576th Post Jesus Said Concerning Parables Con't. - Parables on Forgiveness Con't. - Parable of the Prodigal Son Con't. - Luke 15: 11 - 32 Con't. 3rd. Post.

Luke 15: 11 - 32 Parable of the Prodigal Son Continued 3rd. Post.
Definition of Prodigal: One that expends money extravagantly or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish; a waster; a spendthrift.  Source American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster 1828.  
We will be looking at the cast of characters in this parable as we meet them in the story.  This parable starts out with the father of two sons, we will start with him.  Jesus used parables to make a point, and to use situations that normally would never take place, to show the difference between our Heavenly Father, and our earthly fathers.  In the ancient world, fathers would pass their inheritance down at the time of the father's death through their oldest son, and upon the death of the eldest son, if the younger son was still alive and any of the father's inheritance was left; it would pass to the younger son. The father would never divide his inheritance between his two sons while the father was still in good health.  The father in this story is acting according to the Law of God and not the law of man.  This father gives his youngest son his share of the inheritance before it was due.  We will look at the younger son now, because he appears in the story next.  Now the younger son takes his money and moves to a far country, and spends all the money on high living.  Jesus did not say anything about a job here, so we can believe he used his inheritance to fund his new lifestyle.  Now about the time a famine hits this country, the son is running out of money.  Continued next post.