The parable of the wedding feast

(Matthew 22: 1-13)『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. 』

 

『The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, 』(22:2) The king is God. The Son is Jesus Christ, and the marriage feast is the marriage feast of the Lamb (Jesus Christ). The marriage feast of the Lamb means taking his bride. The member of Christ means the church in Ephesians. The church is a saint and a spirit. The spirits of those who sinned from God's kingdom and departed from God's kingdom became human beings because the spirits were trapped in soil. But God sends Christ into the world, takes the repentant as a bride, takes him back to the kingdom of God, and holds the marriage feast.

At the end of the day, Jesus comes to pick up the brides of Christ at the heavenly wedding feast. The end of the world is the time when sinful spirits begin in Adam and enter the final body. Those who enter the Lamb's wedding feast are one with Christ. As a man leaves his parents and becomes one with his wife, he becomes one. Therefore, Jesus prayed that the disciples would be one as they were one with God and Jesus before the cross.

First, we must understand why God chose Israel. It was for the salvation of all peoples through Israel. Israel is a model of the world. God made a covenant with Abraham and promised a blessing, which means that all people will be saved. God tells all the world to see Israel. God gave Israel the law. God told Israel that they would give God's righteousness if they kept the law well. Israel failed in trying to keep the law. The purpose of God's giving the law to Israel is to find Christ in the law, trying to keep it, and to realize that it is impossible to keep. So the people of the world are to learn through Israel. It is not to be like Israel, but to find Christ.

God sent an invitation to Israel. The invitation is like the law. The law is to realize sin and to know that you have left God. Thus, Galatians 3:24 says that the law is like an elementary teacher who leads to Christ. The law is the invitation to come to Christ, realizing that human beings are sinners.

This invitation was sent to Israel first. The invitation is the law. Those who received the invitation were the Israelites.
In chapter 21 Jesus told the Pharisees and scribes that the Gentiles would be saved first. In chapter 22, Jesus used the parable of the wedding feast. But Israel, who had been called, refused. The reason is that the Israelites do not realize that they have left God.

The kingdom of God is a place of complete rule by the Holy Spirit. But those who have left the kingdom of God do not know the kingdom of God because they do not have the Holy Spirit. Thus, the Israelites thought they could be righteous through the law. They considered righteousness to be done on earth. That is to say, to build their kingdom on earth. God tells the Israelites to return to the kingdom of God, and they think the land is good. In order to return to the kingdom of God, we had to take off our physical bodies and put on the bodies of the spirit, whose eyes could not see the body of the spirit . Seeing in the flesh seemed to be everything. The body of the spirit is the garment of righteousness. The body of the spirit means to a body born of water and the Holy Spirit.

However, God continued to send servants (prophets), but Israel killed many prophets. They even killed the Son of God. God says in Isaiah 49: 6.『 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. 』 God expressed Christ as my servant.
God sent the Law (invitation letter) to Israel,『 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: 』(22:5) The people of Israel neglected Christ, hidden in the law, so that they could not know Christ.

『went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise』 They are masters themselves. The man himself is unaware of the dead spirit in the body. Likewise they do not find the treasure (Christ) hidden in the law. So Jesus said to his disciples, "Deny yourself." Being self refers to evil (greedy) who left God because he wanted to be like God. Jesus tells us to forsake it.

Luke's Gospel is different. Because they bought a field, they bought five cattle (25 horses), and because they bought a house, they cannot go to a feast. The appearance of those who refuse an invitation may make sense in the eyes of this world, but they tell us that this world is more important. There is no interest in Christ, whom God speaks in the law. Not only did they not know that they had left God's kingdom, but they did not care. They did not go to Christ because they had no interest in Christ because they believed that they could be righteous by keeping the law. They did not respond to the invitation.『 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. 』(22:6)

The Jews who caused Jesus to die on the cross were priestly priests and scribes.『 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 』(22:7) Israel was destroyed by Rome in A.D. 80.
The Bible explains why Israel was destroyed in Acts 13:46.

『Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.』 The Bible is also explained in Acts (28:28).『 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. 』 The apostle Paul calls the mystery "the gospel first preached to the Gentiles." The Bible is explained in Romans 11:25.『 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 』

The invitation went to the people of the world. ”Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. (22: 9) The highways are the boundaries between Israel and the Gentiles. So Jesus said to His disciples, "Receive and receive the Holy Spirit, and preach the Gospel to the Gentiles."『 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. 』(22:10)

Here the wicked and the good are not so called in God's eyes, but are so called in the world. Everyone in the world is evil or good. So people came to the wedding, and there was a man who did not wear a dress. The king found the man and expelled him from the feast.

Who is not dressed? Rather than preparing for the robes, the robes were prepared at the wedding feast, but they were not worn. The people who filled the wedding feast were Gentiles. Those who decided to believe in Jesus Christ. But one of them was not clothed with Christ. To dress with Christ, he had to take off his clothes and change into Christ's clothes, but he did not. If you do not deny yourself, you cannot wear the robes of righteousness. The Bible describes its clothes as "old man." Those who did not die are those who reveal their righteousness even though they say that they believe in Jesus Christ. They are people who try to achieve righteousness by their own power. The robes are not prepared by me, but are prepared at the wedding feast. You just have to take off your clothes and wear the prepared robes. His clothes are the body of the flesh, and the dress is the body of the spirit.