On this mountain the LORD Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, 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. In that day they will say, “Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”

Devotion based on Isaiah 25:6-9

Every year at the Masters Golf Tournament, past winners gather for a feast. The menu is set by the previous year’s winner. He often chooses items unique to his region and home. Some of the best chefs use the freshest, tastiest ingredients to put the meal together. It is an elite banquet reserved for the world’s most elite golfers.

The prophet Isaiah describes an even greater banquet. The diners are the victors of something more glorious than even the greatest golf tournament. The feast itself is tastier than anything a three-star Michelin chef could come up with.

These people are celebrating their victory over death. God has rejoined their bodies and souls to delight in a feast put together by God himself. They watch in awe and delight as the Lord destroys death.

Death, the great eater, the consumer of all that is living, is itself swallowed by Jesus. And Jesus left no crumbs. Death is completely destroyed by his resurrection. The sorrow that death causes is gone. The pain that death creates is engulfed by the love of Jesus.

The people eating and celebrating at this meal are the ones who trust in Jesus to save them. They rejoiced in life that God had secured their salvation through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. And they will spend eternity enjoying the great celebratory feast and their victory over death.

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