Opened Scriptures Bible Studies

Matthew 21:33  Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:  With the words "Hear another parable" Jesus spoke to the people gathered around about Him, but His parable was primarily directed to the chief priests.  God gave Israel's spiritual leaders a charge to teach His law to the people, and to show them the right way to worship. Romans 9:4-5  Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;  5  Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.  The design of Jesus' parable was to highlight many privileges God bestowed on the Jewish nation which contrasted sharply with their unfruitfulness, unfaithfulness and i...

Matthew twenty one began with Jesus riding into Jerusalem on an ass and its foal, as scripture foretold. Next, Jesus cleansed the Temple of God, overturing the money changer's tables and driving out those who profited by selling sacrificial animals at high prices. The next morning as they traveled back to the Temple, and Jesus inspected a fig tree that looked healthy but was barren of fruit. Jesus judged the barren fig tree by saying it would never produce any fruit and it withered from the bottom up and died. This pictures Christ inspecting the lives of each Christian to see if we are living for God's glory and doing His kingdom work. Jesus was then confronted by the scribes and priests who demanded to know by what authority Jesus did these things. Jesus replied that they must first answer His question about John the Baptists ministry. The scribes and priests avoided answering Jesus, so our Lord told them a parable about a father and two sons who were told to go today and work...