Meaning: Jesus did not speak in parables so that the people will not understand Him. This interpretation does not make sense at all for it is not God’s way to keep us in ignorance. We cause our own ignorance because we don’t bother to ask God to explain.
He points this out in the way He answered my question. In this sculpture, He refers to His parables as “My ambiguous case in point”. Ambiguous means "not clear; indefinite; vague"26. Case in point means "a specific, appropriate, or relevant instance or example"27. God’s use of the phrase case in point was intentional. It’s not a typical phrase, at least in my case; I had to look up what it meant.
The intention of Jesus then and up to now is for people to ask Him directly the meaning of His words rather than trying to comprehend them on our own. Why? matters of Heaven are different from earth; the way of God is different from our worldly ways. There is no way we can understand God unless we ask Him for the grace of understanding. As Mother Mary said, when we pray we should not ask God to go down to our level but rather ask Him to take us to His level.
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways—oracle of the LORD.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways,
my thoughts higher than your thoughts.”
Isaiah 55:8-9
When you come to God with a sincere desire to know Him, He will give you much more than what you want to know. Again, God is not a God of ignorance. It is His will that we know and what we know is firsthand. This is what He meant by:
Anyone who has will be given more and will have more than enough; but anyone who has not will be deprived even of what he has.
Likewise, as you read this book, do not assume you understand what God is saying from your own limited experience. The purpose why God spoke in parables is the same reason why God speaks in figurative language and uses sculptures for added depth. He wants you to ask Him directly for their meaning.
27 Collinsdictionary.com, 'Definition Of “Case In Point” | Collins English Dictionary' (2015) <http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/case-in-point> accessed 26 August 2015.
