| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Heaven” Our Bible verse for today: “On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine – the best of meats and the finest of wines.” Isaiah 25:6 (NIV) Our thought for today: “Feasting gives us a taste of heaven” The Bible gives us hundreds of examples of God’s people gathering for feasting and celebrating, both now in this lifetime and in eternity. In the reference above, from Isaiah 25:6, the prophet was picturing a time in the future, when the kingdom of God has been fully established. Almighty God Himself prepares a great feast for “all people,” evidently gathered from across the world and across the ages. This is eternity and it is similar to the scene we find depicted in Matthew 22 and Revelation 19. In Luke 14:15-24, Jesus painted a picture of God sending out messengers far and wide to bring people from all places and all walks of life into the great banquet hall to participate in the feasting and celebrating. Matthew 8:11 and Luke 13:29 tell us that the people at the feast in that day are from the north and south, the east and the west. In others words, they come from everywhere. And to model that for us, in Luke 15:27-31 we find Jesus participating in such a feast and doing so with people the religious leaders considered to be “tax collectors and sinners”. My point here is that feasting and celebrating by the people of God, in this lifetime and in eternity, is a well-established Biblical tradition, and it is done for many reasons. For one thing, God loves to see His children happy and joyful, celebrating, and enjoying all the good gifts and bountiful provisions He has so generously provided. But also, such joyful times of celebrating and feasting are a glimpse of heaven. When we gather like that now, we are acting out what will be true for us then. This Sunday the people of Oak Hill Baptist Church will gather after the morning service for a time of feasting and celebrating. It will be a post-Thanksgiving, pre-Christmas potluck lunch complete with ham, turkey, chicken and dumplings, and all the sides, fixings, and desserts that are always present at such church feasts. It will be a fun time of feasting and fellowship. If you are close to Cumberland County Tennessee, please join us! Sunday school is at 9:00, the worship service will begin at 10:00, and the feast will be at 11:00. It will be a little taste of heaven. God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville |
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