Truth and Faery Tales
In every faery tale there are some things in common. There is a beginning; inevitably it was “once upon a time.” Faery tales and parables have a lot in common; but, one is a fable and the other is the truth.
Faery tales all follow a pattern. They’re all moral tales, designed to teach a lesson to the reader, or the listener. Some start with a hero and a damsel in distress. Some teach the pitfalls of bad behavior. They usually share the same ending; good triumphs the evil is destroyed “ and the good “live happily ever after.”
Let me tell you another story. It begins with “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. The Creator gave his creation earth to husbandmen (which is an ancient name for farmers) to be stewards over the land. They were to plow the ground, cultivate the crops and give back the first fruits of the harvest to the owner of the land.
“A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the wine fat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
They caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled. And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.” – Mark 12:1-9
Although there are the same characters, with different names; this story does not begin with “once upon a time.” It is a true story, that really happened at one time. However, not every one believes the story. Some believe that, although the telling may have actually happened, the events of the story itself are a fairy tale, or perhaps a moral tale. If it is a metaphor, a metaphor must relate back to reality, or it has no meaning. The Bible is the history of the Creator-King, His Son, Jesus Christ and those who proclaim his name. The analogy holds true; Creator (King), and His Son (the Messiah), the messengers (the prophets) and the Son’s intended bride (the church) are all figures in the story.
Time has taken away the urgency of this message. There has been, according to Scripture, almost seven thousand years since this story began. We are at the end of the sixth day, awaiting the beginning of the seventh. How soon, or how long, no one but the King knows. Yet, as it was written, so shall it be done.
In the story, the stewards tried to take the land for themselves. Jesus promised as he ascended into the heavens, “I shall come again and receive you unto myself.” He told his disciples when he went up from the mount of olives that he would return to the same place. Time has caused the stewards to forget they have a king, despite all of the warnings. Mankind, more and more, believes that they will not see his return.
Water cleanses but fire purges. He shall cleanse the earth by fire this time. All evil shall be destroyed in the fire; there shall be no evidence of it remaining. All those that do evil by refusing to accept the King’s Son to rule over them (the evil stewards) “shall be cast…into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 25:30).”
“He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen (Revelations 22:21,22).”
The end will come as a thief in the night. Why take a chance?
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