On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wine on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wine on the lees well refined. And he will destroy on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations. 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." Isaiah 25:6–9 (RSV)
Our life in the Kingdom is often portrayed as a wedding feast. A joyous gathering of guests from every place and time throughout the ages. You and I will sit at table with Eve, redeemed and beautiful. We will break bread with the prophets and apostles. The white-robed martyrs will chorus the Father with endless praise as all creation dances the resurrection.
We can glimpse the feast as we gather at the Lord's Table, breaking bread, tasting wine, receiving the very Body and Blood of our Risen Lord. We are not arrived at the feast, though we can catch the echo of the praises sung to the Lamb from time to time.
Though the love of this life would root me here, my spirit longs for that day's arrival. I cannot begin to imagine the joy that awaits which would draw me from this age. It will come, and all who have been loved and redeemed by our Lord Jesus will add their voices in praise.
O Lord, let the hour not tarry, let that glorious day dawn upon us, and all the former things will have passed away. Grant that the time when the Father wipes our tears from our faces be soon upon us. Amen, even so, Come Lord Jesus.