The Great Banquet
One of the most beautiful images of heaven in the scriptures is the royal banquet and the wedding celebration given by the Bridegroom. We have been invited to the most important banquet of all . However, Jesus’ parable of this Great Banquet takes an unexpected twist when “they all alike began to make excuses”. Nobody could come to the great banquet. Seems preposterous. Why on earth would everyone who had been invited to a great banquet in advance, not drop everything and attend? They knew ahead of time. They had a warning it was coming. Don’t you think that they would be planning their days, weeks even months around this extravagant feast? continue reading