Matthew 22:1-14 …Plan of Salvation

Matthew 22:1-14 Plan of Salvation

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,

• This is an allusion to the events about to unfold. The elect of YHVH would know what it is He is speaking about.

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

• These are the Israelites that are being bidden and the servants are the prophets, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeramiah, Amos, etc.

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.

• YHVH is asking the people of Israel to return to the Torah and commandments

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

• They would not do what YHVH wanted and went into paganism)

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.

• This is the conquest of Jerusalem by the Assyrians {734bc}, Persians {722bc} in the North, and Nebuchadnezzar {605bc} in the South, to push them out and into captivity.

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.

• This is plan to evangelize the world.

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.

• A wedding garment {salvation} is the covering of Yeshua, a parallel of the covering Adam received from YHVH.

¹⁴ For many are called, but few are chosen.