Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?

[shepherdsword]

I think you're missing the point of the parable. The point is to make sure you have your wedding garment on.

I think you are missing the point of the post. How did one get to the wedding feats without a wedding garment?

 

[MatthewG]

This is entire thing is about the bride of Christ in that day, just so you know. I hope the scriptures provided help people see that how they got in was they were trying to sneak in and by, but were found out. (You can't hide your heart from Yahweh). That bride in that day had to be spotless, blameless, without any wrinkle.

Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?

How did this man make it to the wedding without a wedding garment? What IS a wedding "garment"? What is "outer Darkness"? Mt 22:12-14 So he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless. 13 Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand...

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This entire thing is about the Bride of Christ in that day, just so you know. I hope the scriptures provided help people see that.




“Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.” — Revelation 19:7





That bride in that day had to be spotless, blameless, without any wrinkle.




“…that He might present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.” — Ephesians 5:27







“Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by Him without spot or blemish, and at peace.” — 2 Peter 3:14

 

[SavedInHim]

I think you are missing the point of the post. How did one get to the wedding feats without a wedding garment?

Oh I get your question, but it doesn't matter how he got in. That's not the point Jesus was making. You're making much ado about nothing.

 

[Deborah_]

Isn't "Hell" simply the grave?

Not in modern English.

 

[NotTheRock]

Not in modern English.

I dont believe that the "Outer Darkness" is the "Lake of Fire" or "Hell".

 

[David Lamb]

I think you are missing the point of the post. How did one get to the wedding feats without a wedding garment?

As I understand it, guests were provided with wedding garments by the bridegroom or the master of the wedding feast. This would tie in with the necessity of having Christ's righteousness, not relying on our own.