This could possibly be a very broad topic if I combed over every other parable but I just wanted to share a couple that are found in Matthew chapter 13 that struck my interest. For one, we have the parable of the net. It’s not very long so I just quote the whole parable here. Matt 13:47-50 (KJV)
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: 48 Which when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down , and gathered the good the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. 49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. 50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. “
In reading “…sever the wicked from the just 30 And cast them into the furnace…” that sounds strikingly similar to the men in the field and the women at the mill and Jesus’ answer back in part 3 of the teaching. (Luke 17). If the wicked are severed from the just, the just apparently remain and not the other way around.
Now considering another parable from Matthew 13 that has a clear reference to the parousia is the parable of the weeds. This one is a bit longer and Jesus also explains it so I will only include pertinent part of it. Matt 13:24-30, 36-43 (KJV)
“30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers. Gather ye together first the tares and bind them in bundles and burn them but gather the wheat into my barn.”
Going on to Jesus’ explanation we read in Matt 13:41-43 (KJV) “The Son of man shall send fourth his angels and they shall gather out of his kingdom all that offend, and them that do iniquity. 42 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth 43 Then shall the righteous shine fourth as the son in the kingdom of our father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. ”
At this point I would like to look at the counterpart of weeds parable in Revelation. We find that in chapter 14 directly before the announcement of the angels with the bowls of God’s wrath.
You will want to read the whole section from verse 14 to 20 but I’ll just pull part of it. Here it reads :
Rev 14:15-19 (KJV) “…Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the harvest of the earth is ripe. 16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. 17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. 18 And another came out …cried with a loud cry… Thrust in the sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. 19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.”
It appears in this scripture that the order is reversed from the Matt 13 weeds with the gathering of the good grapes first but it doesn’t appear there is much separation of those events. In light of that consider the timing of the giving of the glorified bodies at the 7th trumpet and then the “thief in the night” coming at the 6th bowl before the destruction of the armies of the kings of the east at the 7th bowl. (Review sections #8 and #9 if needed – #8 covered the Rev 14 harvest in detail and #9 the keeping of the wheat) My thought on the blending of the two scriptures goes like this. Jesus first keeps his wheat in safety (by giving them glorified bodies) while he’s gathers and burns the tares. Then he puts his wheat into his barn. That’s the only way I can reconcile to two.
The parable of the good man of the house and the thief is nestled close to the fig tree parable in Matt 24. It also relates to this section.
At this point these are the only other parables that stood out to me for clarity and confirmation of Jesus’ parousia