A king, a
wedding for a Son, invited guests. These are all things we can relate to and
this is why Jesus was using a parable to expound yet again on the message He
came to give to people- the gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Jesus'
ministry is all about the Kingdom of Heaven and His preparing a way for people
to obtain the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus revealed the way to the kingdom through
Himself. If we are to only live for this
awful world we are born into then we would have no hope. Living for the Kingdom
of Heaven is our hope for life as we know we were intended to live. You know
and I know that the miseries of life far outweigh the joys. We know that the
pains of living seem to last much longer than the joys of living. We comprehend
especially as we grow older and older that our joyful, truly misspent youth is
fleeting while our aging selves linger on and on feeling the heavy weight of
this sinful world. So much time and effort, so much money is spent trying to
recapture youth to drag our youth with us into our aging. The saying goes
you're only as old as you think, or when you stop doing childish things you
grow old, there are many such sayings that tout youth over aging because most
of us felt better in our younger years.
Some even skip the young adult longing and go right to the child's
longing where there are little to no responsibilities to take on. Longing for
the days of youth and we do this because we are seeking a time in our lives
that is more bearable than the time we exist in now and foresee we will be
existing in the future. We want better! And we want this instinctively! We want
this because we know there has to be a better way than what exists for us now.
The
Kingdom of Heaven exists for us in promise, a believable promise made
comprehensible as reality through prophetic means. God has given us all the
proof any of us would ever need to comprehend the reality of His coming
kingdom. And there is no wonder at all why He tells us to set our affections
there in heaven and not here on earth.
More study
on the following parable tomorrow- by the grace and will of our LORD JESUS
CHRIST!
Mat
22:1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and
said,
Mat
22:2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a
marriage for his son,
Mat
22:3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the
wedding: and they would not come.
Mat
22:4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are
bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed,
and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
Mat
22:5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm,
another to his merchandise:
Mat
22:6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully,
and slew them.
Mat
22:7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his
armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
Mat
22:8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which
were bidden were not worthy.
Mat
22:9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid
to the marriage.
Mat
22:10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together
all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished
with guests.
Mat
22:11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man
which had not on a wedding garment:
Mat
22:12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having
a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
Mat
22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and
take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.
Mat
22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
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