Understanding the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 21:33-46)
In Part 1, we see that Jesus is the Stone ejected by the builders.
Jesus is the son killed by the tenants.
And the Father is going to kill the tenants.
This is actually a prediction / prophecy by Jesus concerning the events that are about to take place.
Subsequently we see that Jesus was rejected totally by the Jews.
Jesus was killed and crucified by the Jews.
At the Cross, Jesus cried out "It is Finished"
My question: What was finished?
- The death of Jesus was finished.
- The Adam race was finished.
- Sin's dominion over mankind is finished.
- The war against the enemy is finished.
- God's obligation under the Old Covenant is finished.
(Side note: The Old Covenant system resembles many other religions of the world. If you do something for God then only God will bless you. It's like you scratched His back, He will scratch your back. You need to do something to earn the favor of God. That is the Old religious system).
Very Important: However, there was ONE thing that Jesus did NOT Finish..?
Answer: Jesus did not finish the Days of Vengeance. The Father has not killed the "wicked tenants" yet. You read in Mt 21, that the vinedresser is very angry, and he is going to destroy them.
The Days of Vengeance is fulfilled only in Luke 21:22 and Mt 24.
Mat 21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
God is going to destroy the Temple, take away the kingdom of God from them and give it to another.
This was actually prophesied by Isaiah in Isa 65:15, where it says Israel is going to slay the chosen of God, and God will give His kingdom to another.
Question: Who is God going to give it to.?
God is going to give it to you and me.
According to 1 Pet 2:9-10, those who accept the Son, have become the chosen, God's people.
Israel is no longer God's special people.
(Stop praying for Israel and Jerusalem to earn the blessing of God. That was in the Old Covenant).
Those who receive the Son = they are God's special people.
We are now God's holy people; we have been transferred from our old kingdom into God's kingdom.
Jesus said it is going to happen.
And this is the Time Sequence of how it is going to happen:
a. The End of the Old Covenant / system.
b. Vengeance of God against that old system because of the rejection of His Son.
and
c. God's kingdom given to others who accept the Son.
Conclusion: THAT is how we should understand the Parable of the wicked tenants.
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