There was a home that had been owned for over 100 years by the same family. They enjoyed where they lived because the land around the home was plentiful for growing their own food, and making a life for themselves and their future generations. Now many years ago, previous to the land and home being bought and owned by the present owners, there was a different family that had owned the land, but because they had failed to keep the land and the home and it was sold at auction because the one who had sold the land to them, told them how it was to be zoned, and what kind of home had to be built, etc. and they didn't listen, so the home and it's land went to the present owners.
These same former home and land owners decided they wanted the land and home back, though it rightfully had been sold to it's new owners. So one day they decided with the help of a different land owner, in a different country, to take the land by force. Now, you must understand they had no right to this land, as they once did, before they failed to listen to the seller , the King and they were removed from the home and land they once owned.
So, they forcefully moved back into part of the land and part of the home. Though they had broke all laws, the country from far away who had helped them take it by force, continued to supply the thief with all the arms and force it needed to steal away the home and farm. They even convinced these land owners from far way that they would be very blessed by their King, if they would go along with their trickery. The owners now having their land and home partially taken from them, were doing the best they could to hold onto what little they had. However, the country far away was much more powerful and had lots of arms and they begin to threaten the home owners as well with direct interdiction if they didnt keep moving out little by little so the former land and home owners could continue to steal away from what was their own. They also decided the best way to go about this was to tell them they could have no weapons to protect themselves, or else. Yet, while the new home owners were listening out of great fear to the threats made, the old home and land owners, who had stolen part of their home and land were still acquiring the same weapons they the rightful owners were denied to own.
Matter of fact the thieves were daily aiming these weapons at them and firing them and killing them within their own homeland. Every now and then one of the home owners would fire back at them, but this only made things worse for them, because the country from afar would take the side of the attackers and threaten them again with not only their great weapons, but these weapons were also in the hands of their enemy- the home and land thief.
Now, across the world many kingdoms had come together in unison to try to maintain peace across the world, and they had even declared what the old land and home owner was doing was in violation of their laws. The ally of the thieves, cared not for their laws or their enforcement of them, so they went right on giving arms to the thieves, and threatening the people who truly owned the land and home now.
The worst part of it all, the ally to the thieves now claimed that anyone that was kin to the rightful owners of the land, no matter where they lived in the world also couldn't have these weapons to protect their home and land. For those that were kin feared these people and their ally, for they knew how they could come and steal what was rightfully theirs, so whatever they could do to hold on to what they owned this they would do, though the ally of the thieves made threats and fired their weapons at them as well.
Now along comes the King of the people who had given their land to the new owners and declares they are wrong, The thieves didn't care, they wanted the land so bad, that they killed the king and then told a lie, to their allies as well, that before the King died, (at their hands unknown to most), that he had declared the land and home was rightfully theirs and to not help them acquire it and protect it, they would be going against the King himself who had been the most powerful King of all Kingdoms. However, the King was so great that, he came back to life, and all those that placed their loyalty to him were his subjects, in no matter what land or home they lived in. He decided to get out of the land business into the heart business. The thieves would still not proclaim him King even after His resurrection, they were so bent on owning the land and the home they had lost, that nothing mattered more, and even those in the land they had stolen and the home they had invaded, were thought their enemy, as many in these lands had given their allegiance to Him. These who had went into the heart business as well in the land and home they truly owned, but the great land owner from far away, was so convinced that the people who stole the land were right and they believed the King was crazy now for changing his ways from land owner to heart owner, they continued to persist in helping the evil thieves in their taking from all the kinsmen their land and yet proclaiming at the same time an allegiance to the risen King.
They even convinced many of those who proclaimed this same allegiance to think they were serving the King if they would help in their goal to own all the lands and all the homes of the kinsmen who rightfully held ownership to the land. That they would be serving the King's wishes if they only changed his ideas back from heart to land ownership. They did well at this. They so convinced these that allegiance to the King and His rule over all men, that they contributed millions of dollars and speeches and wrote laws to allow the ally of the evil country to continue to break the Kings true purposes and that was to win the heart of all people in all lands, of all races.
Now, when the king asked of his subjects what they would do, if someone came to them and told them that He had given them a right to their home and their land, and forcefully removing them, while all the time lying and proclaiming His kingship to them, what would they do?
Of course, they held so tightly to the idea what was theirs was theirs, they said, they would fight back and keep what was theirs. Yet, while out of one part of their heart they understood their ownership of what was theirs, they went right on acting the opposite and contined to be disloyal to the King and His purposes. Then one day these same liars and hypocrites came and stole their land and homes as well, but they did it with subtleness, they convinced them that they really still owned it all, but giving them the rule over them would protect them from the kinsmen of the rightful owners of the land and home farway. They needed their protection as well so, the ally begin to serve the evil land and home takers every wish. While the King the true King was left with very few subjects, and when they spoke out against the thieves and the lies, they too were considered to be kinsmen to the rightful owners and were persecuted awfully and then came the day, they were killed by many who laid claim to their own personal ownership, and that of the thieves, but no one elses.
Now unto you it is given to understand the Parable.
Dr. J.
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