The Feast

"On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples

a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine,

of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined."

I love this...God is so good. Just realizing that all of us will be there--rich and poor alike...that made me cry as I read this. God has love for all of us, for the rich--who intentionally and unintentionally have caused much of the suffering in the world--and for the poor, who have had to endure through things no one should endure and often been treated as worthless...and yet, God sees no distinction. We all have been made victims (I don't know if that's the right word) or at least have been subject to the evil that has filled the world and (sometimes) seemed to conquer it. But His love...He sees no stain upon us, no judgement against us because of what Jesus has done! We are free! We are free! Will you shout that with me?

And on that day...that glorious day, when we will be brought into His presence never to be separated again, on that day we will all feast with Him. Sometimes I almost feel like we ("the rich") shouldn't deserve to be at that table--but God knows we have suffered too, perhaps even more acutely, though no one would claim that to be so. However, if you really think about it, what's worse: being continually hungry or living long with food in your belly but no understanding of what it truly means to be known by another person. I almost want to say we ("the rich") have the shorter end of the bargain. We are so lonely!

Haiti will be a blessing in the future to the nations which surround it. I firmly believe that. It's going to be so good!! (read this blog: http://bennyv.theworldrace.org This guys in Haiti right now and I love what he's saying!) We think we're helping them--and we are, materially--but the bigger blessing comes back to us as we realize our spiritual poverty and get hungry when we visit them and see how they are so filled! It's Jesus...He's so good! Crave Him!

One day we'll eat with Him...and check out what else will happen (the rest of that verse):

And he will swallow up on this mountain

the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations.

⁸ He will swallow up death forever;
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.

⁹It will be said on that day,
"Behold, 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." (Isaiah 25:7-9)

He's alive He's alive! He's alive!!!!!