Feasting as preparation
Isaiah 25:6-8
Earthly celebration draws our hearts to our ultimate celebration with God
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Published November 24th, 2020
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Thanksgiving Encouragement
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OT
Isaiah 25:6-8
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On this mountain
Locative
the Lord of hosts will make ... a feast
of rich food,
Contents
for all peoples
Advantage
a feast
Explanation
of well- aged wine,
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of rich food full
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of marrow,
of aged wine well refined.
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And [the Lord] will swallow up ... the covering
on this mountain
that is cast
over all peoples,
the veil
that is spread
over all nations.
He will swallow up death forever;
and the Lord God will wipe away tears
from all faces,
Separation
and the reproach ... he will take away
of his people
Possessive
from all the earth,
for the Lord has spoken.
Ground
phrasing
Thanksgiving Encouragement
As we gather and feast, on Thanksgiving this year, we traditionally speak of being thankful for all the bounty we have been given. That is certainly worth celebrating, and yet everything is not right with our world as has been made painfully clear this year. Yet, despite difficult times, we can delight in feasting that is a shadow of the greatest feast that will come when Christ returns and swallows up death and removes all sorrow from the world. We are preparing for that day by celebrating together and remembering the promises that God has given - "for the LORD has spoken" and he will come!
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