Red Door Church

"The Pharisees aren't upset with Jesus because he's eating and drinking at a party. If he really is the Messiah, inaugurating God's Kingdom, then they expect feasting and celebration. They don't have a problem with the party, they have a problem with the guests. Jesus is actively inviting the 'uninvited'. He's including just the kind of people who shouldn't be included." -- For Jesus ‘feast’ was not just a ‘metaphor’ for the kingdom. As Jesus announced the feast of the kingdom, He also brought it into reality through His own feasting. Unlike many theologians, He did not come [simply] preaching an ideology, promoting ideas, or teaching moral maxims. He came teaching about the feast of the kingdom, and He came feasting in the kingdom. - Peter Leithart, “Blessed Are The Hungry” -- It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of the table fellowship for cultures of the Mediterranean basin in the first century... Mealtimes were far more than occasions for individuals to consume nourishment. Being welcomed