Matthew 20_The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard Expanded

[SoundMind]

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[MatthewG]

Do you have a YouTube channel, these are very handy dedicated Bible study.

Do you take time to make these yourself or have you found a source somewhere?

 

[Davy]

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I'm afraid you're not really understanding Christ's meaning about the last laborers that worked only one hour, but got the same pay as those who worked all day.

The idea of the eleventh hour is being used as a symbol for the "great tribulation" time. It is also represented as "one hour" and "a short time" in the Book of Revelation. In Matthew 25 with the parable of the ten virgins, it is the last hour before the Bridegroom comes at midnight.

This reveals those who worked the last hour (tribulation just prior to Jesus' future return) are 'chosen', and thus 'the last shall be first'.

 

[Robert Gwin]

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All parables have meaning sir. To look at this literally would definitely anger those who were hired early, even though the master gave them the agreed wages. What was the lesson? The wages are the same, no matter how long one serves God. The gift that God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord. Some feel that since they have put in more work for most of their lives, they should be compensated greater than one who has only served God for say a year. Those of us who serve God do expect to receive everlasting life, but we are ecstatically happy when a new one who has yet to blossom gets the same opportunity. If we are not, we had best check ourselves to see why we feel that way.