“And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.”
The Feast
This prophetic vision describes a feast of extraordinary richness, fat things, marrow, well refined wine, described with genuine, sensory specificity, not vague spiritual abstraction but actual, tangible abundance, unto all people, comprehensive scope, not limited to a select few but extended broadly, generously, to all.
This is worth holding as a genuine, forward-looking hope, this vision pointing beyond present, partial experiences of overflow toward a fuller, future feast this whole book’s earlier movements have been anticipating, all along, glimpses of joy and abundance now, pointing toward this comprehensive, ultimate feast still to come.
Notice fat things full of marrow, deliberately rich, indulgent language, this vision refusing to describe the ultimate hope in merely minimal, sufficient terms, but insisting on genuine richness, abundance beyond mere adequacy, worth anticipating with genuine, specific longing, not vague, abstract hope alone.
Consider today how your own present experiences of overflow, however partial, might be genuinely connected to this larger, future feast, small foretastes of the fat things and well refined wine this vision describes, worth anticipating today, and worth living now in light of what is still, genuinely, to come.
Keep the Feast
- Consider today’s overflow as a genuine foretaste of this future, fuller feast.
- Anticipate this vision specifically today, with genuine, concrete longing, not vague hope.
- Thank God for the comprehensive scope of this promise, unto all people, not merely a select few.
Prayer
Lord, thank you for the feast of fat things you have promised, unto all people. Let today’s overflow be a genuine foretaste of that fuller feast still to come. Amen.
Carry this today
Present overflow is a foretaste of the fuller feast still to come.