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#6 of 10.
The previous was: Acts 26 shapes Israel's outcome.
#6: The "people" of Mt 21's vineyard workers parable who recieve the kingdom are the church, the honest, actual believers, no matter their race, education, gender, tribe or tongue. The term used is surprisingly 'ethnei' which is usually understood as the ancestral source. That makes the passage so fascinating. There really is a new ethnos and it is from all of the above. It is none of the old ones in the usual sense.
The taken/given verbs also mean he did try to get Israel to produce its fruit, but it didn't. so they will have a wretched end, which is elaborated on. In case there is any doubt, the leaders knew he was talking about them.
The previous was: Acts 26 shapes Israel's outcome.
#6: The "people" of Mt 21's vineyard workers parable who recieve the kingdom are the church, the honest, actual believers, no matter their race, education, gender, tribe or tongue. The term used is surprisingly 'ethnei' which is usually understood as the ancestral source. That makes the passage so fascinating. There really is a new ethnos and it is from all of the above. It is none of the old ones in the usual sense.
The taken/given verbs also mean he did try to get Israel to produce its fruit, but it didn't. so they will have a wretched end, which is elaborated on. In case there is any doubt, the leaders knew he was talking about them.