Restoration of Eden, Eden to Eden
Psalm 49:4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Psalm 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
78:3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
Matthew 13:34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
In Christ's parable teaching the same principle is seen as in His own mission to the world. That we might become acquainted with His divine character and life, Christ took our nature and dwelt among us. Divinity was revealed in humanity; the invisible glory in the visible human form. Men could learn of the unknown through the known; heavenly things were revealed through the earthly; God was made manifest in the likeness of men. So it was in Christ's teaching: the unknown was illustrated by the known; divine truths by earthly things with which the people were most familiar. {COL 17.1}
Divinity revealed in humanity
invisible glory in visible human form
learn of the unknown through the known
heavenly things revealed through earthly things
unknown illustrated by the known
divine truths by earthly things which people were most familiar
Thus saith the Lord vs. Methodology
Joshua 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.