Parables series: The Man without his wedding Garment.

[sojourner]

Matthew 22 reads and I quote:

22 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,

2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.

4 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.

5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:

6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.

7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.

10 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.

11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

13 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.

14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

The Above Parable reveals things about the wedding of the lamb. The interesting thing about this parable is that a guest who was present, among them that were told the wedding was happening and was invited to attend was kicked out of the wedding because he didn't have his wedding garment.

In this earth it is the Man and the Woman being married that have wedding garments, not the guests. It doesn't say that the Man is the one being wedded, nor does it say he was among the bachelor party, but that he was a guest invited to attend the wedding.

Who is the Man and the Woman being married at the wedding, and why do the guests need to have their weddings garments on? Why did the man not have his wedding garment?

You’re missing the point of the parable through an inadequate exegesis of the text.

 

[Yahcubs777]

You’re missing the point of the parable through an inadequate exegesis of the text.

No I am not. I have explained this parable earlier in the thread.

 

[sojourner]

No I am not. I have explained this parable earlier in the thread.

Your explanation is faulty.

 

[Yahcubs777]

Your explanation is faulty.

No it isn't.

 

[Muffled]

Matthew 22 reads and I quote:

22 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,

2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.

4 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.

5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:

6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.

7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.

10 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.

11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

13 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.

14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

The Above Parable reveals things about the wedding of the lamb. The interesting thing about this parable is that a guest who was present, among them that were told the wedding was happening and was invited to attend was kicked out of the wedding because he didn't have his wedding garment.

In this earth it is the Man and the Woman being married that have wedding garments, not the guests. It doesn't say that the Man is the one being wedded, nor does it say he was among the bachelor party, but that he was a guest invited to attend the wedding.

Who is the Man and the Woman being married at the wedding, and why do the guests need to have their weddings garments on? Why did the man not have his wedding garment?

I believe it is this: Rev. 5:14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

 

[Muffled]

The parable doesn't say he had didn't wear it but had it, the parable says he didn't have it. If the Garment is supplied by GOD, then are you saying you have it if the wedding was called today?

I believe I am washed in the blood of the Lamb, so I believe I am clothed in righteousness.

 

[Muffled]

Even that parable which i have not highlighted yet, is not what the people think it is. They are called virgins because they cannot put to birth. Which simply means they are Angels. And it has to do with the mission of Angels that were sent with each age of the church. But let me leave that aside.

The wedding garment, is the transfigured body. It is not an inheritance that GOD will just give to the people because they believed. It is the Garment that must be put on, or else that person will die and go to Abrahams Bosom and wait for the resurrection.

I believe I have trouble getting my head around this. Can you substantiate any of it?

 

[1213]

The issue i have with your interpretation is found in 1 Corinthians 15:50-53

The wedding garment is not an inheritance.

Ok, I think that is different matter. It speaks what will happen to those who are righteous when they are raised while the parable is more about what kind of people will be raised.

 

[Yahcubs777]

Ok, I think that is different matter. It speaks what will happen to those who are righteous when they are raised while the parable is more about what kind of people will be raised.

It says:

50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

First i want you to see here that saul paul who said all men must die, and then the judgement, says here that not all will sleep...

Second that the flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom. Flesh and blood is mortality.
Neither does corruption inherit incorruption. The corruption is the blood cell system.

It says that immortality must be put on. Its not an inheritance.

This is not different, this is the wedding garment. Those that didn't sleep were at the wedding. Those that slept, were not at the wedding, or kicked out of the wedding. The reason is because they were mortal so they could not inherit immortality. But that they must die and then wait for the resurrection... And its not even the resurrection that is the path to life... The body resurrected still must be quickened by the Spirit. That "Quickened by the Spirit" is transfiguration.

 

[Yahcubs777]

I believe it is this: Rev. 5:14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Correct. Now connect this with Isaiah 1:18

18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

having their robes washed and made them white in the blood of the lamb is not really explaining it well. The wedding garment is this, but red Isaiah is speaking of is the blood. The very blood cell system; the Psuche cell system; is the sin nature; the whole issue. It is the cell system that makes us mortals. And this is even what scientistis are discovering today.

The Blood of the lamb was also not explained well. It has made the people think that the very blood of Jesus HIs Pre-Eminence that was spilled on the cross is the one that washes you clean. But let us reason together... If that blood is red as ours, how can it make us white as wool? The white is speaking of light; the glory raiment; the shekinah glory which is given by the "incorruptible seed".

We must be reborn of the incorruptible seed.

You see, the people back then did not have knowledge of cell systems and genetics. They were far from being able to understand it. GOD has been teaching it since Enoch. And Enoch transfigured in life. Enoch put on his wedding garment in life without dying at all. Elijah also did, and he had an eye witness unlike Enoch, for Elisha followed him. That means that these two Prophets did something amazing - the few that found the path to life as spoken by Jesus His Pre-Eminence....

Matthew 7
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

This parable must be understood; it is imperative to know what Jesus His Pre-Eminence is preaching. HE preached the gospel of everlasting life. Somewhere along the way, it has made the church think it begins after death. I ask you, reasoning together you and I... Death was called the last enemy to be destroyed... How can death, your enemy, lead you to life?

This that Jesus His Pre-Eminence spoke of, revealed that the broad way, is dying and waiting for resurrection. The destruction is speaking of their body that died, that must be restored again at the resurrection.. While those that found the path to life are those that did not die at all, but immortalilsed their physical body in life unto transfiguration.

This is the true message of "being born again"... The mystery of transfiguration is coming out today which is why I can even share this at all. The rebirth is pointing to the physical body that is earthy, that is born of water; born of a woman... Being born of the Spirit is being born of the Words of GOD that when eaten and assimilated; when the messages which are Eucharisitic, the hidden Manna, the bread of life is eaten, it can hatch the incorrutible seed in your body, which is actually the cell system for immortals.

This is what the very life of Jacob was pointing to; Jacob being called "the supplanter", that supplanted his biological brother, Esau. Jacob is pointing to that blood cell system thatmust supplant the former. The GOD that can resurrect the dead, can immortalise the living, and that is what resurrection means... Raise or erection (resurrection)...

Life and death I put before you, choose life. Transfiguration in life, or resurrection from the dead I put before you.... Choose transfiguration in life.

This all may be too high for you to understand for now, but that is only because the natural mind is a hindrance. This is the message of the Spirit to the churches, that is why it is the Spirit that can receive it, not the body. For the Spirit being is immortal. While the body is mortal. It is very difficult for a mortal man to believe he can live and not die, by putting on immortality. But for the Spirit it is natural; because the Spirit cannot die.