“The People” (Luke 13:29–30) Who Consider Themselves “Last” (Unworthy Ones) and Who, in the Kingdom of God, Will Cast Off the Yoke of Slavery and Enjoy the Highest Honor and Rest as True Free People and Precious Guests of God “People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last” (Luke 13:29–30). (1) After reading today’s passage, Luke 13:29–30, I became interested in the phrase “the feast in the kingdom of God.” So, I read Luke 13:29 in the original Greek New Testament, and I noticed that the word “feast” does not actually appear there. Instead, the Greek word “ἀνακλιθήσονται” (anaklithēsontai) is used, which made me curious about its meaning. (a) This word means “to recline at the table” or “to ...
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