Holy Tuesday – Pastors Holy Week Message
| Pastors Holy Week Message: “Holy Tuesday” |
| It seems that by the Gospel accounts, that on Tuesday, Jesus continued to teach parables in the temple. The parable of the tenants in particular (Matthew 21:33-44) depicts a dramatic reflection of Jesus’ eventual sacrifice—an assignment from His Heavenly Father, and a terrible indictment on the religious leaders who already want to get rid of Him… The Parable of the Tenants: 33 “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place. 34 When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit. 35 “The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. 36 Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way. 37 Last of all, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said. 38 “But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.’ 39 So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. 40 “Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” 41 “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.” 42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: “‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? 43 “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. 44 Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.” Jesus also addresses the end times, the kingdom of God, the hypocrisy of those who claim to fear God, and what to expect when the Son of Man comes. In each parable, He speaks with clarity and great authority. Consequently, the rift grows greater between the religious leaders and Jesus, and the chief priests seek to arrest Jesus. However, the crowd still reveres Jesus, so these plans are put on hold. Jesus does not shrink back from being worshipped or from His deity… This is Holy Tuesday |
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