Matt 22:8-12,Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. Therefore go into the highways, and invite everyone you find to the marriage.’
“So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together everyone they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.
Mat 22:12 So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.
Imagine you’ve gone through all the wedding preparations ; You have reserved the perfect location for the ceremony and reception, paid all the deposits, picked the best florist and the cake bakery, set the menu with the caterer and sent out save -the-date cards. Down to the last few days ALL of your guests cancel . A few offer excuses, Others offer no excuse at all, as if their presence or absence makes no difference.
If you’ve gone through the stress and expense of planning a wedding, you can imagine how frustrated, heartbroken, and angry the king felt and retorted to invite anyone roaming around the ceremony venue .
Christ came to offer an all invite banquet to the entire humanity ; the rich,the poor,men, women and children, all races ,all languages and all classes .That as many received him, to those who believed in his name, to them he gave the right to become the sons of God, who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
But with this grand invitation comes an expectation, too.
In the parable, the expectation is that the guests will put on appropriate wedding attire. Those who can’t even meet this reasonable expectation are kicked out of the party. And this too ,Christ offered by his own blood. “..for the wedding of the Lamb has come and his wife has made herself ready. And to wear, she was given fine linen, clean and bright; for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints ”.* (Rev 19:7)
Further readings:
Mat 11:28
Joh 3:16
1Tim 2:3
🙏 Blessed day 🙏