[Grig]

"Now, certainly I am not advocating beating and killing anyone"

Well, I didn't mean that litteraly, but as used in the parable.

"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."

If they kill the servents, let the Son come and go unmolested, then go back to killing the servants, should they still not be replaced? Rejecting a prophet of God has consequences to it. What is so hard to accept about that?

[Quester]

When one has accepted the Son, one would have no part in bating and killing the prophets of God.

Also, when one has accepted the Son, one is led into all truth by the Holy Spirit (over the course of a lifetime).

If Joseph is a prophet of God, one day we will know.

If Joseph is not a prophet of God, we will know that as well.