Reflections on the Wedding Banquet Parable
In Revelation and Matthew, the themes of invitation, acceptance, and preparedness are explored through parables about a wedding banquet. These passages highlight the significance of being invited to partake in divine celebrations and emphasize the importance of readiness and proper attire. The imagery used evokes contemplation on spiritual truths and the consequences of rejecting divine invitations. The deeper meanings behind the parables prompt reflection on one's own spiritual journey and relationship with God.
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Invited! Invited!
Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb! And he added, These are the true words of God. ~Revelation 19:9
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come. Then he sent some more servants and said, Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet. But they paid no attention and went off one to his field, another to his business. The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. Then he said to his servants, The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come....
So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find. So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. He asked, How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend? The man was speechless. Then the king told the attendants, Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are invited, but few are chosen. ~Matthew 22:1-14
God will not be God will not be deterred announced intention to honor His Son! announced intention to honor His Son! deterred in His in His Groom Groom
The hair on his head was as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace... His And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began. face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance. ~John 17:5 ~Revelation 1:14-16
I had rather be in hell with Christ, than be in heaven without him I desire to depart and be with Christ... ~Martin Luther
We are destined for We are destined for intimate friendship friendship with God! with God! Angels Angels intimate
They will be like the angels in heaven... Let us make mankind in our image. ~Genesis 1 ~John 3 ~Romans 8 For God so loved the world... We are heirs heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ.
Our destiny is to be raised to a position Our destiny is to be raised to a position of of honor honor greater greater than the angels themselves! themselves! Bride Bride Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. than the angels ~Revelation 19:7
We will reach our destiny, not We will reach our destiny, not because we are because we are worthy worthy to attend, but because we were because we were willing willing to attend! to attend, but to attend!
After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.... Then one of the elders asked me, These in white robes who are they, and where did they come from? I answered, Sir, you know. And he said, These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ~Revelation 7:9, 13-14
There will be no There will be no party party crashers crashers! !
