Question: The Wedding Feast: In the parable about the wedding feast, the part about the man being thrown out because he was not wearing the appropriate wedding garment has always been interpreted as wearing the proper attire when one goes to church. This seems to be such a shallow interpretation. What did you really mean by this?
God’s answer:
This is about the attitude and decorum one has before God and others.
Question: Most churches make a big fuss about proper and modest church attire, using the parable of the wedding feast as the rationale behind this. What is your stand on this matter?
God’s response:
God is not concerned about our outward appearance. It is what we wear inside that matters – our purpose and intention. One can say that the wedding garment that God speaks of is our disposition and demeanor before God.
“For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” Excerpt from 1 Samuel 16:7
Then God added… “Come naked before Me.”
This is how we should present ourselves to the Lord. This is the appropriate attire” to wear.
Question: God, what do you see when you look at us?
God’s answer: