The son, murdered by the tenant farmers, represents Jesus Himself. The farmers through their evil deed hoped to obtain the son's inheritance. As a matter of fact the death of Jesus brought the grace of His heavenly inheritance to the whole world. God used the malice of some men to bring supreme good to all humankind.

We sometimes wonder where God's plan is to be found. We see natural disaster, riots, and war itself as part of our world. In our own personal lives we experience sickness, suffering and frustration. At the moment, like Joseph, we cannot see why God tolerates all these evils, let alone how He will use them to accomplish His good purposes. But we must never be fooled into suspecting that somehow God has lost control of human affairs or that evil has become so powerful that even God cannot draw good from it. Though it is true that God could prevent all evil, yet His wisdom triumphs over all evil and He does write straight with crooked lines.