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The Parable of the Wedding Feast
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<blockquote data-quote="Glass*Soul" data-source="post: 61082462" data-attributes="member: 111155"><p>That's an interesting take on it.</p><p></p><p>What if the first tier of invitees are those with a little worldly power and the second tier is those who have no power outside of passive resistance? </p><p></p><p>Compare this story to Jesus' teachings in Matthew 5 about what to do if someone demands your tunic. You are to offer him your cloak also. This places the person making the demand in the position of potentially shaming <em>himself</em>, which is what the nonconforming guest has managed to do to the king at the wedding feast. He manages to turn the king's hale fellow well met playacting and brings out his true, heartless nature.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A powerless person, one who does not have servants or weapons with which to put up a fight, may not be able to resist when compelled to go to an objectionable wedding of the corrupt and powerful, but he can refuse to dress in garments that would falsely signal his approval. </p><p></p><p>It gets you thrown out into the outer darkness, but that is where the Gospel takes place. The outer darkness is no big deal. It is certainly better than a corrupt feast. It is where the subjects of the kingdom of heaven can have real feasts while they outwardly appear to be starving.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glass*Soul, post: 61082462, member: 111155"] That's an interesting take on it. What if the first tier of invitees are those with a little worldly power and the second tier is those who have no power outside of passive resistance? Compare this story to Jesus' teachings in Matthew 5 about what to do if someone demands your tunic. You are to offer him your cloak also. This places the person making the demand in the position of potentially shaming [I]himself[/I], which is what the nonconforming guest has managed to do to the king at the wedding feast. He manages to turn the king's hale fellow well met playacting and brings out his true, heartless nature. A powerless person, one who does not have servants or weapons with which to put up a fight, may not be able to resist when compelled to go to an objectionable wedding of the corrupt and powerful, but he can refuse to dress in garments that would falsely signal his approval. It gets you thrown out into the outer darkness, but that is where the Gospel takes place. The outer darkness is no big deal. It is certainly better than a corrupt feast. It is where the subjects of the kingdom of heaven can have real feasts while they outwardly appear to be starving. [/QUOTE]
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