The Gospel According To St. Mark Chapters 12-16
The story of the vineyard made me think about society today. A humble man who grows a vineyard. He is doing pretty well, but the husbandmen are jealous and kill all the servants the lord of the vineyard would send. "And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard."(12:2)Humans have been very violent and stupid. Not mentioning that many kill themselves during wars trying to be at "peace", they just get killed, leaving us int he same situation we are today.
There will never be peace, just hatred. I guess it is natural for humans to feel hatred, but they are evil. We think we are superior to animals since we have the so called wits and a fat thumb. The thumb was the doom for everyone, humanity, nature and earth. According to the Bible it wasn't actually the thumb (we should not be against the thumb) but Adam and Eve, and the Tree of Knowledge. They are the doom of everyone. Yeah, God made a little mistake, so he sends a lot of people to change the world, including Jesus. Seriously, they failed. All of them. "And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?" (12:26)They keep on mentioning Moses, which is mentioned in John's Gospel too. Apparently, he was important. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Supposedly the followers of God that would change humankind. Sorry, but no change was made.
God, in such desperation, sends his own son, Jesus. What do humans do? Kill him. He was salvation, the only door for freedom. What do we do? Shut it close, persecute him and kill him. "Thou art not far from the kingdom of God"(12:34)Jesus was crazy! Everyone is way back form getting to the kingdom of God. I guess God didn't realized there was no hope, and decided to take his Son back to him. At least it could have been less painful.
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