When God Says …
“Then said the Lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.” (Luke 20:13 KJV).
This passage is the ultimate revelation of God's love. Despite centuries long of humanity rejecting His word through the prophets, God chose not to judge, but to send His beloved Son. This highlights several foundational truths. The supremacy of the Father’s heart of grace over wrath is laid bare. When the tenants (representing the religious leaders) continuously mistreated the landowner's servants-representing the prophets, a natural human response would be fierce retaliation. Instead, the landowner representing God says, "What shall I do? I will send my beloved son". This illustrates God’s loving heart—restraining His wrath on rebellious humanity, sending our Lord Jesus Christ out of an overflowing desire to save.
The “Lord of the vineyard" represents God the Father, and the "beloved son" is our Lord Jesus Christ. The owner sending his son shows the lengths to which God's love goes—sending His very best, even when He knows humanity does not deserve it. He sends Him knowing the worst of humanity’s rebellion will be cast upon Him. He sends Him out of His love for you and me.
Our Lord Jesus was revealed in the person of Joseph in the Old Testament. Just as Joseph's jealous brothers rejected him and threw him into a pit, our Lord Jesus was rejected, crucified and thrown in the grave by those He came to love and to save, He fellow Jews. Yet, despite of that betrayal, God brought forth salvation and new life to the whole world that He loves. That’s us, you and I! It is written: ““For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” (John 3:16-17 ESV).
And I say, AMEN!
Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries
When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.
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