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The Parable of the;
"Marriage Feast"
“The Parable Of The Marriage Feast” (Matthew 22:1-14
And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. 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. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 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. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. 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. For many are called, but few are chosen.). The servants first sent forth were “John the Baptist,” the “Twelve,” and the “Seventy,” and these were sent to those who had been previously bidden. But “they would not come.”The “other servants” who were sent were “Peter,” and the “Twelve,” and “them that heard Him” (Hebrew 2:3-4
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?), during the dispensation of the Acts, as foreshown in (Matthew 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.).They proclaimed that “all things were ready.” Nothing now was wanting. The “suffering” had been fulfilled and the glory was ready to be revealed (Luke 24:26
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? Luke 24:46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: Acts 3:18 But those things, which God before had showed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. 1 Peter 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.). Therefore, “Repent ye,” (Acts 2:38-39 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;).But instead of repenting they “took His servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them” (Matthew 22:5-6
But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.). Some they imprisoned (Acts 4:3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. Acts 5:18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. Acts 8:3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. Acts 9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, Acts 9:13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: Acts 9:21 But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?): one they stoned (Acts 7:59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.): another they “killed with the sword” (Acts 12:2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.). This shows that that dispensation could not have ended with the stoning of Stephen in Acts the 7th chapter, for James was slain after that: and other persecutions were continued up to the end (Acts 28:17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.).“But the King was wroth, and sent His armies, and destroyed those muderers, and burned up their city” (Matthew 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.). The Temple was burned, and the nation dispersed.The last servants sent will go “into the highways” of the world. Here we have, again, a reference to the yet future proclamation of “the Gospel of the Kingdom.”
Now, this marriage feast is postponed: and all invitations to it are in abeyance. It future fulfillment is yet to take place. This is referred to in (Matthew 24:14
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.), and is proved by (Revelation 19:6-9 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.), where we have the same word in (Revelation 19:9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.), as in (Matthew 22:2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,).______________________________________________________________________________________
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