"He
replied, 'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but
as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away. But
those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them--bring
them here and kill them in front of me.'"
//Today's verses conclude Jesus' parable about the nobleman who went away
into a far county, and left silver pieces to ten slaves. One of them
was unfaithful, and didn't invest the money to earn more. From this
unfaithful servant, the nobleman takes even the one silver piece that he
has and gives it to another.
Then
Jesus concludes the parable with this lesson: If you don't want me to
be king over you, then come here and die in front of me.
Harsh,
eh? What is Jesus talking about? The answer lies just a few verses
later, when we realize this parable has been a lead-in to Jesus' arrival
in Jerusalem. As Jesus tops the Mount of Olives and looks down on
Jerusalem, he weeps over what is to be their fate:
As
he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, "If
you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you
peace--but now it is hidden from your eyes. The days will come upon you
when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you
and hem you in on every side. They will dash you to the ground, you and
the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on
another, because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to you."
--verses 41-44.
This,
of course, happened 40 years later in the war of 67-70 CE when the
Romans overran Jerusalem. In Luke's parable, Jesus is looking ahead to
the destruction of Jerusalem and warning his listeners that if they
cannot accept him as king, they will soon be slaughtered.
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