Musick-al note # 295
The statement of Jesus in Matthew 8:11-12 says, “And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” There are two distinct things taught here: (1) there will come a time when the redeemed of all earth shall be in the Kingdom of God together. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and all from the east and west shall have entered in and enjoy that fellowship. (2) Those Jews to whom Jesus spoke would not be able to enter in but would be cast out where there would be weeping and gnashing their teeth. Jesus said in Luke 13:24-30, “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. “When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are from,’ then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.’ But He will say, ‘I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’ There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out. They will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God. And indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.” No one can claim a right to enter the eternal city except those who obey Him (Revelation 22:14).
Gordon Musick
Musick-al Notes 