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Passion Week Continues
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)
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)
Exo12:1-6
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
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.
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.
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
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)
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
Believe and have reverence in Him (Ps2:10-12)
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.
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
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
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