Every Presidential inauguration is always followed by multiple inaugural balls–sometimes as many as a dozen or more. Celebrating is important to us. Yet it doesn’t seem to be merely a human activity. In Luke 15 Jesus regales us with stories of redemption and lifts our spirits by telling us there is joy in heaven when someone repents. He follows that with the story of the Prodigal Son which ends with a great celebration. In other stories He tells of wedding banquets and was Himself feted by Matthew and Lazarus.
Just in case we might feel left out please note in Revelation 19 we are invited to the Wedding Feast of the Lamb. The angel said those who attend are blessed. Of that I have no doubt. This is the grandest celebration of all eternity. It is the celebration of life eternal for the redeemed. Paul wrote, “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” I Thess. 4 It is the fulfillment of His promise in John 14, “If I go and prepare a place for you I will come again that where I am there you may be also.”
There is an amazing celebration yet to come and you can, if you so choose, be there in the best clothes of all time – Jesus’ robe of righteousness.
Written by Roger Bothwell on January 21, 2009
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