Heavenly Wedding Banquet: Difference between revisions

Jesus explained the kingdom of heaven through various parables: a man who sows a good seed,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+13%3A24&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 13:24 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> a mustard seed,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?type=general&q1=Matthew+13%3A31&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&pm=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 13:31 |publisher= |quote=  }}</ref> a treasure hidden in the field,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+13%3A44&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 13:44 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> a fine pearl,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+13%3A45&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 13:45 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> a net for fish,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+13%3A47&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 13:47 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> a king accounting with his servants,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+18%3A23+&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 18:23 |publisher= |quote=  }}</ref> workers in the vineyard,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+20%3A1&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 20:1 |publisher= |quote=  }}</ref> ten virgins waiting for the bridegroom,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+25%3A1&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 25:1 |publisher= |quote=  }}</ref> servants in charge of a master’s talents,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+25%3A14&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 25:14 |publisher= |quote=  }}</ref> and so on. When the disciples asked Jesus why He spoke in parables, Jesus said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them,”<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+13%3A10-11&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 13:10–11 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> and “Blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear and understand.”<br>One of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, which Jesus taught His disciples, is the parable of the wedding banquet. Jesus likened the saints’ salvation and entering heaven to their participation in a wedding banquet.