Matthew 21:23 NLT
When Jesus returned to the Temple and began teaching, the leading priests and elders came up to him. They demanded, "By what authority are you doing all these things? Who gave you the right?"
With this background scene, Jesus answered those leaders, who challenged His authority, with many parables, the Banquet being the last one.
So we can interpret Jesus' right to the authority by the context of the Banquet story.
Jesus is alluding to the fact that He is the Son of the King (His Heavenly Father) in the parable. That's where He gets the right to teach and preach.
Jesus actually knows what Heaven is like because that is where He's from. He's lived there from eternities of eternities.
His mission was to try to explain the infinite to the finite minds that we have.
Jesus isn't shy about proclaiming Himself to be the Son of God.
Compare that with the inscriptions on the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem - which is built on the Temple Mount: https://www.islamic-awareness.org/history/islam/inscriptions/dotr
"God is only One God. Far be it removed from His transcendent majesty that He should have a son."
So, Islam is in direct contradiction to Jesus' proclamation that He is the Son of God - not just a son, but "only begotten Son".
John 3:16 NLT
"For this is how God loved the world: He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
Islam demotes Jesus to a simple prophet and denies His Deity, His Crucifixion, and His Resurrection.
Judaism, of course, does not acknowledge Jesus' credentials at all. It was His so called "blasphemy" that caused the leaders to plot His death.
Non-believers demote Jesus still further as irrelevant and even mythical - just a casual curse word to use in conversation.
But the crux of our faith is to believe that Jesus is God-made-flesh - true God from true God - of One being with the Father.
John 1:14 NLT
So the Word became human and made His home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen His glory, the glory of the Father's one and only Son.
Jesus may I always exalt and treasure Your Name and recognise You for who You are God's Only Son.
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