GenemZ
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right, the first invitations out sent to the those with first rights to them, they turn it down, so it went to the streets who "filled the wedding hall" with "the bad as well as the good". however, it's not these characteristics that they are discriminated against but later it's revealed it is their improper wedding garments that they are discriminated against.
The King is God the Father, the son being honoured is Christ. the invitation is God's message, the servants giving the message are God's messengers such as the prophets that everyone typically hated during their time. The first who receive the invitation is Isreal. The King was persistent so they abused the servants and even killed some (like John the baptist) then there is an act of vengeance by the King, can we say the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD?
Now the wedding invitation (the gospel) is released to the streets (the great commission, to all the word, "Pante ta Ethne) the streets are the world and the people that dwell in them are the Gentiles. Where do we fit? of course the Gentiles. We are the second party invited to the party.
The meaning of the garments have been wrestled with for a while as to what they actually are, Luther thought it was Christ but this is not so, as Christ is the son but it can be something Christ gives us. The parable tells us both the good and the bad were invited so it is not the condition of their natural self that rejects a person or not, and if there were willing to come it seems to be good enough. No, when we come to Christ we are a new creation and are adorned with the righteousness of Christ and these are the clothes. It is not our merits that get us to the party, but when we arrive we are given new garments to make us worthy and we must accept them when entering. I would suspect the one they missed is like those playing church but never really embrace the gospel. They are invited to the party, show up, but reject the garments given to them so maybe they somehow get in for a bit, but when found out they are thrown out of the party.
That is true. But what many fail to realize is that Jesus was referring to a Jewish age. Before the Church began? The Jews were the evangelists to the world. Look at Jonah. He was sent to evangelize the Ninevites.
During the Tribulation period Jews will once again be the evangelists to the world. The Church will be absent and gone from earth and will be in Heaven. The invite to the wedding hall? It will be given during the Tribulation according to Jewish protocol.The entire earth (many) will be evangelized. Relatively few will believe. Billions will believe. Many billions will refuse.
When Jesus taught no was was expecting the Church age. When Jesus spoke, He was relating to what the Jews could relate to. The Tribulation will be the cause for the end of the Church age (Rapture) and the resuming of the Jewish age. Resumed to the end of the Jewish age, which will take seven years to complete.
grace and peace...
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