The Parable of the Steward is set in Middle Eastern culture during the era of small, agricultural communities existing 2,000 years ago. Its message and application is lost to us without awareness of this "time stamp" consisting of their customs, expectations, living conditions, and cultural practices. We must return to Jesus' day to recognize the truths revealed to His disciples, including spiritual truths of the depths of God's love and mercy. We must become as one of the disciples, hearing and understanding from their cultural viewpoint, applying points of the parable as they applied it. Then we will gain the understanding of Jesus' teaching - locating, identifying, and applying the lesson the twelve understood.
The parable of the Unjust (or crafty or clever) Steward presents a time issue, where the entire community is the focus. This issue of time speaks to us today. The day of salvation is now, yet God is longsuffering, allowing time right up to the end for repentance. We must not abuse the time allowed since it (the age of grace) will end. However, even with current events and fulfilled prophecy signaling it's close, almost at hand, there is still time to act as God is not willing that any should perish. Since the community is the central focus of this parable, generating the truths and issues Jesus was teaching, this is the setting of this parable.

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