2011年10月2日 星期日

Which nation will be the next Israel?

My Sunday Scripture 2011.10.2.

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The Text:
Matthew 21:33-43
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33 'Listen to another parable. There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyar
34 When vintage time drew near he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his produce.

35 But the tenants seized his servants, thrashed one, killed another and stoned a d; he fenced it round, dug a winepress in it and built a tower; then he leased it to tenants and went abroad.
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36 Next he sent some more servants, this time a larger number, and they dealt with them in the same way.

37 Finally he sent his son to them thinking, "They will respect my son."

38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, "This is the heir. Come on, let us kill him and take over his inheritance."

39 So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

40 Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?'

41 They answered, 'He will bring those wretches to a wretched end and lease the vineyard to other tenants who will deliver the produce to him at the proper time.'

42 Jesus said to them, 'Have you never read in the scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this is the Lord's doing and we marvel at it?

43 'I tell you, then, that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.'


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My Reading Notes:
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God is expecting us to do something always. He expected humans to work on the field and have some harvest.

Now the Israel is producing no harvest.

Which nation will be the next Israel? To produce enough fruit for the Kingdom of God?

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