) PiZZA QST. Which comparison between events in the passage would best support a claim that a significant theme of the passage is fulfillment? A) Theodora’s completion of her manuscript and the postman’s delay in bringing a response from the publisher

B) Theodora’s waiting for the publisher’s response and her time in the woods after her manuscript has been accepted

C) Theodora’s isolation from her family and her reading of the publisher’s response regarding her manuscript

D) Theodora’s plans for caring for her family and the family’s feelings about her failure to follow through with those plans

E) Theodora’s thoughts about her family’s situation and her dreams about her own future after her manuscript has been published

11-32. the main character in the parable, the forgiving father, whose character remains constant throughout the story, is a picture of god. in telling the story, jesus identifies himself with god in his loving attitude to the lost. the younger son symbolizes the lost (the tax collectors and sinners of that day, luke 15: 1), and the elder brother represents the self-righteous (the pharisees and teachers of the law of that day, luke 15: 2). the major theme of this parable seems not to be so much the conversion of the sinner, as in the previous two parables of luke 15, but rather the restoration of a believer into fellowship with the father. in the first two parables, the owner went out to look for what was lost (luke 15: 1-10), whereas in this story the father waits and watches eagerly for his son's return. we see a progression through the three parables from the relationship of one in a hundred (luke 15: 1-7), to one in ten (luke 15: 8-10), to one in one (luke 15: 11-32), demonstrating god’s love for each individual and his personal attentiveness towards all humanity. we see in this story the graciousness of the father overshadowing the sinfulness of the son, as it is the memory of the father’s goodness that brings the prodigal son to repentance (romans 2: 4).

he has become more humble and patient in battle.