One of Jesus’ parables that infuriated the religious leaders of His day was undoubtedly the parable of the wicked vinedressers in Matthew 21 vs. 33-46. After the Lord Jesus had narrated this parable, the religious leaders who heard it perceived that He was speaking about them and, therefore, sought to lay hands on Jesus to kill Him. What in this parable angered the Jewish leaders to the extent of seeking to kill Jesus?

In ancient times, especially in the eastern countries, it was common to employ castrated men to care for the bedchambers in palaces and larger houses, particularly in the apartments of the queens and princesses. The eastern kings only entrusted the care of their queens, concubines, and princesses to eunuchs they knew could not violate or abuse them sexually…

Christianity is all about divine exchange. This divine exchange occurred at the cross of Jesus when God “made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” (2 Cor. 5:21 NKJV). On the cross, the Lord Jesus Christ bore all our sins, curses, sicknesses, sorrows, and pains and, in exchange, gave us His righteousness…