A question of authority -Pt.11
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· 2 viewsParable of vinedressers, hard words, hard to hear
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Passion Week Continues
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With the cross in view Jesus has some hard teachings for Israel. Words hard to accept (Mk12:12) but still important and there is much to glean along the way to the cross.
Thus far we have seen:
A triumphal entry (Mk11:1-11) - Sunday
Cursing and cleansing(Mk11:12-19) - Monday
Authority questioned (Mk11:20-33) - Tuesday
We continue the journey to the cross and last week we looked at the Chief Priests, Scribes and elders of the people start to question Jesus and His authority (Mk11:27-28) other scripture referenced (Mk11:27-28; Exo12:1-6)
27 They came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to Him, 28 and began saying to Him, “By what authority are You doing these things, or who gave You this authority to do these things?”
Mk11:27-28
and there will be more groups that will come to him on this Tuesday, the day of questioning. This is the day of inspection a fulfillment of the shadow that you see in (Exo12:1-6; have everyone turn there)
1 Now the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 “This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year to you.
Exo12:1-6
3 “Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a lamb for themselves, according to their fathers’ households, a lamb for each household. 4 ‘Now if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his neighbor nearest to his house are to take one according to the number of persons in them; according to what each man should eat, you are to divide the lamb.
5 ‘Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. 6 ‘You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight.
What do you see, what do you notice, what stands out to you?
They were to take the lamb; be it sheep or goat (v.5)
They were to keep it for 3 days (v.6)
They were to inspect it. (v.5)
The whole assembly were to kill it (v.6)
So how does this, this parable, or Tuesday of passion week fulfill that? It is the day of inspection first we have the
Chief priests, scribes and elders (Mk11:27)
We will see some Pharisees and Herodians (MK12:13)
We will see Sadducees (Mk12:18)
We are now in the temple (Mk11:27) still and now he continues his teaching in the parable we have before us. This parable is a little different then others. Parables are a common story, illustration with a spiritual truth; it is not allegorical and should not be confused with an allegory.
Parables are stories to they were to be told, not necessarily read. They were spoken to a situation and in language the hearer would understand. Jesus in this hybrid parable, part parable, part allegory is painting a picture and giving a spiritual truth and the meaning in this is pretty clear. See if you catch it.
The Parable
The Parable
Take your time and let this all sink in, you can learn much see much, deduct much from this parable. We can see the meaning, we can see the intent of Jesus by the parable as we ll as seeing the application.
1 And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a wall around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey. 2 “At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive some of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers.
3 “They took him, and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 4 “Again he sent them another slave, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully.
5 “And he sent another, and that one they killed; and so with many others, beating some and killing others. 6 “He had one more to send, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
7 “But those vine-growers said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’ 8 “They took him, and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.
9 “What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others. 10 “Have you not even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders rejected, This became the chief corner stone;
11 This came about from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes’?” 12 And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the people, for they understood that He spoke the parable against them. And so they left Him and went away.
What do you see, what do you notice, what sticks out to you?
Questions to ask:
Who is the He (v.1) and how do you know?
Mk11:27 tells us it is Jesus who never misses a teaching opportunity; but when spoken in a parable it is spoken for the disciples understanding and for confusion for others.
Who is the man?
The man is the owner of the vineyard and is a picture of God
What is the vineyard? (see Isa5:1-7)
the people listening, chief priests, scribes and elders of the people would have understood the language, inferences as Jesus spoke. check out why, it is found in Isa5:1-7.
May we look at a similar passage that the “them” would be familiar with.
1 Let me sing now for my well-beloved A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard. My well-beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill. 2 He dug it all around, removed its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. And He built a tower in the middle of it And also hewed out a wine vat in it; Then He expected it to produce good grapes, But it produced only worthless ones.
3 “And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Judge between Me and My vineyard. 4 “What more was there to do for My vineyard that I have not done in it? Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes did it produce worthless ones?
5 “So now let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard: I will remove its hedge and it will be consumed; I will break down its wall and it will become trampled ground. 6 “I will lay it waste; It will not be pruned or hoed, But briars and thorns will come up. I will also charge the clouds to rain no rain on it.”
7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel And the men of Judah His delightful plant. Thus He looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; For righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.
The vineyard is Israel, we will discuss more on that shortly
Who is the them (v.2) and how do you know?
The them is the Chief priests, scribes and elders (11:27)
Who is the man (v.1)? What did he do (v.1)
We identified the man is God, but now what did He do?
He provided everything needed for the vineyard to flourish
wall for protection
vat to catch the fruit of the vineyard
The winepress to make the fruit
There was a tower as a line of defense also for coming trouble
Who are the vine-growers (v.1)?
This is the leaders of the people, the rulers of the nation, it is the Chief priests, scribes and elders of the people.
They were not the owners of the vineyard but were entrusted with working the vineyard to produce the fruit it was to produce and to share it with the owner. They were given everything they needed to succeed.
The practice that is mentioned here was very common of the day of the owner and the vine-growers. The owner would leave and return or send someone to collect the rent or profit from the vine-growers at the appointed time. That brings us to (v.2) a new character is introduced here as well as in (v.4, 5) and another new one in (v.6)
Who is the slave (v.2, 4, 5)? (see Amo3:7; Jer7:25; Zech1:6)
The prophets (you can look at Amo3;7; Jer7:25 or Zech1:6 to see the prophets were servants of the Lord or slave to the Lord.
Who is the beloved son (v.6)? (see Jn3:16)
Jesus! (see Jn3:16)
Now we have the characters, we now have the story itself.
What did they do to the prophets (v.3, 4, 5)?
What did they do to the beloved son (v.8)?
Where they thought they had victory they did not did they? Just as the leaders thought they had victory over crucifying Jesus, there was victory, it just was no theirs.
What was the results going to be (v.9)?
Judgment was coming, judgment has come, the sentence had not been delved out yet, but it was going to be, AD70. But let’s back it up with the passage.
Rejection was foretold; acceptance promised
Rejection was foretold; acceptance promised
Spending only a few minutes on this for there is more I want to get to today, look at these verses. The rejection was foretold and the promise was going to be fulfilled too.
Rejection foretold (Ps118:22-23)
22 The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief corner stone. 23 This is the Lord’s doing; It is marvelous in our eyes.
Promises fulfilled (1Pt2:4-10; Eph2:19-20)
something new from the stone the builders rejected; was the church the place where both Jews and Gentiles would be
19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone,
Believe and have reverence in Him (Ps2:10-12)
10 Now therefore, O kings, show discernment; Take warning, O judges of the earth. 11 Worship the Lord with reverence And rejoice with trembling.
12 Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way, For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!
look again at the end of this passage and you can clearly see if they, the them, in the passage, would have seized Him, they understood the parable was about them, was about Israel and they sure did not like it.
12 And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the people, for they understood that He spoke the parable against them. And so they left Him and went away.
There is more we can get from this passage, much more and I want to touch on those things; check your outline and dig deeper on your own on this.
More Truths revealed in parable
More Truths revealed in parable
As mentioned before about parable and about an allegory, this is a mix of both and is out of the ordinary. There is so much to learn from the passage here are some others points to consider.
It tells us of the generosity of God (Mk12:1)
God provided everything to Israel; God is generous in His gifts.
We too have been provided everything we need, are we thankful for the gifts, are we using them properly, are we good stewards of them?
It tells us of the trust of God (Mk12:1)
God trusts us enough and has given us freedom to chose and to run our own lives.
Are we using the trust, the freewill, the freedom given to us by God properly? Are we abusing His trust or embracing it?
It tells us of the patience of God (Mk12:2-6)
God gives many opportunities for us to turn to Him and do the right thing. He gave them many opportunities in the parable and they did not do it.
Do we? Do we do the right thing? Do we understand God’s love and patience with us to work out all things for the good?
It tells us of the Son of God and the justice of God (Mk12:7, 9)
Men can take advantage of the patience of God, but may we remember He is also just and judgment one day is going to be delved out
In this parable it tells us about Jesus too:
Jesus regards Himself here as Son not as servant (Mk12:6)
Jesus tells that He knows He is about to die (Mk12:8)
Jesus speaks of His ultimate triumph (Mk12:10-11)
In this parable it tells us somethings about man too:
Man thought the owner was too far away to do anything to them.
The owner provided everything then went on a journey, they thought he was too far away to watch, to know, to do anything, so they were going to take advantage of that by taking everything for themselves.
God is never far away, don’t think He doesn’t know, doesn’t see and will not take action at the appropriate time, He will!
If man refuses the provision and privileges as well as responsibilities given by God, He will pass it on to others.
This parable is very clear that the privileges given to Israel were going to be passed on to others (the Gentiles) because of their rejection of Jesus, the cornerstone.