Why does god talk in riddles

Or memorable moral lessons a la the Velveteen Rabbit? What was Jesus trying to say and why did He speak this way? The parables are little puzzle-stories or wisdom scenes that reveal the Kingdom of God. Are you eager to hear what God says to us? Message title: Jesus Speaks in Riddles? Matthew , Each one receives whatever is commensurate. And at this point we now come to the second basic reason that the Holy Bible has such hidden meanings.

The reason is called "reciprocity"! Let us suppose you have a rare collection of paintings - works of art of great value - which you desire to show to the people you love, so that they can enjoy them with you.

Now, how would you feel, if some of them were to say to you before even seeing those works of art "What kind of garbage have you collected? I don't give a damn about your paintings! Christ had said the following, about people such as these:. Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him?

As much as a pig can understand about pearls, or a dog about holiness, likewise, some people are unable to appreciate the treasure of the Christian faith!

That is why the Lord said that such swine-like people are not only unable to appreciate the pearls of our Faith, but they will even trample them underfoot and tear us to pieces! To people like them, the less we say, the better it is for all of us. Now, what could a dog or a pig have to do with the Creator?

How could animals have a personal relationship, if they are not persons? And, if such a "personal" relationship between God and "bestial" persons is not an appropriate one, for what reason would they need the Holy Bible as a guide?

Didn't we say that the Holy Bible is an introductory book that guides towards that desired relationship?

How could God give His treasures to people who do not desire or appreciate them - and in fact, who not only do not appreciate them, but also brutalize His Word and His Saints, the way that a pig tramples over pearls and tears to pieces the one who has offered them?

This, therefore, is why the Holy Bible is a "Jacob's well" - the well from which one can draw as much water as the container of their heart can hold:. Some will draw only "splashes", for they "dabble" clumsily and carelessly inside the depths of the divine word.

They are the ones who will take "droplets" of phrases and dogmas, distort them and alter them, because that is how much the inclination of their heart desires to draw from this intellectual "Jacob's well". He spoke to him through scary dreams which were also not straight forward Genesis As a result, Pharaoh failed to understand what God was saying.

None of Pharaohs magicians could interpret these dreams as well. It was only the person who was anointed with the Spirit of God who interpreted these dreams. When God wanted to speak to King Nebuchadnezzar, he never did so directly.

Again he spoke to him through complicated dreams Daniel Chapter 2 which could only be interpreted by a person filled with the Holy Spirit.

The same is still happening today. God will never speak to most people directly in his true form. He speaks to them indirectly through complicated dreams or other forms of communication.

This had started working in the Garden of Eden until Adam together with wife Eve messed up Gods arrangement. Since then God has rarely communicated with people directly.