No to War

Sermon 2023.10.15 This parable, like the one last week, has been falsely interpreted to be God’s judgment against Judaism, Jerusalem, and the temple. There is sadly an anti-semitic tradition of misinterpreting scripture that needs to be named and dismissed. This is how it goes. The king that throws the wedding banquet is said to represent God, and the wedding banquet is said to be Holy Communion, the union of Jesus Christ to the church. The people who do not come to the feast who were originally invited, some say to be the Jewish people, who do not accept Jesus as […]