Isaiah 5:2
2 And he fenced [`azaq] it, and
gathered out the stones [caqal] thereof, and
planted [nata`] it with the choicest vine, [soreq] and built [banah] a tower [migdal] in the midst [tavek] of it,
and also made [chatsab] a winepress [yeqeb] therein: and he looked [qavah] that it should bring forth [`asah] grapes, [`enab] and it
brought forth [`asah] wild grapes. [ba'ushiym] KJV-Interlinear
2 And
He dug it all around, removed its stones, And planted it with the choicest
vine. And He built a tower in the middle of it, And hewed out a wine vat in it;
Then He expected it to produce good grapes, But it produced only worthless
ones. NASB
And God fenced the
vineyard. He placed a fence or wall or
hedge around the vineyard, which is for the protection of the vineyard from all
outside influences and enemies. That fence
is the gospel, Bible doctrine, the work of Christ on the cross. This excludes all religions, all
philosophies, all opinions that would oppose Gods word.
God gathered out the
stones, the philosophies, opinions, etc., of humanity as well as unbelievers.
God planted the vineyard with
the choicest of vines. These are
believers. These are the family of
God. No other peoples are allowed in the
vineyard, that are not family.
Outsiders, strangers, foreigners are not family, not citizens of Gods
garden.
God built a tower,
doctrine, truth, for the protection of the vineyard and its contents,
believers. The tower is truth, but also
the functional aspects of the spiritual life, namely the work of the Holy
Spirit within the soul of the believer and the function and operation of their
life.
The wine press squeezes
out the production of the occupant vines, the believers who apply doctrine to
their daily lives, as they grow up within their spiritual lives. The wine press measures and indicates the
level of quality of the grapes as to its volume and quality. Spiritual lives of advancing believers
produce not only quantity but more important, the higher quality of their spiritual
lives.
And then God looked. All was in place. The Gospel separated the unbelievers from the
believers. Doctrine separates the immature from the mature, the productive from
the unproductive, the truth from the lies.
All that the vines need
do, is learn and grow and produce.
But what has happened in
this verse. The vineyard produced wild
grapes, worthless grapes, believers who did not pursue their spiritual lives,
but pursued that which was worthless and nasty and unflavored. They ignored the content of Bible doctrine.
The did not study, did not learn, did not grow and mature.
And so it is with life
throughout history. God has provided all
of the resources for sound and successful production in the individuals life,
but when people reject doctrine, when people invent their own version of good
or goodness, when people are indifferent toward truth, they become worthless
historical filler.
The unfortunate part of
all of this is, that people have at their fingertips all of the opportunities
for phenomenal success, but indifference or better stated, arrogance prevents
them from being successful. They defeat themselves through a negative attitude.
So, are you one of the
wild and worthless grapes, or one of the better and higher quality grapes, or
do you even know?
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