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