RESERVED: THE GREAT BANQUET

Isaiah 25:6-8 MEV
In this mountain, the LORD of Hosts shall prepare for all people a lavish feast, a feast of aged wines, choice pieces full of marrow, and refined, aged wines.
[7] He will destroy in this mountain the covering which is over all peoples, even the veil that is spread over all nations. [8] He will swallow up death for all time, and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces; and the reproach of His people He shall take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken it.

Reservation is something to do for certain things, to manage time, to gain admittance or acceptance and to sometimes qualify for some things. A feast is a proper and usual expression of joy in consequence of great success.
The Lord intends to host a feast in Jerusalem to celebrate all His people, a symbol of His rich provision for those who will receive His invitation in Revelation 3:20 everyone is invited without distinction. This is the celebration of the establishment of Christ’s kingdom, which is frequently represented in the Gospel under the image of a feast; “where many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down at a table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven;” according to Matthew 8:11.
The parable of Luke 14 and 15 speaks of eating with Jesus as being a celebration of marriage and Jesus spoke of how he will dine with the faithful in Matthew 8:11, and Luke 13:28-29.
We must understand the full meaning of breaking bread as a celebration of victory, the future kingdom of God is set to this image; a meal on the mountain of God, the eternal feast, the marriage feast of the lamb (Christ) to the bride (the church, believers, you and I). A feast that will last an eternity with people from all nations of the earth as God’s guests, no one is to be excluded except those who have not made themselves ready like the five foolish virgins in Matthew 25.
God is preparing a great feast for the repentant, a sumptuous meal with the best of food, drinks and merriment.
Everyone is invited to this feast but unfortunately, not everyone will accept the invitation or attend the feast. Only those who conquer will inherit everything the Lord has prepared for them, including the great banquet, says Revelation 21:7.
Have you accepted your invitation? Are you ready for the great banquet? Have you RESERVED your place? I have!
In Luke 14, 15, a man planned a large banquet and sent out invitations. When the banquet was ready, he sent his servant to contact each of the guests, telling them that the meal was about to start. One after another, the guests made excuses for not coming. When the master of the house heard these flimsy excuses, he was angry. He told his servant to forget the guest list and go into the back streets of the town and invite “the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame”. The servant had already brought in the down-and-out townspeople, and still, there was room in the banquet hall. So, the master sent his servant on a broader search: “Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in so that my house will be full.
The excuses for skipping the banquet are laughably bad, just like the excuses for not wanting to serve God today. Those who ignored the invitation to the banquet missed out as they chose their punishment. The Lord always respects our choices. So, it will be with God’s judgment on those who choose to reject Christ: they will have their choices confirmed, and will never taste the joys of heaven because they rejected the invitation.
Guard your reservation to the great banquet with everything, it’s the most important and precious invitation you’ll ever receive.
Shalom

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