Questions to ponder upon.....
We need to establish all the players and their functions, within a historical chronological context and then to focus on the crescendo leading all to the actual narrative, which is the wedding supper itself.
What is the marriage supper?
The right to legally enter into a Covenant with God, through the Son.
When did the marriage commence, in order to start bidding guests?
After the Cross, the call was made......
The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let the one who hears say, "Come!" Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life. (Revelation 22:17)
Remember, at the wedding in Galillee, Jesus said my time has not yet come.
How long does the marriage supper last for?
When the bridegroom exits his chamber to finally meet his spiritual bride, at his brilliant coming. Towards the end, when the wedding is fully furnished with guests, to then awaiting the grand entry of the bridegroom.
Who are they that made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise?
The 5000 men and their families, totalling some 20,000 people of Israel as a nation (preach to the Jews first), who abandoned Jesus at the Cross, inclusive of most disciples. As it is written strike the shepherd and his sheep will flee him.
Who were the "THEM" that WERE bidden to come?
The Jewish nation as a priestly nation, under the old covenant, the stone that the builders rejected.
Who are the remnant and who do they serve?
Those builders whom still cleaved to the desolate house and who fell out of favour from God and started to serve Satan's agenda as the flood of people, who would persecute the pregnant woman who carried the gospel.
Who are his servants and who do they serve?
They are the founding disciples, that originally preached the gospel to the old covenant priestly administration, within their physical temple walls.
Who are other servants and who do they serve?
Those 72 apostles and more, who would carry on where the disciples left off, as the third of the stars/messengers (12 founding disciples) were brought down to the ground, who were beaten, imprisoned and killed, at the behest of the false prophet, which under the 1st beast, tried to put a halt to the gospel and they prevailed not, until the consummation (end), and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. (Daniel 9:27)
It certainly was poured upon the remnant of the desolated house, who would finally after the end of the 40 years trial given to them, to finally be ousted by force, through a physical agency, the armies that finally done away with them and their desolate house.
What was the remnant function after the Cross?
To prevent the spread of the gospel. They tried to kill the child (gospel) before it was delivered (spread) into the world.
What was the servants function after the Cross?
To preach to the house of Israel first.
Were the remnant ever God's servants, within the context of the Old Covenant?
Yes, they were the builders that rejected their own Messiah.
How did the remnant slew the servants? Spiritually/Physically?
Since truth was not in the remnant, therefore the only way they could slew the servants, was to physically prevent them from preaching Jesus.
Who is the King?
Jesus Christ, the King of kings.
What did the King do, after they killed his servants and also the other servants?
Well, he didn't send more servants, because they beat, imprisoned and killed them, but towards the end of the 40 year trial from his Cross, he would deal with them as he dealt with the disobedient children of Israel in the 40 year exodus.
If the King sent forth his servants and also other servants (72 Apostles and more) after his foundational 12 disciples servants, then who are the third group he sent, who are identified as his armies?
Well, they cannot be his servants (12 stars) or the other servants (72 Apostles) he initially sent to the remnant. The third group must not be servants, but a worldly agency that served the King's purpose, in claiming them to be his armies, they accomplished his will.
Is the King's Army his servants and also other servants? Yes/No?
Absolutely NOT!
Is the function of his and also other servants the same as his armies?
Absolutely not!
Servants are inviting guests to the wedding, through preaching the Gospel.
The armies function is to destroy those who murder his servants and also other servants and to burn down their city.
What is the city before the Cross?
Physical Jerusalem.
What is the city after the Cross?
Heavenly New Jerusalem.
There is given by God 40 years representing the trial of the walking in the wilderness, for the remnant of national Israel, to find the promised land, the promised land through faith in Jesus Christ and as subjects of his Cross.
If the King sent two groups of servants, on two separate occasions, before sending as the third his armies after the Cross, since the wedding supper for the bridegroom had come after the Cross, post Pentecost, then there is a time frame of 40 years (tribulation) given after the Cross before God finally brings judgment on the remnant of Israel as a nation of priests (Pharisees and Sadducees), who had physically imprisoned and to murdered those servants, as they were the flood of people Satan sent out after the Woman (Church), who wanted to deliver the gospel and the Dragon, sent out his servants, the flood called the remnant, who chased those who had the testimony of Jesus from city to city, to put a halt to the Gospel.
Paul of Tarsus was one of those remnant believe it or not and Jesus ceased him on the road to Damascus and saved him and used him as a conduit to preach to the Gentiles. Satan's flood became the remnant after the Cross, they drew a third of the messengers of the gospel to the ground, meaning they halted their commission and yet, the Woman (Church) was given metaphorical wings, that allowed her to continue to preach, even after the 1st Beast was slain physically, along with his false Pharisical Prophet, by the armies that the King arranged to take them out of the way permanently, until the image of the 1st beast (the beast that was and was not) re-emerges at another appointed time, after Satan is released from his bottomless Pitt, to deceive the Gentile nations once more. These Gentiles nations include the country in the Middle East calling itself Israel.
Who were the one's who were bidden and after the 40 year tribulation, ending in 70AD, were deemed by God to be unworthy to be invited to his Son's wedding?
The Jews as a nation, under the now sacked levitical priestly administration, within the outward temple Jerusalem city, that became a desolate house after the Cross. (Prophetically this was declared in Isaiah 22:14-25)
The old priestly administration replaced with the Royal Kingly Priesthood of Melchizedek Jesus Christ, where Eliakim was a symbol of.
Eliakim name means "God will raise up", which depicts Christ Jesus who God raised up, as having the key to the house of David, that is what he shuts no one can open and what he opens no one can shut.
What is a wedding garment?
It is the life long sanctifying white robe, that cloths us with Christ, as his anointed bride.
Notice within the congregation Jesus calls the servants and not the armies, in order to excommunicate the unsanctified gate crasher to the wedding, though he was called to faith to the wedding by the preaching of the gospel, yet the King did not approve of him, because his spiritual attire was below the mark of what the King was looking for.
Hence, the phrase many are called to faith, yet only the few wise virgins will be chosen to enter as guests to the wedding supper of the Lamb of God.
It is evident that John is writing events after the fact, in a cryptic and symbolic manner, whilst he was on a prison colony on the island of Patmos. This would highly suggest that Israel as a nation of priests was destroyed and John was wanting to restart the commission to preach yet again to many people and many tongues, by sending a letter to each of the seven notaries (bishops) in Asia Minor to continue as now it was safe to do so, as the five kings have fallen and one is (Agrippa II), albeit without a country and without Jazebel (old priestly administration) at his side to persecute the Church.
Satan was chained because the 1st beast and the old priestly administration was destroyed to the physical burning fire that literally destroys. Satan is not literally done away with at this point in time but just chained from doing anything to the Woman (Church).
So, since Agrippa II is the sixth king in exile and without a kingdom, sitting in Rome, John says to the seven messengers in Asia Minor, you can go ahead now and preach all you like, without any persecution.
Therefore the book of revelation is tied to when the letters were sent to the seven literal bishops, and this would place it well after 70AD and possibly around 90-100AD, where Full Preterist dating of the book of revelation falls apart, because they make it around 68 AD before the fact. Obviously during these turbulent times, exchanging letters would expose the Church in hiding and certainly a declaration like this would not be made....
Then I was told, "You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings." (Revelation 10:11)
@TribulationSigns I believe that Matthew 22 cannot be generalised and solely compartmentalised to one party only, that party being the servants. We must really scrutinise the versus in the manner I have attempted at doing on my first attempt of doing so.
I am not saying I am right or wrong, but if I am presenting something compelling, please don't just shrug it off because it doesn't fall within your esctahological views. Please understand that characters have functions and functions are played out as events in time and when we don't understand them, we loose focus on the intended purpose that the author was trying to communicate across to his immediate audience.
