At some point during Jesus' earthly ministry (first advent), "the kingdom of the heavens is at hand" ceased being said/proclaimed.
I believe "this gospel
of the kingdom" (Matt24:14/26:13) is what will be being preached in all the world DURING the trib years (following the Rapture of "the Church which is His body") and that it necessarily involves the idea [surrounding]
its [again] being immediately "at hand" (very soon to arrive and commence!), which is not what we are presently saying (recall, it involves "the promised and prophesied
earthly Millennial Kingdom" and involves Israel [and their participation] rather than their "blindness... UNTIL" [present] status). And that involves "when ye [speaking of the proleptic 'ye']
shall see all these things know that
IT IS NEAR, even at the doors" ("IT" being the commencement of the
earthly MK).
This is parallel to what I've stated regarding the SEQUENCE issues of Matt22:7-8 [verse 7 involving the 70ad events; verse 8 stating "
THEN SAITH HE to his servants" paralleling the later Rev1:1 "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, WHICH GOD GAVE UNTO HIM [Jesus], to SHEW UNTO His servants [Rev7:3 the 144,000 (for example)] things which must come to pass [4:1, the FUTURE aspects of the book]
IN QUICKNESS [NOUN]" not things transpiring over the past some 2000 years [parallel with the other
"IN QUICKNESS [NOUN]" passages of Lk18:8 [chpt 17-end] /and Rom16:20, regarding "future things" [to us] not
present things).
"The wedding
FEAST/SUPPER" [also in Rev19:
9] is the promised and prophesied
earthly MK, and the "INVITATION" to THAT is given out DURING the trib years [FOLLOWING our Rapture; "the Church which is His body" will not be present on the earth during that time frame] (and is distinct from "the MARRIAGE" itself involving "the Bride/Wife [SINGULAR]" [Rev19:
7; 2Cor11:2 also] ). "
BLESSED are those [plural 'guests'] having been called/invited to the wedding
supper of the Lamb" (again, this is the call [invitation] TO/FOR/ABOUT "the promised and prophesied
EARTHLY MK commencing upon His
"return" [see Lk12:36-37,38,40,42-44 "when he will
RETURN FROM the wedding..."
THEN the meal!]) Presently, WE are asking ppl to be involved with "the MARRIAGE" itself.