Any of these characters may yet change. Jesus parables are cliffhangers like the episodes of a soap opera. Without endings, there are many possibilities. Perhaps it is harder to accept, but it is more accurate to understand that choices, repentance and forgiveness go on and on, in a never-ending tale. Lent happens every day.
Easter is available every day.
Pentecost is given to us every day. Our role is to recognize the events, the needs within us and around us, and be willing to make the hard choices, the right choices, that will honor God and all of creation. We never make just one choice, either personally, or as a community of faith, that will last forever. Remember, without endings, there are many possibilities. God wants to give us all kinds of possibilities.