October 14, 2005
To some you're an outcast...to others just a square....
So why in the world am I quoting my own lyrics?
I'm a loon.
I've been having fun, too, putting together the packaging and mastering a re-release of the We Are Not Ashamed album. It originally had 17 tracks, which these will sound a little better; and there's 18 bonus tracks (hopefully all that will fit). The album cover might change. Here is an image of what I designed (but was rejected by the label, who didn't want to be associated with a turd).
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Okay. In Mark 12 we see Jesus once again teaching and once again the teachers of the Law are trying to trip Him up. Jesus had a great answer for every question, much to the delight of the crowd. It must've really frustrated those Law teachers... At one point He told everyone a story about a man that planted a vineyard. He went away for a journey, renting the vineyard to farmers. At harvest time he sent a servant, who they beat up and sent back empty-handed. This happened again and again and again. Finally, he sent his own special son, whom he loved very much. 'Surely, they won't beat my son,' he thought. But the men figured that if they killed the son then they could get teh inheritance. What fools. They killed the son. The owner of the vineyard would react by killing them and giving the vineyard to others. He capped off the story by quoting the Scripture, "The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes."
It's interesting how the Law professors reacted. They wanted to have Him arrested, because they knew He had spoken the parable "against them." They were too afraid of the crowd to do anything, though, so they went away. I've often wondered, 'Why couldn't these people figure it out? Jesus was making Himself out to be the Son of God, the Messiah. Why couldn't they see it?' The parables spoke powerfully against them and the direction they were going and the path they were on. They really blew it. I hate to think that they were used as pawns in a greater cosmic game, but God is outside of time and knew how it would go down. Killing the Master's Son...that's some stupid and scary behavior.
I wonder if Jesus was alluding to the motives of His would-be killers. Did they think they would get God's inheritance or blessing by killing this Messenger? I don't know about that, but they surely thought they were doing God a favor by killing Jesus. How misguided was that? Man, the resurrection sure was awesome and a great resolution to a sad story! (understatement of a lifetime).
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okay...now back to the turd.
