[Manly Warrior]

No. The son simply wanted a better quality of life. He said “even my Father’s servants have bread and enough, I could get hired on and live better than I am”. The son only wanted to return for selfish motives. The father demonstrated the moral of the story- He is the main character, the son, well, he is just like everyone who wants a better situation. The Father provided all of the assets, mainly love and complete forgiveness; if he was a poor man, he would have given the son the same, minus the wealth. God is not poor, but mainly he loves even the unrepentant ( repent means to change one’s mind) and bestow on us all of His treasures as well.

[boatbums]

Made me think of this:

"A prince, while he is a little child, is presumably as willful and as ignorant as other little children. Sometimes he may be very obedient and teachable and affectionate, and then he is happy and approved. At other times he may be unruly, self-willed, and disobedient, and then he is unhappy, and perhaps is chastised—but he is just as much a prince on the one day as on the other. It may be hoped that, as time goes on, he will learn to bring himself into willing and affectionate subjection to every right way, and then he will be more princely, but not more really a prince. He was born a prince" (C.I.Scofield, Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth).