Matthew 22 Commentary
We don’t know if the disciples ever joked but we guess each time the Teacher sat down to teach everyone knew the starting statement. “The kingdom of heaven is like…” It is all about the kingdom!
We see the generosity of the Master in the invitations. Everyone is invited. Abraham’s family receives the invitation first. The family reacts antagonistically to the invitation. Some don’t just care, busying themselves with the cares of this life – farm, projects, careers, entertainment, sports, the arts, education, and politics among many others.
Then the invitation finally comes to the rest of us. There is a dress code for the function. The white robes represent righteousness.
It can only be divine. Such wisdom! “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” Read it; ponder it. Know that this word still speaks! You know what it hasn’t said. You also know what it has said.
Think about the ownership of money. It is a creation of humans. Then think about value; we attach it to money. “I promise to pay the bearer on demand” is the inscription on the Zambia kwacha money note. Who is in need of it? Who is the bearer? Who pays and for what? The money system is the creation of humans.
“The God who made the world and everything in it is the LORD of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And He is not served by human hands, as if He needed anything. Rather, He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.” Acts 17.
Ponder the statement again and know there is more to it – volumes of information and value! More than the mind can explain. You nevertheless understand it, with or without an explanation. You will always know when God communicates!
The Sadducees’ question on the resurrection reminds us of the limitations of our logic. It becomes worse when we export our logical structures and create a model of heaven based on the tools of logic. They imagined the same confusion here as in heaven.
Whose son is the Messiah? The son of David? Yes and no. Yes because the scripture says so. No, because David’s Lord cannot be his son. “Before Abraham was, I am.” Can things get more complicated!
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