Genesis 6:16-22, 9:8-15

Genesis 6:16-22, 9:8-15

How do you handle it when your invitation

is ignored?

Genesis 6:16-22, 9:8-15

Genesis 6:16-22, 9:8-15

By what authority?

Invitation to the Banquet

They ignore his invitation

They murder his messengers

New invitations

New invitations

Two options for interpreting this parable…

Invitation to Israel

Option A

GOD

Option A

GOD

They ignore his invitation

They murder his messengers

Option A

GOD

New invitations

Option A

GODJews and Gentiles

Clothed in righteousness

New invitations

Option A

GODJews and Gentiles

Clothed in righteousness

As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

Colossians 3:12-14

New invitations

Option A

GODJews and Gentiles

Clothed in righteousness

Genesis 6:16-22, 9:8-15

Option A Lesson:

Everyone is invited,

so show up!

Invitation to Accept Him as King

Option B

HEROD

RO

ME

Option B

They ignore his invitation

They murder his messengers

HEROD

RO

ME

Option B

RO

ME

HEROD

Option B

RO

ME

HEROD The coerced

Option B

RO

ME

HEROD The coerced

Antigonus

Jesus is the man with no wedding robes

He confronts violent power structures as the

suffering servant of Isaiah

…He was despised and we held him of no account; Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God and afflicted; But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole….we have all turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

(Isaiah 53: 3-6)

Just as there were many that were astonished at him….so he shall startle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths because of him…

(Isaiah 52: 14, 15)

And he was …

(Matthew 22:12)

That is my authority.

Option B Lesson:

You are Invited to

follow Jesus

Genesis 6:16-22, 9:8-15

Which option seems more like Good

News?