“Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”
Matthew 22:4
The Living God desired to reveal Himself to a spiritually empty world through the children of Abraham. A foreshadowing of God’s redemption plan to unite them with their Messiah Bridegroom was evident in the specific traditions for Jewish marriage planning.
First, the lover agreed to the bride price the father required for giving up his daughter. The young man proposed by offering a cup of wine to the one he desired saying, “This cup I offer to you.” If the woman drank from it, the two made plans to marry. A marital contract was agreed on. Gifts were given. A banquet followed.
The price our heavenly Father gave for us, His bride, was the life of His Son. Our marital contract is the New Covenant that brought salvation through His shed blood. Our “wedding gift” is the Holy Spirit. We wait with anticipation for the magnificent banquet to come.
All who have confessed their sin and their need of salvation will sit with Jesus at His table in heaven one day. The bride and the Bridegroom will partake together in the first supper of eternal days!
First, the lover agreed to the bride price the father required for giving up his daughter. The young man proposed by offering a cup of wine to the one he desired saying, “This cup I offer to you.” If the woman drank from it, the two made plans to marry. A marital contract was agreed on. Gifts were given. A banquet followed.
The price our heavenly Father gave for us, His bride, was the life of His Son. Our marital contract is the New Covenant that brought salvation through His shed blood. Our “wedding gift” is the Holy Spirit. We wait with anticipation for the magnificent banquet to come.
All who have confessed their sin and their need of salvation will sit with Jesus at His table in heaven one day. The bride and the Bridegroom will partake together in the first supper of eternal days!
Scripture Focus
Matthew 22:1-14
Insight
Our regular partaking of the Lord’s Supper is a small picture of our invitation to the wedding supper of the Lamb (see Revelation 19:9).
Bible In A Year
- Isaiah 1-2
- Psalm 73
- John 13