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• In the parable, the king (God) sent forth his armies (the Roman soldiers) to destroy those murderers (of his Son and the apostles) and burn up their city (Jerusalem).
• As we read through Matthew 24 and Luke 21, which we shall do shortly, we find that these well-known passages also refer to the destruction of A.D. 70. They draw a parallel between what happened at A.D. 70 and similar events that will happen again in the latter days.
• Before it happened, Deuteronomy chapter 28, Daniel chapter 9 and many of the parables of Jesus had foretold that Jesus the Messiah would be killed, that the destruction of Jerusalem would take place, that the city would be burned up and destroyed, that the Temple would be torn down stone from stone, that the daily sacrifice would be taken away, that the priesthood would come to an end, and that the Law of Moses would therefore (of necessity) also come to an end. The Old Covenant (the Law of Moses) had passed away, to be replaced with something better (the New Covenant, under Jesus). Other guests (the Gentiles) would be found for the wedding feast.