Invitation

"The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast"- Genesis 21:8 (NIV).

Abraham and Sarah were thrilled to have a son born to them in their old age. Weaning the child meant he was no longer a baby, so a celebration was declared and the feast arranged. We celebrate life events with feasts: births, weddings, anniversaries, deaths, etc. Jesus instituted a feast, the Lord's Supper, which was a Passover meal, before He came to the time of his Crucifixion and Resurrection. There is a future feast, however, we do not want to miss. Jesus told the parable of the wedding feast, symbolizing His return, and the invited guests weren't willing to come. They were punished and replaced with those who were willing. Jesus ended the parable by warning many will be called but few will be chosen (Matthew 22:1-14). A feast is a time for celebration of an event. The feast Jesus referred to is a future celebration, one in which the invitations have already been extended. The question is whether we will be willing when the trumpet signals the event ready?