Matthew 22:1-14 – “Reflections on Divine Judgement” – March 24, 2019

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Until today, as we have been reading from Matthew’s gospel, we have managed to avoid people being thrown “into the outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” But, we can avoid it no longer. Matthew is actually very fond of this concept. He uses the phrase six times in his Gospel. By comparison, Luke uses it once. Mark and John don’t use it at all.

The Gospel of Matthew is known for its emphasis on divine judgment and punishment and we have now entered into a section of the Gospel where it comes up more often.