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What does this parable intend to teach to proletarian supporters of Barack Obama?

"A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time. At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty. He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him, and threw him out. The lord of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.’ "But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and spread the wealth.’ They threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them? He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others."

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  • 1 decade ago
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    You can take what ain't yours, but in the end God will collect his due.

    God (the owner), keeps sending prophets (servants) to collect what is due, the grapes, a symbol of good. The priests (farmers) however refuse to comply with the prophets and instead hurt each one worse than they did the previous, wanting ever more control of Israel (the vineyard) for themselves; but when they finally kill the son, God (the owner) will revoke their right to Israel (the vineyard), and give it the followers of Jesus (the others) instead. God had granted his vineyard, his covenant, his land that produces grapes, symbolizing good, to his workers, the Jewish priests or all the world's authorities, to be worked for his benefit. Yet when he sends someone to collect what is due, the prophets of the past, his tenants refuse to pay up and hurt each succeeding servant worse than the last, meaning the increasing disregard of the will of God. God has given the vineyard to be worked for God's benefit but the husbandmen seem to want to keep the produce, indeed control of the vineyard, for themselves. When they finally kill his son who came to collect what was due, God decides that he has made a mistake by granting the vineyard to them and takes it back and gives it to those he thinks will be more trustworthy.

  • 1 decade ago

    That they need to dump the fake rad-lib "socialist" and hook up with some REAL socialists.

    And that they should take advantage of the 2nd amendment to make sure the lord of the vineyard can be safely told to go **** himself.

  • 1 decade ago

    Sounds like the landlord left the country, but wanted some of the food that the farmers grew, even though he did no work for it.

    That guy could possibly be the world's first "corporate welfare queen".

  • John V
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Uhhh.....why would the lord all of the sudden GIVE the vineyard to others?

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    7 years ago

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I don't think it is "intended" to teach them anything. Is that not a parable written in the Bible a couple thousand years ago?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I don't know but it certainly shows the evil people will afflict upon someone who has what they don't have but want, just to attain some material possession, and the cowardice they will use to get it, i.e. waiting until the owner just wasn't there.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    This is a post you wasted 5 points on...that's about it

  • 1 decade ago

    yea let the Lord sort them out is what I say. everything that happens is Gods will because if not that means God is powerless and we know that aint true.

  • 1 decade ago

    Care to cite that passage?

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