Can you point out where I said I think I have more authority to interpret scripture than you do?
Personally, I think you are looking to ruffle feathers, but show me where I said I think I have more authority than you do.
2Ti 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Did you, or did you not, say this?
"I am given in Spirit to discern the Word.
I have a message for you regarding my "month" as a Christian."
Mat 20:1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
Mat 20:2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
(You)
Mat 20:3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
Mat 20:4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
Mat 20:5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
Mat 20:6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
Mat 20:7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.
(Me)
Mat 20:8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
Mat 20:9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
Mat 20:10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
Mat 20:11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
Mat 20:12 Saying, These last
(me) have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
(you)
Mat 20:13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
Mat 20:14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
Mat 20:15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Mat 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
You seem to be trying to say this verse lets you say whatever you want because you're specially favoured because you're such a new Christian, and this verse is about new Christians being specially favoured?
Um, no. It's saying that the gentiles are welcomed into God's kingdom as well as the Jews, and even though they have not 'done' much, they still receive the same blessing as the Jews because being friends with God and going to heaven is all about God's undeserved Grace in the first place.
First of all, try the NIV. The KJV is a nightmare, especially for new Christians.
20 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2 He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
3 “About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. 4 He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ 5 So they went.
“He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing. 6 About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’
7 “‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.
“He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’
8 “When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’
9 “The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius. 10 So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. 11 When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. 12 ‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’
13 “But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? 14 Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. 15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
16 “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
It's all about who is being saved. Jesus is turning many Jewish assumptions - that God fearing, hard working Jews will always be OK with God - upside down. Jesus has just said in Chapter 19 that salvation is actually impossible with man, "But all things are possible with God." Salvation cannot be earned. Chapter 20 seems to be applying this lesson again, and I haven't studied it deeply but I wouldn't be surprised if the all-day-workers were meant to be the Jews begrudging salvation going out to the Gentiles. The same message stands out in the Good Samaritan, which could almost be called the Parable of the Unforgiving Older Brother because it had such a strong sting in the tail for the Jews.
I think you need to ask yourself why you think Revelation is even about the future? Chapter 1 makes it clear John was writing to his generation, and sharing in THEIR tribulation... the tribulation common to all Christians across all time, of living in this fallen world before the Lord returns.
