All of history culminates in a meal – the great marriage supper of the Lamb! The beast and his armies have been defeated; the great prostitute has been judged. The blood of the martyrs has been avenged! And all of heaven rejoices because the church, his bride, is prepared and ready. The marriage of the Lamb has come and he is worthy to rule and reign and receive the glory of all creation!
When we gather as the church, we gather as the hors d’oeuvres of this coming feast. We anticipate it’s arrival; we eagerly look froward to the day when Jesus and his people spend forever together in a Kingdom where all things are made new. But that also means that our gathering – in our homes around our dinner tables and in our church around the communion table – should have the pleasing aroma of that day! Our life together should be the sweet morsel that whets appetites for the greater meal to come. Is your life a fitting aroma? Do you smell like the Kingdom? How do we live together as a corporate body that offers a small taste of what’s to come?
