Our paragraph topic is: (Application of the parable) Part 2.
So now after relating to them all the parables to help them understand their meaning, he tells them outright the applications. The chief priests and the elders have been given authority over the people that they may shepherd them to the Lord. But instead of yielding fruit to the Lord they have produced fruit unto themselves.
Christ tells them about the corner stone upon which the temple is built and how it was rejected by the original builders. Yet a new structure is being erected and he is the corner stone of this new structure. They can not believe what they are hearing because they believe that they are the rulers of the people. And he tells them: 'By the Lord this has been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes'?
History has been re-written. The foretold is being fulfilled. That which was spoken about long ago is now here today. Time is complete and that which was from the past has now come to past. And we are the ones who stand in the past now future. The past is history. The past is long ago. The past is not new and does not apply to today. Yet there were witnesses who were there in the past. There were witnesses who saw and lived in the past. And there were those who lived the true meaning of the past.
Today is today. We live in today. And yet the past was so long ago that we must make sense of the past today. We must find a way to make sense of the past into today. We must find a way to believe in today and not in the past. But the Lord said that it was good that the past is now the new. He said that the rejected corner stone had become the new corner stone upon which a new structure would be built.
Are we a part of the new structure? Do we rationalize the witnesses of the past that we may believe in today? Are we the vine-dressers who want to hold unto that which is not ours to have. The fruit is plentiful. The wine is rich. The master calls for the fruit of the vineyard. Do we submit to his will or do we reject his claim to what is his property. He paid the price. He gave his life. He suffered and died. He arose again to demonstrate the power of God our Father and creator. The past is now today and the corner stone has been laid. Come, be a part of the new structure in the kingdom of heaven.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
So now after relating to them all the parables to help them understand their meaning, he tells them outright the applications. The chief priests and the elders have been given authority over the people that they may shepherd them to the Lord. But instead of yielding fruit to the Lord they have produced fruit unto themselves.
Christ tells them about the corner stone upon which the temple is built and how it was rejected by the original builders. Yet a new structure is being erected and he is the corner stone of this new structure. They can not believe what they are hearing because they believe that they are the rulers of the people. And he tells them: 'By the Lord this has been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes'?
History has been re-written. The foretold is being fulfilled. That which was spoken about long ago is now here today. Time is complete and that which was from the past has now come to past. And we are the ones who stand in the past now future. The past is history. The past is long ago. The past is not new and does not apply to today. Yet there were witnesses who were there in the past. There were witnesses who saw and lived in the past. And there were those who lived the true meaning of the past.
Today is today. We live in today. And yet the past was so long ago that we must make sense of the past today. We must find a way to make sense of the past into today. We must find a way to believe in today and not in the past. But the Lord said that it was good that the past is now the new. He said that the rejected corner stone had become the new corner stone upon which a new structure would be built.
Are we a part of the new structure? Do we rationalize the witnesses of the past that we may believe in today? Are we the vine-dressers who want to hold unto that which is not ours to have. The fruit is plentiful. The wine is rich. The master calls for the fruit of the vineyard. Do we submit to his will or do we reject his claim to what is his property. He paid the price. He gave his life. He suffered and died. He arose again to demonstrate the power of God our Father and creator. The past is now today and the corner stone has been laid. Come, be a part of the new structure in the kingdom of heaven.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
