Kingdom, Grace, Judgment (Capon, 2002)
Book 3, Chapter 7: God’s Action in History
Book 3, Chapter 8: The Eye of the Hurricane
Book 3, Chapter 9: The Deluge of Judgment by Mercy
Book 3, Chapter 10: The Waters of Judgment Rose
Stories with Intent (Snodgrass, 2018)
The Wicked Tenants
The Wedding Banquet and the Feast
The Eschatological Discourse
Matthew 21-25
Luke 19-21
Throughout these chapters in Matthew (and to some extent, in Luke), Jesus was getting ready to be arrested by the authorities and killed. As part of his teaching, he engaged in what is known as The Eschatological Discourse or the Synoptic Apocalypse, and the teaching in Matthew is particularly striking. In four to five paragraphs, respond to the following:
How does the Eschatological Discourse/Synoptic Apocalypse help you to understand the parables? What is its relationship to those parables?
What is the character of the judgment that occurs throughout these parables? It appears that Jesus is almost glorying in the judgment. Is he? How else might that judgment be understood?
Bolster your argument by explaining how at least two parables or symbolic actions (“enacted parablesâ€) should be interpreted as instances of the judgment you find in the second step.