Theology and Teaching in The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard AO1
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- Theology and Teaching in Parable of the Tenants AO1
- Jesus is the Messiah and Saviour - the cornerstone of Christianity
- K of G will ultimately be established because just as the capstone is rejected, Jesus is too
- His Messiahship will become apparent in the end and the Kingdom will thrive
- Obedience to Jesus is crucial for entry to K of G
- Allegorical detail - God = landlord making promise with Abraham
- Vineyard = Israel
- Tenants = Jewish leaders
- Jesus is the message of hope - brings the K of G
- Divinity
- Gods power shown as he throws out the tenants and gives the vineyard to the deserving
- God sent prophets to remind them of their responsibility but they were all rejected
- Jesus will be rejected - foreshadows Jesus' rejection as Jewish authorities plan to kill him
- Kingdom taken from those who reject him
- Jesus will be rejected - foreshadows Jesus' rejection as Jewish authorities plan to kill him
- Universalism
- Jesus has the authority to judge
- "Therefore I tell you that the K o G will be taken from you and given to people who produce its fruit"
- "Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushs"
- Jesus' patient
- Jesus is omniscient
- Fulfilment of OT prophecy
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