Matthew Part 81

Text: Matthew 22:1-14.

Verse 1-4

Verse 2

Is. 25:6.

The Wedding Feast is heaven

The King = God

The Son = Jesus

Verse 3

the servants - the prophets

John 1:11.

Verse 4

Verse 5-6

Verse 5

again, they ignored

farm - possessions

business (Emporia - merchandise, commerce, trade, business) - pursuit of wealth

much more interested in their own things than the things of God (religious elite)

Verse 6

treated them shamefully and killed them (the prophets)

Verse 7

plenty of people have a problem with this

Matthew–Luke Comment

Jan Lambrecht writes that he must “protest against these disturbing features. We revolt against an inhuman, cruel God.”

Matthew–Luke (Comment)

Marianne Blickenstaff - The son is not Jesus, and the king represents not God but a vicious tyrant. The improperly dressed man of 22:11 heroically resists the tyrant and remains silent because he trusts God

a. They have a problem with the wrath of God

no wrath, no love

2. could be a reference to 70AD

Verse 8-10

the calling in of everyone else, including the main roads, is symbolic of the inclusion of the gentiles

Hosea 2:23 (Rom. 9:25)

John 10:16.

Verse 11-14

verse 11

much speculation about the wedding garments

Is. 61:10, 1 Cor. 1:30, Rev. 19:8.

Justification and Sanctification

verse 12

don't go to God on the last day with your own righteousness as the pharisees are doing

Matt. 7:22.

Verse 13

Matthew 7:23.