Matthew 21:37
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Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
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But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son--In Mark (Mar 12:6) this is most touchingly expressed: "Having yet therefore one son, His well-beloved, He sent Him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence My Son." Luke's version of it too (Luk 20:13) is striking: "Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send My beloved Son: it may be they will reverence Him when they see Him." Who does not see that our Lord here severs Himself, by the sharpest line of demarcation, from all merely human messengers, and claims for Himself Sonship in its loftiest sense? (Compare Heb 3:3-6). The expression, "It may be they will reverence My Son," is designed to teach the almost unimaginable guilt of not reverentially welcoming God's Son.
Open source ↗21:37 Finally: God’s revelation climaxed in Jesus (see 13:16-17; Heb 1:1-2).
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For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.
I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”
Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?
‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’
Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.