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March 27, 2009Provocative Parable
"The Parable of the Vineyard" by John S. C. Abbott & Jacob Abbott, Illustrated New Testament (1878).
He then began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and went away on a journey. At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed. Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully.He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed.
"He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
"But the tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
"What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others. Haven't you read this scripture:
"'The stone the builders rejected
has become the capstone;
the Lord has done this,
and it is marvelous in our eyes'?"
Then they looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd; so they left him and went away.
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I think this is indicative of the times we live in. we have taken God out our schools, courts and other high places, and effectively removed His covering from our lives. We are currently paying for that bit of liberal indiscretion, and will continue to do so till the wheat is separated from the chaff.
Posted By: Anthony Mammano | March 30, 2009 6:24 AM
Please stop using the word "liberal" like it's a terrible label for infidels. Not all of us are "conservatives." And, as Solomon said, "There's nothing new under the sun." It's not our times - it's all times until the Kingdom comes.
Posted By: Not me | June 12, 2009 8:44 PM