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Our next text is in the middle of a parable, found at Matthew 21:31-45: 43 \u201cTherefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit<\/strong>. 44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.\u201d<\/em>.
\n1. The parable is about response to the Son; thus, the parable has a christological focus.
\n2. The \u201ckingdom\u201d here is something that Israel\u2019s leaders or Israel presently possesses. This reminds me of Matthew 8:5-13 where the \u201csons of the kingdom\u201d will be kicked out of the kingdom at the End.
\n3. The kingdom the leaders\/Israel presently possesses will be taken from the leaders\/Israel and given to others.
\n4. Who are the others? It could be Gentiles (\u201ca people\u201d is translation for ethnos<\/em>) or the \u201ccollective people\u201d who do the fruit \u2014 an image for doing what Jesus teaches. The kingdom will be given to them \u2014 there is here an church-focus to the kingdom. Kingdom is here connected to the people of Jesus.
\n5. V. 44 brings back into view the christological focus again: the stone is Jesus and that stone will be the Final Judge.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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