The Unattended Vineyard
George Kirkpatrick  

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As we study the Word of God for what it truly says, it becomes evident how God uses the simple things of this life to reveal the profound. God refers to His people as sheep and those He has ordained to watch over His flock as shepherds.

As we understand this relationship between the sheep and the shepherd, it becomes clear how God expects His church to operate. The shepherd is to care for the sheep, to watch over them, to protect them, to be with them in times of trouble, and rejoice when the flock rejoices. Somehow or another this has gotten completely turned around to where the sheep have been made responsible for all the needs of the shepherd. His housing is provided, he has his vacation plan, retirement plan, investment plan, and every need is provided for by the flock. This is not God's plan for His flock or His shepherds.

The shepherd even refers to the congregation as his flock. The sheep do not belong to the shepherd, he is only set over the flock as caretaker. The flock belongs to the Father. What the flock is fed must come from the direction of the Father. Many shepherds get what they feed the Father's flock from the religious book store or through the mail, where 52 well-prepared sermons are available to tickle the ears of those who hear.

Many of God's Old Testament prophets spoke of the modern pastors who have learned what they know about God from seminaries, not in their prayer closet where God directs His true shepherds. The food and water the flock eats and drinks must be the purest available. The prophet Ezekiel warns of these pastors God has not ordained:

Ezekiel speaks of the feet. Feet represent our walk before God. Many pastors have trampled under foot what God wants His flock fed. They have fouled the pure water of the Word with their way of life. The prophet Jeremiah wrote of many of today's pastors:

The organized church is wondering why their numbers are going down. They need to return to the Word of God and preach and teach it as their founding Fathers did. These men were given a vision, but today's leaders vision has been lost. Because of this the people are perishing.

The seminary-trained pastors are brutish. The word brutish means "stupid, dull-hearted, and unreceptive". The main job of seminary-trained pastors is to maintain numbers, keep proper records, and be able to give a good report to headquarters. These constantly look for promotion from their headquarters to the bigger and better church, more money, more people, and more recognition.

Jeremiah also informs us they have not sought the Lord. They look at their pastoral ship simply as a job they are to fill until a better job comes along. Jesus spoke of these modern shepherds:

Jesus knew what was to become of the church, and He warned the people to beware of the hireling system. Yet most are content to let the hierarchy of their denomination decide when it is time to send in a new hireling and promote or demote the one they now have. This system is a stink in the nostrils of God. The denominational system has truly scattered God's flock, and much of God's flock has been destroyed and refuse to return to any church because they have been so badly wounded. But God has given us hope through the prophet Jeremiah:

When God ordains pastors, He chooses those who have a pastor's heart. God's pastors will feed His flock with knowledge and understanding. They will be there for the flock when trouble comes upon the earth. They will not flee the flock. They will be there to comfort all who mourn. God's true shepherds will show His people the way when they have lost their way. God's shepherds are seeking the Lord on a daily basis as to how to care for God's flock.

God has spoken many times in simple, agricultural terms. He not only calls His people His flock, He also calls them His vineyard. Individually, God's people are called His vine or His branches. Again, as we understand how a vineyard is pruned and cared for, we can understand how God is going to deal with His people. 

Jesus spoke many things to us in Parables. When His disciples asked Him why He spoke in parables, Jesus answered:

As we understand the parables, we can understand the mysteries of the kingdom of God. Jesus spoke a parable about a man who planted a vineyard:

As we seek the mystery of the kingdom revealed in this parable, it becomes clear the man who planted the vineyard is God, Himself. The husbandmen He put in charge of the care of the vineyard is His anointed leadership. 

Paul refers to God's leadership as gifts. These gifts God gave to the church are apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers, *** Ephesians 4:11.

After Jesus planted His vineyard, He went into a far country for a long time. The far country is what most call heaven. In reality it is the Spiritual realm. Jesus left the physical realm and returned to the Spiritual realm of God. When He left the earth realm, He intended to be gone a long time. Upon His return He would partake of the fruit of His vineyard. The prophet Isaiah prophesied about the vineyard the Lord had planted in the earth:

The beloved referred to is the "Beloved of the Father, Jesus Christ". Jesus planted His vineyard in a very fruitful hill. The fruitful hill is the Word of God. God has given us His Word so we may be nourished directly from His Word. He expects us to know, learn, and understand His way, His will, and His life directly from His fruitful hill, the Word of God.

The Father fenced in His vineyard. He put a Spiritual hedge around it. We learn from the book of Job when satan appeared before the Father, He asked satan, Have you considered my servant Job?"

The Father placed a Spiritual hedge around Job and everything he owned. Satan could not touch Job unless the Father gave His permission. God has promised this same protection to all who walk according to His Word. The Psalmist revealed:

God has compassed His people about as with a shield, a hedge of protection. The Psalmist also revealed:

God also encompasses His people with His army of angels to deliver them from any attack of the enemy forces. The Apostle Peter was inspired to inform God's people:

We are kept by the power of God through faith. God's salvation plan is being totally revealed in this last hour of time. [see "Three-Fold Salvation" by George Kirkpatrick].

The beloved John spoke of this protection we have when we come into the Father's care:

My Father, which gave them Me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of My Father's hand." *** John 10:28-29

When we are in the Father's hand, we have come totally into the Father's care and protection. The prophet Isaiah continued to state how God had prepared for His vineyard:

The stones in our life are the stumbling stones. Our walk in God is strewn with stumbling stones. Stumbling stones are the things that offend. Stumbling stones cause us to fall. God has gathered out the stumbling stones in our walk. The question may be asked, "Why do people stumble in their walk in God?" The prophet Jeremiah showed us the reason why so many stumble:

God's people have left the ancient paths. They are trying to please God with their modern religious plan, and because of this they are walking in a way God did not cast up. The phrase cast up means "to exalt". When man tries to walk in a way God has not cast up or exalted, then his way is strewn with stumbling stones.

God has removed the stones from the path He has chosen for man to walk. When man chooses a way God has not exalted or cast up, his way becomes hard because of the hardships he has caused in his own walk.

Jeremiah also stated they have burned incense to vanity. The phrase burned incense means "to worship". God's peoples' worship has become vanity and worthless because they have forsaken the ancient way.

The Apostle Peter who was given the keys to the kingdom, continues to speak of the stone of stumbling:

Those who stumble at the Word become disobedient because they will not walk in the Word as it is written. The ancient ways are foreign to them. They are more interested in being accepted by the world then being accepted by God. God truly has gathered all the stones out of His vineyard. It is man who has strewn his path with stumbling stones because he has forsaken the ancient way.

Isaiah continued:

The choicest vines are those who were ordained unto salvation from the foundation of the world. These are spoken of many times in the Bible. When Paul was in Antioch, and was addressing the Jews, the Jews turned against his words. It was then the Gentiles came unto Paul to be taught:

Only those who were ordained to eternal life believed. God has His choice vines, those He has ordained from the beginning of time to make up His vineyard. Paul related this same revelation to the church at Ephesus:

The choicest vines were those who were chosen in God before the foundation of the world. God has had His chosen vines in every generation. [see "God's Plan and Purpose in Predestination" by George Kirkpatrick]

Isaiah continued:

The word tower is the Hebrew word MIGDOL and means "power". One of the uses of the word MIGDOL is "pulpit". God set the pulpit in the midst of His people as a place of power. In his letter to the Corinthians, Paul made this fact very plain:

Paul's words demonstrated God's Spirit and power. Paul did not come to God's people with enticing words, yet today enticing words are all that comes from most pulpits. The pastors fear the people will leave if they do not keep the message watered down so it won't offend.

"For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake." *** I Thessalonians 1:5

Paul wrote this same message to the Thessalonians. The word Paul brought was in power and the Holy Ghost. Paul revealed to the church at Corinth:

The kingdom of God is power, the power of the Holy Spirit working in His people. God has built a tower in the midst of His people, a place of power and authority, a tower with the anointing to bring God's people into a place of maturity.

Isaiah continued to explain what God did for His vineyard:

Jesus revealed the winepress to John on the Isle of Patmos:

The winepress is the judgment of God upon the sin in the midst of His people. The Apostle Paul discloses those upon whom God would pour out His judgment.

God's wrath will be poured out upon those who know not God. This is the world, those who have refused God's saving grace. God's wrath will also be poured out on those who obey not the gospel. [see "Those Who Obey Not the Gospel" by George Kirkpatrick]

Those who do not obey the gospel are those who have accepted God's saving grace, but have not allowed the gospel to change their lives. These refuse to come into the image and likeness of the Father. These go their own way, do their own thing, never spending time with their God or in His Word. God has promised He will come upon them in flaming fire to take His vengeance, because they do not obey His gospel.

In ancient times farmers had two basic instruments of harvest: the winepress and the threshing floor. The winepress was for the grape and olive harvest. The threshing floor was for the grain harvest. God's Word applies both of these instruments of harvest Spiritually.

The threshing floor is where God separates all the chaff and unripe grain from His body. Both Jesus and John the Baptist made this revelation to the people who come to hear the gospel of the kingdom. [see Cassette Tape, "The Threshing Floor" by George Kirkpatrick]

When the cloven tongues of fire came on the Day of Pentecost, it came to bring God's chosen to the threshing floor where all unrighteousness, all immaturity, all uncleanness can be dealt with in our lives. Those who refuse their threshing floor experience will go through the winepress of God's judgment. Isaiah continued:

God looked for good fruit from His choicest vines. He looked for fruit fit for the Master's table. But what kind of fruit has God's choicest vines produced? They have brought forth wild grapes. The word translated wild grapes is the Hebrew word BEUSHIYM and means "worthless or stinking". The proper translation would be "stinkberries". God's choicest vines have brought forth fruit that is a stink in His nostrils.

What is the fruit God looks for from His choicest vines? He looks for the fruits of the Spirit which are love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, etc. God has looked for good fruit, instead His fruit shows no love. Their joy is based on the things of this life. Their peace is hindered by their lust, greed, and unbelief. Longsuffering is in no way acceptable in their modern way of life, and the list goes on.

The Father asks:

Isaiah asked, "What more could God have done for His vineyard?" Luke recorded the parable Jesus spoke to the people concerning His vineyard. As stated before, the parables Jesus used were not actual happenings, but Spiritual revelations of God, mysteries of the Kingdom. 

God's Kingdom Age is about to begin. The parable of the certain man who planted a vineyard reveals the condition of the Lord's vineyard just before His Kingdom begins. But let us take a closer look at the man who planted the vineyard, and God's revelation of His Kingdom message in this parable.

As the Revelation of this parable unfolds, it becomes clear that Jesus was the man who planted His vineyard, the true church. Jesus went into a far country for a long time. It was Christ Jesus who started the church. The church began on the Day of Pentecost when the risen, glorified Christ came upon the people as the Holy Spirit of promise. It is He who ordained the husbandmen to watch over His flock.

The word husbandman means "one who cares for, or takes care of ". Christ Jesus' husbandmen are His leadership He has set over the church.

God sent His servant to partake of the fruit of the vineyard. The fruit His vineyard is to bring forth is the fruit of the Spirit. When God's servant desired the fruit of the Spirit, the husbandman beat him and sent him away empty. This happens every Sunday morning in the religious church system. The people are beat out of their money to support big works, big buildings, big salaries, and man's big ideas of what looks good in the eyes of the world. 

Because God's servants have been taught good works to try to be pleasing in the sight of God, they have brought forth wild grapes. God desires the fruit of the Spirit to come forth in His peoples' lives. Instead, the fruit God's choicest vines has produced is a stink in His nostrils. Sunday after Sunday, God's servants are sent away empty. Paul spoke of the organized church system in his second letter to Timothy:

Paul warns God's servants who are sent away empty to get away from those husbandmen who are beating the people. Turn away from those who have a form of godliness, yet deny the power of change in their lives. 

Jesus continued His dissertation on the parable of the vineyard:

Again, Christ Jesus, sent another servant. This time they not only beat him and sent him away empty, they entreated him shamefully. The word shamefully means "to treat with contempt, to dishonor, and insult". God's servants are treated shamefully when they know there is more to the gospel then they are getting. When the servants want to see change in the church and more of God in the services, they are treated with contempt, and are called troublemakers. They are told they are uneducated in the things and ways of God, and are insulted and spoken against.

These husbandmen cannot be questioned. They will lift up their seminary training and being held in high esteem by their denominational headquarters as their security. They esteem themselves as being above the flock, and untouchable.

In the third reference Jesus gave concerning His servant, they wounded His servant and cast him out. There have been more people wounded in the organized church system than any other place on earth. The people are wounded because of the way they dress, the way they talk, what part of town they live in, their social standing, the color of their skin, their nationality, their financial status, the way they cut their hair, or do not cut their hair, if they shave or do not shave. Women who don't wear skirts are ostracized as unfit to be a part of God's vineyard. They may be one of God's choicest vines, but they are none the less rejected. 

One of the greatest woundings in the church is upon divorced people. Narrow-minded, unspiritual, and unscriptural churches have treated divorce as the unpardonable and unforgivable sin. These same churches allow the unmarried who are living together to sit in their midst without a word. How hypocritical that which is called "church" has become! Those who do not fit their standards are sent away empty. They are cast out with no regard for their walk or their eternal salvation.

Who is the son the Lord is going to send into His vineyard? The Lord has a "son company" He is going to anoint to be His ministers in the last hour of time. The Bible speaks of two groups of sons. Paul revealed the first group of sons in his letter to the church at Rome:

The word manifestation means the appearing, the coming, or to reveal". The manifested sons are those who were sons from the beginning. God is going to manifest His sons whom He has foreknown and predestined to stand in this last hour of time.

The beloved John recorded Jesus' words concerning the second group of sons:

"... all who received Him..." The word received means "to take or to grab hold of". Those who seize upon the life of Christ will receive power to become the sons. The Power is the Holy Spirit anointing. When we allow the Holy Spirit to do His perfect work, He will bring us into a sonship relationship with the Father. Those who believe on His name will become sons of God. Many come short of this goal because they do not understand the Word. The act of believing is more than just a mental ascent, it means "to commit one's life, to be committed to, and to trust completely". When we commit our lives totally and trust completely, then we can say we believe on His name. [see "The Other Son" by G. Kirkpatrick]

The writer of Hebrews informed all who would read and understand the main reason Jesus came to the earth:

Jesus came to bring many sons into glory. The sons He brings into His glory will have come into the image and likeness of Jesus their example. Many believe they only receive glory after they die. The glory to be revealed is the living glory God is going to bring upon His "sonship company". 

When God brings forth His "son company", He will expect His vineyard to reverence His sons. But those who have charge of God's vineyard will reject the "sonship message".

The husbandmen recognized the son as the heir. Who are the Lord's heirs?

The husbandmen are not the heirs. The overcomers are the heirs of God. These are His sons. Paul related this truth to the church at Rome:

God's children who will suffer with Him are His sons He will bring into His glory. Paul related to the church at Colosse:

The riches of God's glory that has remained a mystery is now being revealed. Paul revealed this mystery to the church at Philippi:

Paul related he would travail until Christ the anointing was formed in God's people. When Christ is birthed in us, He will consume our whole being. Then everything we say and do will exalt His glory in the earth, our earth. This is our hope, our only hope of glory. 

God's glory will be revealed in His overcoming saints. Luke relates God's overcoming saints will not be accepted by the church system. 

The husbandmen cast the heir who has the "son message" out of their vineyard. The sonship, overcoming message is not allowed in their churches. When you kill the message, you kill the son. Today the only message in the denominational system is what has been cut in stone. It alone is the acceptable truth. Anything else is cast out of their midst as unacceptable and untrue. These husbandmen have refused to hear what the Spirit is saying unto the churches in this last hour of time. 

Our Lord asks, "What therefore shall the Lord of the vineyard do unto them?"

God has promised to destroy the husbandmen who have robbed His people of their inheritance in Him. He will give the care of His vineyard to others. God spoke through the prophet Isaiah concerning what He will do to His vineyard.

The Lord asked, "What more could He have done for His vineyard?" But it still did not bring forth fruit fit for the Master's table.

What will God do to His vineyard? He will take away the Spiritual hedge He has placed around His vineyard and it shall be eaten up. The phrase eaten up means "to devour or consume by fire". The writer of Hebrews gave us insight when He wrote:

Our God truly is a consuming fire. The fire of God will consume those who seek Him with their whole being. This process is necessary to destroy the old man nature so the new man created in righteousness and true holiness may come forth in all its glory. Those who are exercising their religious rights and do not obey the gospel of God will be consumed in the fire of His wrath. 

God has also promised He would tear down His wall of protection and allow His vineyard to be trodden down. The phrase trodden down means "to be trampled under foot". This has been the experience of the organized church system. Those who do not even know God have come into places of authority. False doctrines, false teachings, and false teachers have been allowed to stand in the pulpits. Because of this God's people have lost their vision, their hope, and their trust in God. These have truly been trampled under foot, put down, robbed, and left for the enemy to devour at will.

Isaiah continued with his revelation of what God will do to His vineyard:

God is going to lay His vineyard waste. It shall not be pruned nor digged. We need to understand that at the end of the grape harvest, every vine is pruned back and only the two healthiest branches are allowed to produce fruit for the next harvest. The weak vines are not pruned. They are allowed to die, and new vines are planted in their place. Jesus spoke of this pruning process to His disciples:

The word purgeth means "to prune, to cut away all the unproductive things" in our lives, so the true vine can bring forth more fruit of the Spirit.

The word digged means "to cultivate, to aerate the soil" so it can receive the rain that cometh upon the earth. We cultivate to get rid of the weeds. Weeds are unwanted plants. Weeds do not produce fruit in our lives. The Lord warned if His vineyard was not digged or cultivated, thorns and thistles would come up. [see "Thorns and Thistles" by George Kirkpatrick]

In His sermon on the Mount, Jesus asked the multitude...

We are known by our fruits. Thorns and thistles do not produce the fruit of the Spirit in our lives. The writer of Hebrews declared:

What can the unattended vineyard expect? Only one thing, judgment, God's judgment. Peter stated this very clearly to all who would hear:

Peter stated that judgment must first begin at the house of God. Our God is a just and righteous judge. He cannot bring judgment upon the sin in the world, until He judges the sin in the church. Peter continues: 

What is the sin in the church? They have forsaken the Living Word and followed their religious doctrines and ideas. Is God going to accept this neglect and compromise? Our God has declared, 

Clouds represent the glory of God. The rain is the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. God has promised He will withhold His Spirit from those who do not obey the gospel. Those who do not obey the gospel will not walk in His glory when it is revealed, *** I Peter 4:13.

Many ask, "What happened to the anointing that was once upon the church?" God has not only withheld His anointing, He has withheld His glory. God's judgment truly has come upon His unattended vineyard. Isaiah continued his revelation of God's unattended vineyard:

God's vineyard is the house of Israel. The house of Israel is made up of natural and Spiritual Israel. Natural Israel are the descendants of Jacob who have received Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and are walking in the Holy Spirit anointing. Spiritual Israel are the Gentile nations who have received Jesus as their personal Savior and are walking in the anointing that came on the Day of Pentecost. Isaiah revealed the men of Judah are God's pleasant plants. The name Judah means "people of praise". The men of Judah are God's praising people, those who are rejoicing in the joy of their salvation.

Isaiah stated, "God looked for judgment." Our God expected the church to bring judgment upon the sin in His peoples' lives. When judgment comes, the people are convicted of their sin. The result of conviction should be repentance. The church has not brought judgment in peoples' lives, but oppression. God's people are trapped in denominational settings. The organized church system has become oppressive, depressive, and obsessive. A religious spirit has prevailed, and the Spirit of God has been excluded in every activity.

The prophet Jeremiah spoke on the unattended vineyard. By the direction of the Holy Spirit, he recorded:

God will meet those who are truly seeking Him. God is going to set up shepherds over His unattended vineyard which will feed them with the true Word of God, not the watered down, warmed over messages coming from the pulpits of the modern, organized churches of today.

Isaiah continued...

God's people are mourning, crying out to be told and taught the ways of God. All they are getting is programs and causes. God is going to deliver His people from these worthless husbandmen who have taken His people captive. The prophet Jeremiah revealed the cry that is coming forth from God's people:

They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto Me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart." *** Jeremiah 12:10-11

God is hearing the cry coming from His unattended vineyard, and His judgment is about to fall upon the house of God to free His people from the unfruitful husbandmen who have eaten the fruit of the vineyard, and have given no fruit back fit for the Father's use. God will free His people and set up shepherds who will feed His flock and prune His vineyard. 

All is not lost for the lifeless, self-exalted church. God is going to act, and act quickly. Isaiah spoke of God's intentions for His choicest vines:

Isaiah revealed the new wine, the anointed Word of God, is found in the cluster. The cluster is the full-ripe mature fruit fit for the Master's use. Jesus revealed the two sickles to John on the Isle of Patmos:

The first sickle was to reap the whole earth. All the fruit belonging to God was reaped, the full, ripe fruit and those who had not come to maturity.

These are the two sickles: one in the hand of the Son of man and one in the hand of the angel.

The first sickle cuts the clusters, the full, ripe fruits that have come to maturity, the fruit that is fit for the Masters' table. 

The second angel who had a sickle also had a purpose:

This angel gathered the vine of the earth. This vine had not separated itself from the earth. They were in the world and had remained part of it. The angel used the second sickle to cast God's unattended vine into the wrath of God.

The blood coming out of the winepress is Christian blood. God informed the prophet Isaiah that He had set a winepress in the midst of His vineyard. The winepress is for those who have not come to maturity and obey not the gospel.

We must remember these are still God's choicest vines, selected from the foundation of the earth.

We realize this is not the message coming forth from the organized church system. They choose to teach the Rapture, Once saved - always saved, and God's judgment only for the unsaved. Because they have cut what they believe in stone, there can be no leeway in their understanding. They can only see black and white. God must fit in the box their denominational order has made for Him. They have overlooked the fact God is God, and He can do as He desires. God informs us through the pen of Isaiah:

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts." *** Isaiah 55:8-9

Even though God has informed His people His thoughts and ways are not our thoughts and ways, the denominational system still insists God do things their way to fit their doctrine and creed. The Apostle Peter penned God's words:

"The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." *** II Peter 3:9

Our God is longsuffering to His choicest vines. He is not willing any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. We know by His Word all will not come to repentance, but our God will give them every opportunity. 

Paul wrote to the Corinthians of those whose works will be burned up, yet they will be saved as by fire, 

"If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire." *** I Corinthians 3:15. 

Those who will not come to repentance now will be cast into the winepress of the wrath of God which He set in His vineyard. God's mercy is poured out when He declares there is still a blessing for Him in His servants, the vine. His promise is He will not destroy them all. Jesus revealed these servant saints to John on the Isle of Patmos. 

"After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands." *** Revelation 7:9

The great multitude was the vine, the servant saints, who were cast into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

"And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb." *** Revelation 7:10

All these could cry was "Salvation". These did not have the new wine in their life. All they could proclaim was, "We are saved". Then...

"...one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?

And I said unto Him, Sir, thou knowest. And He said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." *** Revelation 7:13-14

These who stood before the throne of God, whose only testimony was they were saved, had come out of great tribulation. They had gone through the winepress of the wrath of God. They had made their robes white by the blood of the Lamb. They were made righteous and had overcome in the wrath of God.

"Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple: and He that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them." *** Revelation 7:15

These are before the throne of God, but they serve Him day and night in His temple. These are God's servant saints. As Isaiah spoke, there was still a blessing for God in the vine. God still has a blessing in these servant saints. 

Servant saints are not the ruling and reigning saints who are the full, ripe clusters taken into God's protection. They are God's choicest vines who have had to endure the wrath because they allowed the unfaithful husbandmen to steal their rightful inheritance in God.

God is calling His own unto Himself in this last hour of time. If you are called, then you can be chosen. It is time for God's people to separate themselves from the unfaithful, unrighteous, and self-exalted husbandmen, and seek God with their whole being. God's call is going forth we need to listen if we are to hear His still, small voice.

God's unattended vineyard needs to seek God's protection in their lives. As the Apostle Paul advised in his second letter to the Corinthians:

"Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing: and I will receive you." *** II Corinthians 6:17

The following related books and tapes by George Kirkpatrick can be ordered from New Foundation Publications

Three Fold Salvation
God's Plan and Purpose/Predestination
Those Who Obey Not the Gospel
The Other Son
Thorns and Thistles
Cassette Tape: The Threshing Floor

 

Questions
1. Explain how man has reversed God's plan for His shepherds and His sheep. 
2.God has written to us in parables that we might understand the and the of God. 
3. God has built an anointed tower of to bring His people to . 
4.What is the fruit God looks for from His choicest vines? 
5.God's warning to His beaten servants is to . 
6.How are God's servants being treated shamefully? 
7.How are God's servants being wounded? 
8.What is God going to do to unfaithful husbandmen? 
9.What is God going to do to His vineyard? 
10.Why must all God's people be consumed by His fire? 
11.Because of 1: 2: 3: today stand in the pulpit, God's people have lost their 4: , 5: , . 
12.Where must judgment begin?
13.Today's churches have brought in people's lives, instead of . 
14.Instead of the Spirit of God being active in every aspect of the church, as has prevailed. 
15.God desires His true shepherds to feed His flock with the of , not the .
16.God's winepress will be for whom?

Part Two

The parable of the man who planted a vineyard reveals the condition of the Lord's vineyard just before His Kingdom begins. Give the Spiritual application for each of the following examples in this parable:

a. The vineyard is 
b. The far country is 
c. The fruitful hill is 
d. The Father's fence is 
e. The beloved of the Father is 
f. The stones are 
g. The choice vine is 
h. The tower is 
I. The winepress is 
j. The threshing floor is 
k. The wild grapes are 
l. The fruit of the vineyard is 
m. The beaten servants are 
n. The Beloved Sons are 
o. The heirs are 
p. The clouds are 
q. The rain is 
r. Natural Israel is 
s. Spiritual Israel is 
t. Judah is
u. The new wine is 
v. The clusters are 
w. The vine the second sickle cut is 

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