In His parable, Jesus compares heaven to a wedding banquet that a king had prepared for his son. Many people had been invited, but when the time for the banquet came and the table was set, those invited refused to come. Everyone had an excuse. How tragic, and just like how human nature respond to GODs offer of salvation. Its a tragedy to be offered the blessings of God and to refuse them because we are more concerned of our life here on earth than life after earth. Solomon mentioned that our lives are just like a flower that blooms and then fades away. Many are living by the motto: we live only once but if you think about it and what the bible says, we don't live once but its the opposite, we die once. Its not that we live only once, but we live for eternity either in heaven or hell. And JESUS came and openly gave us this gift, this ticket to eternal life free of sufferings. But we have to decide whether to live for GOD or to live for the world. The invitation is yours, check YES or NO.