A parable is a lesson contained in a story. Jotham’s parable (verses 7-15) was told after 70 of his brethren were slaughtered by another brother, Abimelech (who wanted to be a ruler). Jotham explained that his parable meant that Abimelech and those who had made him king would reap as they had sown. As the chapter comes to its conclusion...well, that is for you to find out. Did they reap as they had sown? Did they “get away with it? Or did they repent and live out their lives in faithful service to God? It might pay to write Galatians 6:7-8 next to Jotham’s parable.
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