Luke 13:29
And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
The blessings of eternal life pictured in the verse were foreshadowed by the Jewish sacred feasts. The Jews delighted to dwell on the expectation of a great feast at which they would sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob while the Gentiles stood without looking on with longing eyes.
People will come from the east and from the west and from the north and from the south and will come and sit down and share in the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God is not reserved for the Jews, but people from every direction, including the despised Gentiles, are invited to share its blessings, overturning the expectation that Gentiles would remain outside. While others are gathered in, those who expected a place or presumed they belonged may be shut out, and the warning contrasts their exclusion with the gathering of others.
Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets will be inside the kingdom of God, while those thrust out will stand without with weeping and gnashing of teeth after the Master of the house has risen and shut the door against workers of iniquity who plead that they ate and drank in His presence. Being near to Christ or hearing His teaching does not itself secure salvation. This gathering stands with the reversal that the last will be first and the first last, which underscores the reversal of expectations.
Those who expected to feast were themselves rejecting the invitation to God's kingdom, and those they excluded would be invited instead. The verse applies to God's messengers in the East, West, North, and South, who are to proclaim the same Bible truth in unity, for the gospel seed is sown in strength when they tell the same story.