Prodigal God

Over the weekend I was able to go home. So of course I had to bring homework, and of course I didn't start it until Monday. As I was sitting in my room trying to focus before I had to head back to school, I could hear my dad put in a DVD in the next room. I'm not really sure what this DVD was for; my parents host a young adults group every other Sunday so it could be for that. Nevertheless I found myself distracted listening to a lecture called the prodigal God.
Every time I heard the parable of the prodigal son, I've always found myself more curious about the older brother. I felt he was never really explained well enough to me. This DVD talked about that story of the older brother. The older brother is supposed to represent those who are seeking to receive their inheritance from their father by following all the rules. This older brother could be called a christian, or someone who is living for the lord. The older brother could be compared to the Pharisees as well when Jesus told it.
In all of the the other parables about something being lost, there was always someone to find it. In the prodigal son no one goes looking for him. This is because it is assumed that the older brother's job is to look for his lost brother. It is his responsibility to look for him no matter what the cost is to bring him home. It was his job to bring him home just like it is our job to bring our lost "brothers and sisters" to Christ.
Jesus is our big brother. He earned his inheritance by following all the rules, but at his cost, he came to look for us, so that we can share his inheritance in heaven.
I had never had that parable explained to me like that, it really makes me look at the whole parable differently.
Too bad it distracted me from homework.