Lesson 1790

(Lesson 1790)(08-08-16) Luke 20:9-19

"Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out. Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him. But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid. And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them."

The parable Jesus presented in today's quote, demonstrated how God had sent Moses and many other good and devout prophets to the Jewish people in an attempt to give them every opportunity to repent, obey His laws and come to Him. The parable also demonstrated that after seeing the Jews reject all the efforts He had made over the many years, God even sent His only begotten Son as a last resort to appeal to His chosen people to repent. Instead of accepting God's Son and turning to God through Him, the Jews murdered God's redeemer.

As we now know, God, at that point, took the "chosen" status away from the Jews and opened salvation up to everyone who would believe come to accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.~