Parable - Proverb
"... the difference between parable and proverb is that parable is a short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy while proverb is a phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations. " [1]
Forget that. The Hebrew word mashal משל is translated both as 'parable' and 'proverb'. There is no difference. But it is translated other ways as well:
- proverb, parable, dominion, byword, entreaty, like, ruler משל
To understand the idea behind mashal משל, it's formation us examined and correlated with scripture which expresses the same idea in a different way.
- מ-ש-ל -
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- ↑ https://wikidiff.com/proverb/parable
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Joh 5:37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
- ↑ ∞ The bride/church is the increase of the promise of the Father. The Bride is the increase due to the cross. The parables speak of Christ and the cross.
- ↑ ∞ The Father promised מ peace של through the cross. This is the meaning of the parables as they speak of Christ.
- ↑ ∞ A parable is a truth or teaching with enough removed to make it a mystery, which can not be discerned prior to the cross. Remove מש teaching ל
- ↑ ∞ Israel is the circumcision and the bride of the flesh.