Our paragraph topic is: (The king's anger) Part 1.
We continue the parable of the kingdom of heaven that Christ is relaying to the people so that they can have some understanding. He tells the story in terms that the people can relate to because they have a king. And often their king has celebrations that the entire population of that town knows about because he sends out messengers throughout the town to proclaim to the people the news of the celebration. In this parable the king sends out messengers a second time because no one came when he sent the first message to those invited.
The king was happy. He wanted to celebrate with his subjects the marriage of his son and the new bride. But no one came upon sending out the second messengers. In fact he learned that his messengers had been beaten and killed. "But when the king heard of it, he was angry."
We continue the parable of the kingdom of heaven that Christ is relaying to the people so that they can have some understanding. He tells the story in terms that the people can relate to because they have a king. And often their king has celebrations that the entire population of that town knows about because he sends out messengers throughout the town to proclaim to the people the news of the celebration. In this parable the king sends out messengers a second time because no one came when he sent the first message to those invited.
The king was happy. He wanted to celebrate with his subjects the marriage of his son and the new bride. But no one came upon sending out the second messengers. In fact he learned that his messengers had been beaten and killed. "But when the king heard of it, he was angry."
The people of the town can relate to an angry king because they have seen and lived through times when their own king is angry. They know the consequences of his anger. And this is an idea that Christ wants the people to know about when they think of the kingdom of heaven. They killed and destroyed the king's messengers which is something that you did not do in those times.
Can we relate today to this parable in the same way as the people in the time of Christ? What would happen today if the word of God was destroyed? What would God do? Christ came that we would know of the Father. He left us with the Church that we would have places to go, places of sanctuary. And he proclaimed that the kingdom of hell shall not prevail against it.
So we see today that even though there are instances of evil taking over portions of the church, in total the church still prevails and God watches over that which is his. For if the church would fall God would become very angry and would seek his vengeance upon those who would seek to destroy that which Christ built. We have a loving God, a God of peace. But we also have a God that will anger against those that would seek to destroy that which is his. Be happy. Be thankful that wrongs committed against those who seek the righteousness of his word will rouse the anger of our God . For he is judge and jury, and vengeance is his alone.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
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