Conclusion

CONCLUSION THIS study of the Old Testament Parables could not conclude with a better promise and brighter hope than are contained in the closing verses of Ezekiel xvii. We have reached the stage where we anticipate a new revelation which will fulfil God’s promises. This new revelation will be more precious to us on account of what the old one has meant to our souls. Doubtless, in the course of reading this book we have traced a historical process of divine revelation and of human development which constrains us to await patiently and wistfully the coming of Him of whom it was written “ Without a parable spake He not unto them.”

We have journeyed along a road upon which we have met with men not altogether unlike ourselves in their desires and practices. We have been privileged to behold moral and spiritual conflicts in the souls of men. We have discerned the wondrous works of God in His dealings with individuals and nations, and we have seen the gradual unfolding of the unfailing love of God.

Looking back over the pages of this book we may conclude that its parables of fact deal with moral issues, and its parables of fancy with the spiritual relationship between God and man.

If our study has deepened our interest in the Old Testament, and given us cause for a fuller appreciation of the parables spoken by Jesus, we shall not have read in vain.

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