You will be deprived of the kingdom of God, and the nation's fruitful people will receive it
(Matthew 21:
33-46)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: And when the time of the fruit drew
near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the
fruits of it. And the
husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned
another. Again, he sent
other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. But last of all he sent unto them his
son, saying, They will reverence my son. 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. And
they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. When the lord therefore of the vineyard
cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? 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. Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never
read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is
become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous
in our eyes? Therefore say
I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation
bringing forth the fruits thereof. And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall
be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. And when the chief priests and
Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. But when they sought to lay hands on
him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
This parable
is about the evil husbandmen. And the Pharisees and scribes were to take away
the kingdom of God, and the Gentiles who bear fruit receive the kingdom of God.
If we look at what the Bible says about the salvation of the Gentiles, the
centurion's faith is introduced in Matthew 8: 11-12. The centurion was a Roman
man, but his servant (Jewish) was sick, and he wanted to heal Jesus. By the
way, he believed that "Jesus would be healed without saying," he
said. So, Jesus heals a centurion servant's illness and speaks to the
centurion.
『And I say unto you, That many
shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac,
and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be
cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 』This story means that the Gentiles are saved
first.
Matthew 20:16
says, "The owner of the vineyard has chosen Denarion to do the daily work
of the laborer and sent the laborer to the vineyard. The owner went out at 3,
6, and 9:00 to send the laborer to the vineyard. He sent them in to the
vineyard at 11:00 pm, so those who came first knew that they would come and
receive more money, and those who came later received one denarion, so that the
first ones protested, and the owner did what he had promised. "
In the
parable of the vineyard『So the last shall be first,
and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. 』 It means that the Jews are later, and the
Gentiles are first. Luke 14:24『For I say unto you, That none
of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper. 』
Says in
Isaiah 49: 6:『And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest
be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of
Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be
my salvation unto the end of the earth. 』 It is important to preach the gospel to the ends
of the earth. There is a parable of the two sons before this parable. The
eldest son said he would go first, but he did not go later. However, the little
son said he would not go and repented and went. Jesus asked, "Who did the
Father's will?" The Jews replied that they were the second sons.
Therefore,
Jesus said that the publicans and prostitutes entered the heavens before the
Pharisees. publicans and prostitutes refer to the second son. Serie and
prostitutes did as the father intended. However, God gave the law to the first
son, Israel. God wanted Israel to understand sin through the law and cry out in
pain, but they did not. However, the tax collectors and prostitutes were in
pain and cried out, and Jesus came to them. They have produced the proper
fruits of repentance. They did not try, but they cried out to God. So the fruit
of repentance can be understood as crying after realizing that you have left
God. After Jesus said this parable, he did the parable of the evil husbandmen
of the vineyard.『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 』(Matthew
21:33)
One landlord
is God. Vineyard means Israel. There is a fence, in Ephesians 2:14『 For he
is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of
partition between us; 』 It broke the wall between Israel and the Gentiles, which means it broke
the law. So, "hedged it round about" means that the law was given
only to Israel. 『Digged a winepress in it』, wine is the word of God through the law. The Israelites go to the
temple to do the Word of God, and "digged a winepress" can be
symbolized as a temple.
The
"built a tower" tower is the cottage. In Isaiah 1:8『 And the
daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of
cucumbers, as a besieged city. 』 In the Bible, there are expressions of tabernacle and tabernacle. It is
found in Leviticus 23: 42-43, Amos 9:11, Acts 15:16, and Matthew 17: 4.『Let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country』 (33) husbandmen represents the Israelites. God gave the Law to the
Israelites, looked at whether they had followed the law in the temple, and, if
they did not live, made a sacrifice.
『And when the time of the fruit
drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the
fruits of it. 』(21:34) The
fruit is "to realize that Israel is a sinner through the law." The
servants are prophets. Israel killed the servants. God sent the last servant
(John the Baptist) to cry out for repentance. Eventually, Israel killed John.
However, God sent a son (Christ), who killed him.『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. And they caught him, and cast him out of the
vineyard, and slew him. 』(38-39) Israel tried to take over the inheritance by killing the Son of
God. They think that they can achieve God's righteousness through the law.
『And they caught him, and cast
him out of the vineyard, and slew him. 』(39) The word outside the
vineyard means that the sons were killed by borrowing the hands of the Gentiles
(Bondio Pilate), not the Israelites.
In Acts 2:23,『 Him, being
delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken,
and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: 』 The law is the law of God's wrath. Those without
law refer to the Roman army. After Jesus gave this parable, he asked the
Pharisees, "What would you do if you were like them?"『
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. 』(21:41)
So Jesus
said.『 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone
which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is
the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 』(42)
This is a quote from David's Psalm 118. In Psalm 118
22-23『 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the
corner. This is the LORD's
doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. 』Jesus is asking the Pharisees what this means. The Pharisees knew the
meaning.
So when Jesus
saw the reaction of the Pharisees, he said, "You will be taken away from
the kingdom of God, and the people who bear the fruit of that nation will
receive it." "The chief priests and Pharisees heard the parables of
Jesus, and the Pharisees knew the meaning of these words, and they feared the
crowd that followed Jesus, but they feared him as a prophet."
The Pharisees
understood Jesus as a prophet, so they decided to kill him.
On the stone
the builders abandoned, in 1 Peter 2: 7『 Unto you therefore which
believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the
builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 』 Jesus Christ
is the treasure for those who believe, but it is a stone that was abandoned for
the unbelieving Pharisees. Israel was destroyed by the Roman attack and
scattered.
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