Tuesday after the Second Sunday after Trinity Sunday
Posted on June 15, 2021 by under
Scripture: Isaiah 25:6-9 (NKJV)
25:6 And in this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all people a feast of choice pieces, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of well-refined wines on the lees.
7 And He will destroy on this mountain the surface of the covering cast over all people, and 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; The rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; For the Lord has spoken.
9 And it will be said in that day:
“Behold, this is our God; We have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is the Lord; We have waited for Him; We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.”
Devotion
The inerrant Word of God guides, comforts, and strengthens us throughout our sojourn in this fallen world. That same inerrant Word does not lie, nor contradict itself, but speaks only the one Divine Truth of God—and in these verses it clearly tells us what we are to experience after death!
In the Gospel of John we are told, “Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in Me shall never die…’” Jesus Christ, God Himself, makes a sure and unbreakable promise that we shall live eternally in His kingdom. The faithful will be honored guests at that bridal feast of well-aged wine and rich food full of marrow that is described in our Old Testament text. With that banquet He also wipes away every tear, and we will radiate with the joy of eternal glory as the heavenly host rejoices that another saint has been seated at the table of the Wedding Feast of the Lamb. We will join our brothers and sisters in the Church Triumphant, as we all gaze upon the awesome radiance of our heavenly Father. We will receive the Cup of Blessing, not just from the earthly steward of the mysteries of God, but instead be blessed to see the face of the Master of the mysteries for all eternity, in all His glory.
Prayer: O Lord, who never failest to help and govern those whom Thou dost bring up in Thy steadfast fear and love, make us to have a perpetual fear and love of Thy holy name; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
