1Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come. 4 “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘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.’ 5 “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. 6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. 7 The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. 8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. 9 So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ 10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. 11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12 He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless. 13 “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.” (Matthew 22:1-14)
Here the Lord Jesus spoke the parable of a wedding banquet, comparing the kingdom of heaven to a wedding banquet. Here the king represents God, and the king’s son represents the Lord Jesus. The king sent servants to invite those who were called. God first called the Israelites, but they found excuses not to attend the banquet, and even killed many servants, prophets sent by God, including John the Baptist. Because the Israelites who were called were not worthy, God’s call came to the Gentiles, that is, non-Israelites. Here we see that God called all people, regardless of good or evil, and the banquet was full of guests. At that time, the host of the wedding banquet would prepare wedding clothes for the guests. The king saw that there was a person who was not wearing a wedding clothes. What does this mean?
I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. (Isaiah 61:10)
The wedding clothes mentioned above are the garments of salvation and the robes of righteousness that God has prepared for us.
Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear. (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people.) (Revelation 19:8)
The fine linen mentioned here in Revelation is the righteousness of the saints.
and to put on the new self, create in the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. (Ephesians 4:24)
Here it says that after believing in the Lord and being born again and saved, we must put on the new man, which is created in the image of God, with true righteousness and holiness.
So wearing a wedding clothes means wearing a robe of righteousness, doing righteousness, putting on the new man, and becoming a new man.
Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” And he added, “These are the true words of God.” (Revelation 19:9)
I hope more people will accept the Lord’s call to believe in the Lord, be born again and saved, become new men, and be able to attend the wedding supper of the Lamb in the future. The Lamb here refers to the Lord Jesus.
May God bless you and your family!
