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Herod the King.
Cæsar Augustus.
All the
world.
Wise men. King of the Jews.
Angels,
Saviour,
men.
Simeon, Gentiles.
The Forerunner
Casual dating.
Gentile dating.
Repent, for kingdom is at hand.
Repentance for remission of
sins.
Short quotation from Isaiah.
Long quotation from Isaiah in
order to include references to
`all flesh'.
The Lord's opening Ministry
Repent: for the kingdom is at
The emphasis upon the Gentile
hand.
in the synagogue at Nazareth.
The Second Coming
The time of the end.
The
reference
to
the
intervening `times of
the
Gentiles'.
The distinctive Parables peculiar to Luke
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The Good Samaritan.
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The Prodigal Son.
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The Unjust Steward.
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The Pharisee and the Publican.
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The Nobleman.
Here is clear evidence that Matthew's Gospel is intended to show that the covenants made with Abraham and
David are vested in the Lord Jesus Christ in Whom alone they can be fulfilled. Luke's Gospel, while admitting all
that, points out that while Israel were themselves to be blessed, they were to become the destined channel of blessing
to the nations, which precluded the idea that only Israel mattered, and revealed the larger purpose of the kingdom of
Heaven.
When we remember that Luke, who so emphasized the Gentile aspect, was raised up to accompany the apostle
Paul, can we not praise God that Paul had to his hand a record of the earthly life, the death, the resurrection and the
ascension of the Lord, that went back to Adam, and which would therefore be of great importance in the
controversies over the inclusion of the Gentile that we find in the Acts of the Apostles itself? Of the four Gospels,
Luke's is the one that particularly belongs to saved Gentiles. Have we possessed our possessions?