Matt 21:33-43
Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: "Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey. When vintage time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce. But the tenants seized the servants and one they beat, another they killed, and a third they stoned. Again he sent other servants, more numerous than the first ones, but they treated them in the same way. Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, 'They will respect my son.'But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.’ They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What will the owner of the vineyard do to those tenants when he comes?" They answered him, "He will put those wretched men to a wretched death and lease his vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the proper times." Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes?Therefore, I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that will produce its fruit."
Christ was speaking of the Pharisees, who pretended to obey God and insisted others follow the “law”, all the while simply letting ambition, arrogance and pride dictate their own lives. These traits made it impossible for them to recognize the Savior even when he was in their midst preaching nothing but Truth. As Ronald Reagan would say, “Well, here we go again!” The trouble with a lot of “Christians” in America these days is that, while they profess to believe in the risen Christ, they can’t seem to grasp that He is still with us today, preaching the Truth and watching us trample all over it. We kill 5000 babies per week, and claim that “it” isn’t really a person until “it” has taken “its” first breath unaided by “its” mother. We claim that it is our “choice” to decide when life begins. If the pregnancy is inconvenient, or worse yet simply “unwanted”, we claim the right to terminate the fetus. In my mind, this is the greatest tragedy of all time. It wouldn’t surprise me if someone told me we have killed more human beings in the USA in just the last 40 years (since abortion became “legal”) than all of the wars since the beginning of man. Then we try to negate the importance of a SACRAMENT! A Holy Law and covenant! Marriage is more than just a contract between two individuals. The reason God created Marriage was to join a man and a woman together with Himself, and through that union to produce more children in His own image! He thinks so much of marriage that it is one of the two Sacraments (out of seven total) through which He bestows a physical gift (a child!). [Of course the other Sacrament is His own Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity, which is incomparable]. Then, not only do we make a mockery of this sacred covenant, we refuse the gifts He bestows upon us with violence! How angry this must make God! It’s the greatest testament of His love for us that He hasn’t allowed us to be conquered and subjugated to other countries by now! How great His love for us must be! Why do we keep testing it? The ONLY solution is prayer and fasting. Ask Christ’s Mother to help you. Believe in Jesus Christ and follow the commandments He stated so succinctly—Love God with you whole heart, your whole mind, and your whole strength, and love one another. Or He might just find another country to bless so abundantly.
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