The Strong Man Bound: The Parable Read Through
The parable start to finish, with the meaning of each image carried alongside it.
This read-through companions the study The Strong Man Bound. Nothing is argued here; the parable is set out with the meaning of each image carried beside it.
MARK 3:22–30 — KJV
And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem [the keepers of the law, come down from the city where Yahuah put His name] said, He hath Beelzebub, [the god of Ekron, the god Israel’s king sent to instead of Yahuah; is it not because there is not a God in Israel] and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. [the finger of God at work in front of them, the finger Egypt’s magicians knew on sight, credited to another god] And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. [the ten tribes torn from the house of David, the kingdom Ahaziah ruled, carried away by Assyria and never rising again] And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. [the house that sent to Ekron, now standing in Jerusalem] And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. No man can enter into a strong man’s house, [out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage] and spoil his goods, [even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away; I will save thy children] except he will first bind the strong man; [I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment; the prince of this world cast out at Pesach] and then he will spoil his house. [the blood on the door passed over, Pharaoh sending them out that same night, Israel carrying away the spoil to become a people Yahuah would dwell among] Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost [Yahuah’s work, done by His own finger, named as the work of a foreign god] hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation: Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit. [the freed man standing in the room, and the house that saw him and sent to Ekron]
Put together, the parable says that the strong man’s house is the house of bondage and the goods are Yahuah’s own people held inside it. Yahuah bound the strong man at Pesach as He judged the gods of Egypt, by His finger working through His Son, and carried His people out under the blood to become His dwelling and to walk by His law.
The scribes saw the evidence and called it Ekron. The strong man is already bound; the danger stands over the house that watches Yahuah empty the prison and credits the work to another god.