Remember the parable of the Prodigal son?

Most Christians are familiar with the parable of the ‘Prodigal Son,’ which is seen as a wonderful illustration of the mercy and forgiveness of God, Our Father in Heaven. Yeshua in His parable of the ‘Prodigal Son’ in Luke 15:11-32 speaks of a certain man who had two sons. His younger son asks to be given his inheritance, only to go away to a far country and waste his inherited fortune on riotous living. After living a lifestyle of self-indulgent idolatry and the pursuit of personal pleasure and abandon, he ends up totally destitute. This is the very moment a mighty famine arises in his land of exile and he is forced to take a job looking after another man’s pigs! His hunger is so acute that he would have gladly filled his stomach with the husks that are fed to the swine, but no one gives him anything to eat. As he is literally perishing with hunger the prodigal son remembers how good things were when he was still in his father’s house and his heart turns toward home. Overwhelmed with remorse, he becomes convicted of his sin. Utterly humbled by his dire circumstances, he repents of his wayward lifestyle and decides to return to his father’s house. His heart is filled with shame, as he recognizes that he has rejected his father and disgraced his family name. As he takes the first steps on his journey home, he decides that he is not worthy to bear his father’s name any longer or to be called his son. Instead, he resolves to ask his father if he can forgive him and take him on as one of his hired workers. As he approaches his father’s land, his father sees him coming from some considerable distance and runs towards him, falling on his neck and kisses him. The son then…