WHY DOES GOD USE SYMBOLS AND PARABLES?

The Answer to this question can be found in the Bible, let God answer for Himself.

Let the Bible Be its Own Interpreter:

Matthew 13:13-17, 34-35
13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: 15For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. 17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: 35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

Isaiah 6:9-10; Ezekiel 12:2; Jeremiah 5:21; Isaiah 42:19-29; Deuteronomy 29:4; Psalm 78:2

The Meaning of the text is clear. Jesus spoke in parables because they/we are not paying attention! We see and hear, but do not put any effort into understanding. The truth of the Bible comes to those who put effort into understanding it.
Jesus used stories that the hearers would remember. He wanted to tell the people the plain meaning of the lessons that He was illustrating, but many were prejudiced and would not listen except to the stories that He told. Parable speaking was popular in His time and captured the attention of all; the Leaders, the people, and those of other nations. People were curious to find out the meanings of the parables that Jesus taught. The Priests and Rabbis were frequently secretly among the people and were waiting for Jesus to say something that they could use against Him, so He could not speak openly and plainly, but the leaders and Rabbis knew what He was saying and implying. John 11:53–54

Remember, Christ is the actual author of all the Bible. John 5:39 Its contents were transmitted through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit to human beings. Both the New and Old Testaments. He wanted us to search His Word diligently to find the lessons and doctrine and messages that He has buried there for us, He wants us to study to find His lessons as if we were searching for earthly treasures. He knew we would not value a plain straightforward message, and that we would take it for granted, and that we would only value the message if we had to search for it for ourselves. John 5:39–40

God knew that we would misapply, and distort the doctrines that He gave to us plainly, but He concealed His doctrines in Symbolism so that we would search, and discover, and confirm the doctrine that he gave to us through the prophets by Symbolism. Jude 3-4.

Christ veiled many of the doctrines and lessons in Symbols and Signs and Parables so that they would be protected, and could be verified untouched by other human interpretations as they were uncovered in His Word.

Many of the Bible’s books and chapters were written in the time of the Prophets before the time of Christ, by the wisdom of Christ. These messages were written specifically for the people of that time, but they have a dual meaning in them. As important as they were to the people of the time that they were written for, they have even greater importance for the people of our time upon which the ends of the earth are come. Read 1 Corinthians 10:1–13, especially 1 Corinthians 10:6. In light of these texts, we have a lot of homework to do. That is the focus of this website.