No, notice the preposition Jesus uses to refer to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the prophets.
Jesus says they are ***in ***the kingdom of God. In the context of the parable passage, this would indicate that Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the prophets are inside the house. In other words, a person will see these people ***in ***the house and weep because he/she is not with them.
Notice verse 29 talks about being in the kingdom of God as being with God.
This is correct and a very good explanation.
Though the text has an application to all believers, the original audience for this verse was focused primarily on those of Jewish background.
The Afterlife, or “World to Come” in Judaism (commonly referred to as “Olam Ha-Ba”) is primarily understood as “being gathered to their people” or “ancestors” for the righteous. (2 Kings 22:20) For the sinners it is spoken of as being “cut off from their people.”–Exodus 31:14.
Jewish hearers (and readers) would understand Jesus’ words at Luke 13:27-30 as part of this same idiomatic paradigm common in Jewish theology. Being told to “go away from me, all you evildoers” in verse 27 is the separation or being “cut off” from their ancestors, “Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God.”–Verse 28.
Then something totally unheard of and unexpected happens. “People will come from east and west, from north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God.” (Verse 29) In other words, Gentiles or non-Jews will be “gathered to their [the Jews’] people” or “ancestors” in place of many Jews who expect to be there. God will gather Gentiles in their place to “eat” a meal with Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, so to speak. The “eating” refers to sharing in the rewards of the Afterlife or Olam Ha-Ba.
But the example goes even farther. “Indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.” (Verse 30) Anyone who is now serving God, Jew or Gentile, who “expects” to be in that kingdom can likewise find themselves “on the outside looking in,” as ScriptStudent put it. And some who are told that they can’t get into the kingdom will find that they will be there. “Some [who are told that they] are last…will be first [to be gathered into the kingdom], and some [who believe that they] are first [in line to be gathered in]…will be last.”
