BIBLE STUDY: LUKE CHAPT. 20

BIBLE STUDY LUKE CHAPT. 20:

- We see The Lord teaching at the temple and preaching THE GOSPEL and then the religious chief priests coming up to him - obviously annoyed that The Lord is doing this, and wanting to challenge Him.  They first come to try and get Him to tell them by what authority He speaks and teaches, and since the Lord knows their hypocritical hearts, He knows that they won't accept that His authority is from God itself (because He is God) and He is the Anointed One.  Therefore, He stumps them in their own trickery disabling their line of questioning upon Him.

But then having them close that they can hear, The Lord literally breaks down THE PURPOSE of the chosen people of God and the covenant of God and man with the parable He is about to set forth so that they all can hear Him.

The parable of "the wicked husbandmen". 

- "A certain man planted in a vineyard"= The Son of Man is the certain man who planted a vineyard. The vineyard is the earth

-"and let it forth to husbandmen" = God put the earth in the hands of His people (the children of Israel).

-"That they should give God the fruit (new believers); spread His teachings to all generations and surrounding nations, etc.

Their job was to make the earth fruitful with their handling of the Gospel and the covenant but instead, the prophets that God sent were all killed and mistreated, and they became selfish and wicked husbandmen.  They didn't keep the covenant and didn't spread the truth and teachings, and ways of God to their generations or the surrounding nations but instead REBELED against God.

-And even when God sent even His SON, they killed Him and mistreated Him... saying w/in their hearts that they will TAKE His inheritance (The Earth) from Him b/c He indeed is the heir of the Earth.

-He asks, "What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard (Earth) do unto them?"...

"He answers by saying, "He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others." ...

JUDGMENT UPON ISRAEL AND THE EARTH TO GENTILES (surrounding nations)

(*Note: As it's written: "I have other sheep that are not of this fold".)

-And what do the religious say in response to this parable - which I believe THEY DID UNDERSTAND???....

"God forbid".    Wow!

-And then in verse 17, The Lord looks upon them and asks.... "What is this then that is written in YOUR LAW"????.... "The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?"....  He demonstrates that all along, the scriptures would predict how the Anointed One, Their MESSIAH would come and be rejected and killed just as all the prophets have before Him - And they still refused Him and hardened their hearts toward Him. 

-The Lord ends by telling them all

"Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder."

If you fall upon The Lord, you'll be broken of your sin and pride... but if you let Him fall upon you, you're going to be grinded to powder and destroyed completely.
 

Praise The Lord!
Holy is His Word!
Amen.