"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."
In today's quote, Jesus, condemning the Jews for their disobedience and hypocrisy, used a parable to relate how God had sent Moses, the prophets, and even His own Son to deliver His chosen people from their sins.
It is related in the parable that the Jewish people, throughout history, had rejected God's many offers as they turned further and further away from Him, eventually even crucifying and killing His only begotten Son, not caring the Jesus represented God in the flesh.
Today there are many, claiming to bear the cross of Christ, who see the Jews as still being a special people to God and therefore somehow hold them in high esteem.
Jesus made it very clear within today's quote, as He said; "He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others." The "husbandmen" represent the Jews.
Jesus clearly said that what had been the chosen status of the Jews was to be taken away from them and given to others, namely, the Gentiles.
Although there is some scriptural reference to end time special treatment for a select few from the original twelve tribes of Israel, the Church, the kingdom of God Jesus founded here on earth two thousand years ago, was then, and still remains in the hands of those Gentiles who God had made His new "chosen people" replacing the disobedient Jews.
Today's Jews still teach basically the same form of Judaism they practiced in Jesus day which prompted God to send Him to redeem the world from sin and to take away the chosen status of the Jews. Therefore, those who in some way feel scripturally obligated to the Jewish nation, should rethink that position.~
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