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"Devotional Sunday" by Jude Edouard, Santiago, Dominican Republic - July 3, 2022

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"Devotional Sunday" by Jude Edouard, Santiago, Dominican Republic - July 3, 2022

Matthew 22:1-14 1.

1. Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:
2. “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
3. He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
4. “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
5. “But they paid no attention and went off one to his field, another to his business.
6. The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.
7. The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
8. Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come.
9. So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.
10. So, the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11.“But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
12. He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.
13. “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
14.“For many are invited, but few are chosen.”

The book Matthew is the first book of the New Testament and Matthew is an eyewitness when Jesus was on earth.

Jesus Christ uses this chapter 22 to show what the Kingdom of God is like in parable form.
It is true it is a parable but it has a Biblical or spiritual meaning on God's plan for mankind.
The Kingdom of heaven like a king who had a wedding this is how Jesus began the parable, in verse 2-3, and the king sent his servants to get all the people he had invited, but each one said a word and shows that they are busy and cannot come to the wedding and yet the wedding is ready.

And the king said to his servants in verse 9 go to the crossroads and call everyone they find to come and participate in the wedding. Despite the people who had been at the crossroads had not been invited before but because of the others who were refused to come and yet they were invited.

This means Jesus Christ who represents the Messiah for Israel who came to save the Israel family and yet he does not receive him, but we who are pagans, that is to say the people outside, the people in the crossroads, God sends Jesus to us will look for end that we can participate in the wedding.

We were those who were lost in the world because of our sins, we were all like lost, abandoned sheep living without hope in the world, and Jesus came to us to invite us to participate.
He dressed us in a wedding garment which is the justice of God to enter the wedding, but if someone does not have this garment, he cannot enter the wedding hall and he will be thrown into the fire.

That God has clothed us with a wedding garment. Amen!!!
God bless you!
Good Sunday!!
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Jude -

Thank you very much for this wonderful devotional and the many others that you have shared with us. You, and the several others who have shared, make learning the Bible easier for many of us; very much as Jesus used parables to explain advanced ideas in common everyday language.

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"Devotional Sunday" by Jude Edouard, Santiago, Dominican Republic - July 3, 2022
Mark	#1 Posted on 07/03/2022 07:19
Super Administrator Posts: 223 Joined: 08/07/2011 13:16	"Devotional Sunday" by Jude Edouard, Santiago, Dominican Republic - July 3, 2022 Matthew 22:1-14 1. 1. Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2. “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3. He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come. 4. “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’ 5. “But they paid no attention and went off one to his field, another to his business. 6. The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. 7. The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. 8. Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. 9. So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find. 10. So, the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. 11.“But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12. He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless. 13. “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 14.“For many are invited, but few are chosen.” The book Matthew is the first book of the New Testament and Matthew is an eyewitness when Jesus was on earth. Jesus Christ uses this chapter 22 to show what the Kingdom of God is like in parable form. It is true it is a parable but it has a Biblical or spiritual meaning on God's plan for mankind. The Kingdom of heaven like a king who had a wedding this is how Jesus began the parable, in verse 2-3, and the king sent his servants to get all the people he had invited, but each one said a word and shows that they are busy and cannot come to the wedding and yet the wedding is ready. And the king said to his servants in verse 9 go to the crossroads and call everyone they find to come and participate in the wedding. Despite the people who had been at the crossroads had not been invited before but because of the others who were refused to come and yet they were invited. This means Jesus Christ who represents the Messiah for Israel who came to save the Israel family and yet he does not receive him, but we who are pagans, that is to say the people outside, the people in the crossroads, God sends Jesus to us will look for end that we can participate in the wedding. We were those who were lost in the world because of our sins, we were all like lost, abandoned sheep living without hope in the world, and Jesus came to us to invite us to participate. He dressed us in a wedding garment which is the justice of God to enter the wedding, but if someone does not have this garment, he cannot enter the wedding hall and he will be thrown into the fire. That God has clothed us with a wedding garment. Amen!!! God bless you! Good Sunday!! \| Posted for the author by: Mark R. Magill System Administrator


Mark	#2 Posted on 07/03/2022 07:22
Super Administrator Posts: 223 Joined: 08/07/2011 13:16	Jude - Thank you very much for this wonderful devotional and the many others that you have shared with us. You, and the several others who have shared, make learning the Bible easier for many of us; very much as Jesus used parables to explain advanced ideas in common everyday language. Mark R. Magill, webmaster \| Posted for the author by: Mark R. Magill System Administrator