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Parable of the Wedding Banquet th-6 - Coggle Diagram
Parable of the Wedding Banquet 
Jewish customs
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Unimportant and humble guests would arrive at the banquet early, important guests would arrive late, to make their presence more visible
Banquets and feasts were common in Palestine, the host will announce the date but not the hour
The Reluctant Guests
Excuses of the Guests
One guest bought oxen and wanted to try them out, he puts passion and novelty before God
One guest didn't want to go because he wanted to stay with his wife, he puts his home before God
One guest bought some land and wanted to see it, he puts business before God
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The Banquet of God
According to the Jews, when the Messiah will come there will be a great banquet. Jesus uses this idea for the parable
The Kingdom of Heaven was compared to a banquet, both are joyous.
The New Guests of God
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After the guests refused to join the banquet, God sent the maimed and the blind, which represents the sinners
The banquet was filled with guests, but there is still more room, just like how the Kingdom of Heaven is large and can fit many people
In the Book of Revelations, the size of Heaven was given as 2,250,000 square miles
Excuses
The guests had good excuses not to come, good things stand between people and Christ
The guests actually hated the king, proved by the way they treated his servants
Like guests, people are making bad excuses to not accept Jesus' invitation to the Kingdom of Heaven