I found myself wishing you had elaborated more on what you see as the connection between the parable and Jesus's cryptic ending, "But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?", besides the obvious meaning that persistent pestering of God IS a continuing act of trust. I sense there's something more there behind Jesus's "Huh?!?" closing of the parable, but I can't put my finger on it.
(The challenge to engage a parable is often one of the points of Jesus's parables.)
Good choices of graphics, though I'm questioning the one of the woman behind bars. (Is she there because she committed a crime, or is she imprisoned unjustly? That brings into play questions about criminal justice vs. social justice.)
I'm going to have to watch it again; I want to check the flow from the parable to Jesus's own trial before Pilate.
Thanks. I appreciate the feedback. In this particular video I challenged myself to keep it under 5 minutes. I admit, I probably could have stretched it to 7 minutes with a bit more explanation.
With regard to the silhouette of the woman in jail, I was happy to let it remain ambiguous, whether she belonged there or not, because either way offers us points of fruitful discussion I think.
The picture of the woman sitting on the ground lost her son in a war, hoping and waiting that he would return, which is also fruitful ground for discussion.
If my parable were two minutes longer, I would have said something like the following. I think the cryptic ending is intended to focus our attention on the future, rather than on the present. Many commentators suggest that the parable intends to teach us something about prayer. But I think the parable is intended to teach us something about faith instead. Jesus is making an argument from the lessor to the greater, to say that if a poor woman can expect justice from a man who does not fear God or respect man, then surely we can expect justice from our heavenly father who is both righteous and good. But we must be willing to wait until the son of man comes.
