[Grig]

Matt 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:

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.

35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.

37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

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.

39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

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.

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So, you are saying then you can beat and kill the servenats all you want?

You are welcome to your opinion, but I say that anyone who reject a prophet of God, rejects God as well. Even drstevej agrees with me on this.

[Quester]

You know, I thought about this parable this morning. Note that the husbandman was incredibly patient with his rebellious servants, and that it wasn't until they had killed his Son, whom he had sent at the last, that he moved to bring judgement upon them.

So, you are saying then you can beat and kill the servants all you want?

Now, certainly I am not advocating beating and killing anyone. I hope that I didn't sound like I did. But, I believe that this parable, too, makes the point that it is the Son who is key. The prophets do their part, but it all points to the Son.