<p>12:9- see on Mk. 8:34-37.</p><p><i>What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do?- </i>The Lord&rsquo;s parable of the vineyard is shot through with allusions to the vineyard parable of Is. 5. When the Lord asks &ldquo;What will the lord of the vineyard do?&rdquo;, those who picked up the Isaiah 5 allusions would have found the answer in Is. 5:4,5: &ldquo;What&hellip; to do&hellip; what I will do&rdquo;.</p><p><i>He will come- </i>The Lord Jesus said this with the cry still echoing in His ears concerning Himself: &quot;Blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord&quot; (Mt. 21:9). He clearly has Himself in view, 'coming' in behalf of His Father. His parody of a triumphal entry into Jerusalem was really an entering of Jerusalem in judgment upon them. His entry into Jerusalem and the temple was in essence the Lord of the vineyard coming. He certainly uses the language of the Lord coming with reference to Himself (23:39; 24:42,46,48; 25:19; Lk. 12:36).&nbsp;</p><p><i>And destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others</i>- The Lord spoke of how the owner Himself would &ldquo;come and destroy the husbandmen&rdquo;. This is a shocking change in tempo- the owner has appeared impotent, distant and naive, to the point that the husbandmen considered He was effectively dead.&nbsp; They reasoned that if they killed the Son, then the vineyard would be theirs. But this is exactly the nature of Divine judgment. The God who appears effectively dead, at least impotent, distant and na&iuml;ve, will suddenly reveal Himself in direct judgment. We believe that now by faith, but it shall surely happen.</p>