Earth's Greatest Supper
Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty thunderpeals, crying, "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to be clothed with fine linen, bright and pure"--for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. And the angel said to me, "Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb." And he said to me, "These are true words of God." Rev. 19:6-9, RSV.
Earth's palaces throughout history have seen a lot of famous suppers, which people anticipate with enthusiasm and expectation. But none will be greater than the marriage supper of the Lamb, at which time Jesus receives His kingdom, figuratively described in Revelation 21 as the "new Jerusalem...prepared as a bride adorned for her husband" (Rev. 21:2, RSV).
Here we have a banquet rooted deeply in biblical history. The prophet Isaiah spoke of it 700 years before Christ's incarnation: "On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of fat things....He will swallow up death for ever, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. It will be said on that day, 'Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation' " (Isa. 25:6-9, RSV).
And Jesus prophesied of that feast when He said that "many will come from east and west and sit at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven" (Matt. 8:11, RSV).
The great supper of the ages has arrived in Revelation 19. And, as in the parable of the 10 virgins, it portrays the waiting saints as guests invited to the wedding (Matt. 25:1-10). They are not only invited, but Revelation 19:8 has them properly clothed for the occasion. Saved by grace, that same grace has made a difference in their lives as they lived for God and His principles. Thus not only is their King represented as coming on a white horse, but their glistening robes are described as "bright and pure" linen consisting of "the righteous deeds of the saints" (RSV). God's saving, transforming, empowering grace has made a difference in their lives, and they are ready for earth's greatest supper--the climatic feast of the ages.
Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty thunderpeals, crying, "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to be clothed with fine linen, bright and pure"--for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. And the angel said to me, "Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb." And he said to me, "These are true words of God." Rev. 19:6-9, RSV.
Earth's palaces throughout history have seen a lot of famous suppers, which people anticipate with enthusiasm and expectation. But none will be greater than the marriage supper of the Lamb, at which time Jesus receives His kingdom, figuratively described in Revelation 21 as the "new Jerusalem...prepared as a bride adorned for her husband" (Rev. 21:2, RSV).
Here we have a banquet rooted deeply in biblical history. The prophet Isaiah spoke of it 700 years before Christ's incarnation: "On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of fat things....He will swallow up death for ever, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. It will be said on that day, 'Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation' " (Isa. 25:6-9, RSV).
And Jesus prophesied of that feast when He said that "many will come from east and west and sit at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven" (Matt. 8:11, RSV).
The great supper of the ages has arrived in Revelation 19. And, as in the parable of the 10 virgins, it portrays the waiting saints as guests invited to the wedding (Matt. 25:1-10). They are not only invited, but Revelation 19:8 has them properly clothed for the occasion. Saved by grace, that same grace has made a difference in their lives as they lived for God and His principles. Thus not only is their King represented as coming on a white horse, but their glistening robes are described as "bright and pure" linen consisting of "the righteous deeds of the saints" (RSV). God's saving, transforming, empowering grace has made a difference in their lives, and they are ready for earth's greatest supper--the climatic feast of the ages.
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