Saturday, March 13, 2010

Renters Contract II

Already – to be continued is now being continued…

The renters basically refused to pay their rent and even went so far as to hurt and kill the servants and son of the land owner.  Now, the land owner was on his way and the renters were about to come face to face with consequences.

The question I left with though was, what does that have to do with Easter.  Well, here comes the answer.

Let’s define the groups in the story just a little differently.  The tenants were the leaders of the people.  The son of the landowner was Jesus.  The landowner was God.  So, let’s take a short recap of that story again…

The people basically refused to obey and even went so far as to hurt and kill the servants and Son of God.  Now, God was on his way and the people were about to come face to face with consequences.

“Jesus said to them, ‘Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The cornerstone the builders rejected has become the capstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”  “Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.  He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed,” (Matthew 21: 42-44).

The consequences were about to come as Jesus told the tenants (the leaders) what was occurring and their part in it.  “When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they knew he was talking about them.  They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.” (Matthew 21:45-46). 

There was however not only foretelling of the actions, but of the consequences.  The removal of the tenants from the land.  We also can make choices as tenants.  What kind of choices do I make?  Am I a good tenant?

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