I believe that all the parables that Jesus told are rich with underlying meanings, but most of the time we don’t dig much deeper than the surface message that Jesus was trying to convey. In reality, though, I feel strongly that every parable contains prophecy that can be spine tingling to search out.

        For instance, we all know that the parable of The Good Samaritan in Luke 10 represents the commandment that Jesus listed as the second most important, to “love your neighbor as yourself,” Matthew 22:39.

        Unfortunately, most Christians don’t dig deep enough to find the truly exciting underlying types, shadows, and yes, prophecy. If they did they would find that the man who was robbed and left half dead in the story is a picture of Adam or humanity. The robber, of course, is Satan. The first person in the story that comes along and steps around the fallen man is a priest. This represents the Law of Moses, which obviously could not save the man. Then a Levite comes by and likewise walks around the man. The Levite represents the sacrifices, which also could not save fallen man. But then comes the Good Samaritan, which is Jesus Himself. 

        At this point we see something very unusual and extremely interesting. We see the Good Samaritan pour both oil and wine into the fallen man’s wounds. Oil is the Old Testament or Old Covenant representation of the Holy Spirit, while wine is the New Testament or New Covenant representation of the Holy Spirit. The deeper we dig, the more phenomenal we find God’s Word to be.

        Once the Holy Spirit has been poured into the wounds, the Good Samaritan (Jesus) takes the man to the inn, which represents the church. Here is where the parable becomes prophetic of the Second Coming, because the Good Samaritan (Jesus) leaves the innkeeper two denarii.  A denarii was a days wage, and we know that “With the Lord a day is like a thousand years,” 2 Peter 3:8. So the church is given two thousand years until the Good Samaritan (Jesus) returns, at which time He will give the innkeeper (The Church) an unlimited amount of denarii (Eternity).

        As we discussed in earlier articles, this two day (two thousand year) prophecy is very consistent with all the other Second Coming prophecies, including the two very obvious ones found in Exodus and Hosea. In the first one the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their clothes and be ready by the third day, because on that day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.” Exodus 19:11. The other one in Hosea 6:2 says, “After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will restore us, that we may live in His presence.”

        Remember, Proverbs 25:2 says, “It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.” The redeemed of Christ will reign with Him in His kingdom, so we are the “kings” referred to above who are suppose to search out the things that God has hidden for us in the scriptures. And it really is an exciting treasure hunt. Nothing in life comes close, or is nearly as important.

        The point of the prophecy we just uncovered in the parable of the Good Samaritan is that in two thousand years from when He went away, Jesus will return. In the Jewish calender, that time is here. And in the Gentile calender (ours), the time is very close.

        Praise God! Look up for our redemption is nigh. Or as T.D. Jakes says, “Get ready, get ready, get ready, get ready, get ready, get ready, get ready, get ready.”

        I can hardly wait.