The Parable of the Tenants

[followerofchrist]

I am having a little trouble gathering the meaning of this parable and would appreciate any help. Thanks. The Parable of the Tenants 9He went on to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time. 10At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11He sent another servant, but that one also they beat and treated shamefully and sent away empty-handed. 12He sent still a third, and they wounded him and threw him out. 13"Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.' 14"But when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over. 'This is the heir,' they said. 'Let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' 15So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. "What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? 16He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others." When the people heard this, they said, "May this never be!" 17Jesus looked directly at them and asked, "Then what is the meaning of that which is written: " 'The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone[a]'[b]? 18Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed." 19The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

 

[thisistheendtimes]

Many who CALL themselves 'christians' (worship with their lips) have chosen to INTERPRET (have personal interpretations) instead of UNDERSTAND scripture. They will find their chosen wisdom in PARABLES...Matthew 13:13 This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand". Matthew 13:19When any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not (CHOOSES not to) UNDERSTAND it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in his heart; this is what was sown along the path. Mark 4:12so that they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand; lest they should turn again, and be forgiven." Leave parables alone.

 

[Christina]

Matthew 21:33 "Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:"Jesus is giving these Pharisees and elders another parable; they understood the first, and were upset by it. This is an analogy to God, and his creation, and He did plant seed here. The husbandmen were those that He left in charge, or the priesthood. Notice that He built a winepress, and a tower.The winepress is a vat, or basin for preparing the fruit, and collecting the juices from it's fruit. The tower is a watch tower, a tower that from the group, there is to be appointed watchmen to keep the evil one away. Matthew 21:34 "And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it."When you have a vineyard, and plant a crop you expect to get fruits from it. We are talking about God's kingdom on earth, and to have what He has established to grow and multiply and produce fruit. Matthew 21:35 "And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another."The husbandman is our Heavenly Father, and His servants are the Prophets of God. They are the authors of the Books of the Old Testament. Matthew 21:36 "Again, he sent other servants more then the first: and they did unto them likewise."After the Major Prophets, God sent the twelve Minor Prophets, and they did likewise to them. Matthew 21:37 "But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, 'They will reverence my son.' "God the Father sent His only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, and Jesus is facing these Pharisees, and they have no idea in the world who they are talking to. Matthew 21:38 "But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.' "Matthew 21:39 "And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him."Matthew 21:40 "When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh what will he do unto those husbandmen?"Jesus is putting this parable forth to these religious leaders as a question. Keep in mind that these religious leaders are now going to pronounce their own sentence on their souls. They will understand shortly that Jesus is talking directly about them.Matthew 21:41 "They say unto him, "He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons."Matthew 21:42 "Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the Scriptures, 'The Stone Which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?"Jesus is telling these Pharisees and scribes that everything that I've told you in these parables and teachings is from the Scriptures, haven't you read it?Psalm 118:22, 23; "The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner." [22] "This is the Lord's doing; It is marvelous in our eyes." [23]Jesus is telling these Pharisees that, "I am the Messiah standing directly before you."

 

[followerofchrist]

Thanks Kriss, I don't think I would have gotten that one on my own.

 

[followerofchrist]

Matthew 21:35 "And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another."The husbandman is our Heavenly Father, and His servants are the Prophets of God. They are the authors of the Books of the Old Testament. If God is the husbandman, then what does it mean when it says he took his servants and beat one?

 

[Christina]

(followerofchrist;49928)
Matthew 21:35 "And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another."The husbandman is our Heavenly Father, and His servants are the Prophets of God. They are the authors of the Books of the Old Testament. If God is the husbandman, then what does it mean when it says he took his servants and beat one?
The husbandman were those he left in charge of the priesthood the priest hood had become polluted the saducees and pharasees were comparable to many our ministers today they have become polluted with the Words of men rather than Godremember when Jesus tipped over the money tables the priesthood was more concern with money than the God same as today

 

[followerofchrist]

Now that I can understand!!