AUGUST 30 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#27 “Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?” (Matthew 22:12)

AUGUST 30  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  JQ#27  “Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?”  (Matthew 22:12)

LIVING FOR JESUS  Daily Prayer    

JESUS, Lord, Giver of all things good in my life, I can only give You praise for the change that Your Love has made in my life and I pray that because of Your Love that others will see the “change” and that Your Love will change them as well. Lord I know it was a small thing but I felt Your Grace so full with the opportunity You gave us with the McKenzie Acre boys and girls — Lord I pray for Your Love to be poured out on them and last night showed me that it will be through being obedient to Your command to “love one another” that we are indeed sharing You and Your Love with our world — Lord what a gift it is for “giving” and “forgiving” and to just see others through Your eyes, may I in the future let Your Love pour out of me into these kids and see that “change” that only Your Love can bring about in our lives.   AMEN

AUGUST 30  THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus has placed this 3rd Parable at the end of 3 Parables on the “Authority of God” for a specific reason and it could be argued from the Book of Revelation that there is great significance in Jesus being the Lamb of God and in the End Time that all heaven will rejoice “…for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready…” (Revelation 19:6-9) Jesus has been Teaching about the problem of how “Israel” has treated “her God” ——— the prophet Isaiah after writing about the “Suffering Servant” in Isaiah 53 and continues in Isaiah 54 writing about Israel: “For your Maker is your husband, the LORD of hosts is His name; and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of the whole earth.” (Isaiah 54:5)  Therefore all Israel understood Jesus Teaching about a “marriage” and soon they will see with their own eyes what John the Baptist had declared about Jesus, “Behold the Lamb of God” (John 1:29) and all the pieces will fit as during this Special Passover when God will “provide Himself the lamb” as Abraham promised Isaac on Mount Moriah before Israel became a nation. Jesus Teaching this 3rd Parable about {Phrase 1} “The kingdom of heaven is like…” {Phrase 2} “…a certain king…” who {Phrase 3} “…arranged a marriage…” fits into the traditions and the Holy Scriptures that Israel has been living with since Abraham arranged a marriage for his “Promised Son” Isaac and the fulfilling of God’s covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob pertaining to the nation of God’s chosen people, Israel. However, Israel had become so entrenched in her “traditions” and “doctrines of men” that they as a Holy Nation had been led away from the “command of God” which is the main problem Jesus introduces starting with {Phrase 4} “…for his son…” (which Jesus had already Taught about the chief cornerstone being “rejected by the builders” and had become the great “stumbling block” for the God’s chosen nation) — Jesus never introduces a “problem” without immediately pointing to the solution which Jesus in His Divine Role as the Master Teacher, details the problem which illuminates the solution to the problem He details with {Phrase 5} “…[the certain king] sent out servants to call those who were invited to the wedding…”. Israel knows as a nation that God has been sending out His servants in the form of prophets, judges, kings, and even His enemies as servants to fulfill His covenant with the nation Israel whom God has called to be a “chosen peoples”. It is obvious that at this Passover that Jesus will fulfill His Divine Task of being the Passover Lamb and this is necessary because {Phrase 6} “…the invited were not willing to come…” This is a problem with our spiritual journey that each pilgrim takes to find our God and the Land of Promise that He has prepared for us. If we do not reach our destination it is not because of a shortcoming of God but because we have not followed His Path for our life — God has prepared and God has provided but we have strayed from His Plan and are “not willing to come” even though we have been “invited” by the King Himself — how long will you “make excuses” not to attend this Marriage Feast and the Wedding of the King’s Son?