{"id":7261,"date":"2016-01-06T00:05:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T08:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=7261"},"modified":"2016-01-05T23:43:22","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T07:43:22","slug":"past-due","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2016\/01\/06\/past-due\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Due"},"content":{"rendered":"

He began to tell the people this parable: \u201cA man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time. At harvest time he sent a slave to the farmers so that they might give him some fruit from the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. He sent yet another slave, but they beat that one too, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. And he sent yet a third, but they wounded this one too and threw him out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen the owner of the vineyard said, \u2018What should I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cBut when the tenant farmers saw him, they discussed it among themselves and said, \u2018This is the heir. Let\u2019s kill him, so the inheritance will be ours!\u2019 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.<\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore, what will the owner of the vineyard do to them? He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others.\u201d<\/p>\n

But when they heard this they said, \u201cNo\u2014never!\u201d<\/p>\n

But He looked at them and said, \u201cThen what is the meaning of this Scripture:<\/p>\n

The stone that the builders rejected\u2014
\nthis has become the cornerstone?
\nEveryone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces,
\nand if it falls on anyone, it will grind him to powder!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then the scribes and the chief priests looked for a way to get their hands on Him that very hour, because they knew He had told this parable against them, but they feared the people. (Luke 20:9-19)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\tJesus had a way of infuriating religious people. Jesus\u2019 parables were often obscure to those listening to them. But in the case of his parable about the tenant farmers, Israel\u2019s religious establishment got his point immediately. And they were furious. <\/p>\n

\tThe religious establishment had made an accommodation with the Roman government that gave those religious leaders a very comfortable lifestyle. But they had turned their backs on God. By means of his parable, Jesus told those leaders that they were about to lose everything, because they had rejected God\u2019s prophets, like John the Baptist, and were now rejecting God\u2019s Son, Jesus. Within a generation the religious establishment would encourage a rebellion against their Roman overlords. The Romans attacked with overwhelming force. The Roman army destroyed the city of Jerusalem, burned the Temple to the ground, and scattered the Jewish population across the Empire.<\/p>\n

\tIf Jesus were here today, he would likely speak no more kindly to much of our religious establishment than he did to the religious leadership in Israel. <\/p>\n

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