Feasting In Heaven
Isaiah 25:6 In Jerusalem [Heaven], the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will spread a wonderful feast
for all the people of the world. It will be a delicious banquet with clear, well-aged wine and choice
meat. (NLT)
Five times in the Gospels it records that Jesus spoke of the New Earth as being like a wedding
feast. There will be food in Heaven! We are going to eat and feast and talk and have lots of gettogethers
when the New Earth is founded. The resurrected Jesus invited His disciples to come
and have breakfast with Him (John 21:4-14) which proves that our resurrected bodies are capable
of eating food, real food. Other passages indicate that we’ll eat feasts with Christ in His Kingdom.
Jesus said to His disciples, “I tell you I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom
of God comes,” (Luke 22:18). These themes are repeated constantly in the Scriptures. Scripture
also teaches us that in Heaven we will never be hungry or thirsty again (Revelation 7:16) but this
doesn’t mean that we’ll lack an appetite or desire to eat. It just tells us that we won’t be hungry or
thirsty. In fact, Scripture is filled with more feasts than fasts. Who created our taste buds? Did you
know that on the New Earth food will taste better than anything we’ve ever eaten before? Food
isn’t just functional. If it was we could stick everything in a blender, mix it all together and drink it
without any regard for colour, texture or taste. Both the preparation of food and the presentation
of food are appealing to us so shouldn’t we expect boundless creativity in food preparation and
presentation in Heaven? We won’t “need” fine meals in Heaven, (in fact, we don’t need them now),
but we will enjoy them for the same reason we enjoy them now – because God made us to enjoy
them and to glorify Him as we eat and drink (1 Corinthians 10:31).
PRAYER and MEDITATION
1. Food and fellowship seem to always go hand in hand here on earth and it will be the same in
Heaven. Spend some time thanking the Lord for these two things – food and fellowship!
2. Have you ever considered that what you eat and drink can glorify God? In what ways do you
do this already?
3. Pray that you would grow in doing all things in such a way that they bring glory to God. Pray
that God would gently show you areas where you can give Him more glory.
