587th Post Jesus Said Concerning Parables Con't. - Parables About First being Last Con't. - Parable of the Laborers Con't 2nd Post. - Mathew 20: 1 - 16.

Mathew 20: 1 - 16 The Parable of the Laborers Continued 2nd post.
This was spoken by Jesus very late in His earthly Ministry, just before His Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem on the first Palm Sunday about a week before His death on the cross.  Jesus is addressing the multitudes that were following Him from Galilee to Jerusalem.  Jesus starts this parable with the words the "Kingdom of Heaven is like..."  You know from previous posts of mine if you have read them, that when Jesus talks about the Kingdom of God, He could be talking about three different places, Heaven, the world, or our heart.  The context of which this phrase appears, dictates the place Jesus is talking about.  In this case the Kingdom of Heaven is the world.  The vineyard in which this story takes place is Israel, and the Laborers are the people who have believed and are walking with Jesus trying to do His Commands.  The denarius symbolizes payment for a job well done, in this case admittance into Heaven.  Now that we have explained the places, the cast of characters, and the reward, lets look at the parable.  The scene opens with the landowner who represents God going to the marketplace to find laborers to work in his vineyard.  The landowner goes early in the morning to find laborers to work for him.  Early in the morning would be the "First Hour", time from 6:00 am until 9:00 am.  Notice here that the landowner and the potential laborers came to an agreement on payment before they went into the vineyard to work, and they went.  I am running out of space for this post will pick up story on next post.  Stay, tuned...