There's one awesome party coming up. It's going to be a wedding banquet that outdoes anything we've ever heard of. Jesus told a story in today's reading (Matthew 21:33-22:14) that teaches us some things we need to know about this party. After all, He is going to be the bridegroom. (Revelation 19:7-9. This party is scheduled, of course, at the end of time.)
The first thing is to be sure that we show up. Some of the invited guests just ignore God's call into the kingdom of heaven: "But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business."
The first thing is to be sure that we show up. Some of the invited guests just ignore God's call into the kingdom of heaven: "But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business."
The second thing is to have on the right outfit. One guy in the story at this feast did not have on the right suit and got sent to what sounds like hell! Whew, sounds a bit drastic.
Well, my notes tell me that at this kind of feast the host would provide an appropriate robe. This man evidently refused the king's provision and decided to do his own thing. When telling this story, I wonder if Jesus was remembering that beautiful prophecy in Isaiah 61:10: "I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels."
Well, my notes tell me that at this kind of feast the host would provide an appropriate robe. This man evidently refused the king's provision and decided to do his own thing. When telling this story, I wonder if Jesus was remembering that beautiful prophecy in Isaiah 61:10: "I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels."
Whew! It sounds like we don't have to worry at all about the right outfit for any of God's events coming up. As we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, He clothes us more beautifully than anything this world offers. Let's enjoy the new look today.
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