Isaiah prophesies that the bitter drink of desolation, ruin, and the curse upon the earth will give way to the sweet hope of a new heaven and new earth. The moon will be dismayed, the sun ashamed; for the Lord Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders—with great glory.
Isaiah 25:6–8 says, “On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich foods and the finest and sweetest of drinks. It will be a banquet of continual blessing, fruitfulness, and provision for all people, a banquet of aged wine – the best of meats and the finest of wines.
On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. The Lord has spoken.”
Under the sovereign reign of the righteous King, death is swallowed up, bitter tears are wiped away, and the shroud of disgrace is removed. And His people will rejoice because the One
they trusted in and waited for will bring salvation and turn the bitter cup of life sweet again.
One day, we’ll be together with Jesus at the wedding supper of the Lamb. When He welcomes His bride (the church) home, the promise of church will be fulfilled. The life once
bitter will be made sweet again.
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