Each Parable and Riddle speaks of something in my life

  6. 3 Laws of Dreams 3rd Law – Symbols you see meaning, Parables and riddles you don’t

  7. 3 Laws of Dreams 1st Law – fitly word 2nd Law – speaks of something 3rd Law – symbols are different than parables

  8. Parables • Parables require viewing things differently, otherwise, you will get no connection • Mentally blocked – spiritual must be cultivated • Need to go beyond your carnal mind, logic, linear, your understanding

  9. 4 Parts • Determine • Find metaphors • Appropriate • Revisit

  10. Drawing it Out • Write dream down • Identify items • Define what those mean to you • Take definition and ask: “Is there something in my life this describes?”

  11. Facts about Parables Parable is His Perspective

  12. This That

  13. Facts about Parables • Sometimes, timing is not right • Writing it down is the only way to preserve it • Dreams will shock you with accuracy

  14. Answer is in the Child • “This” is the mother • “Characteristic”is the child This

  15. This Meaning is in the characteristics

  16. This Characteristics point/speak of something in your life

  17. This characteristics That

  18. The Key The key is in the characteristics. Those characteristics point/speak to something in your own life.

  19. The Key In symbols, we see some meaning In parables, we don’t. Parables must be personally drawn out

  20. Parables and Riddles • Don’t be discouraged if you have no immediate meaning in a dream. This just means it is a parable or riddle. • Drawing out a parable takes exerting on your behalf.

  21. Parables and Riddles • If it is a parable, there is deeper meaning than just casual glance. God has just fed you deep and rich food. • God is training you in visual language

  22. Parables and Riddles • A parable and riddle is you “seeing what the Father is showing” John 5:19

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