Supper Time

“Supper time” were words of interest to a house full of boys!  Rarely did it matter what was on the table, although there were times the stampede seemed to arrive faster and louder!

 

For the Redeemed, there is a great Supper coming!  Revelation 19:9 says, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.”  My pastor pointed out that God must be from the South since Scripture calls it “supper!”  The dinner bell outside at Daddy Bill and Nanny’s symbolized the dinner bell once used to call workers from the field to meal time; most southern suppers included hot biscuits, sliced tomatoes & onions, a meat and fresh vegetables … perhaps even a hot blackberry cobbler.  There’s no mention of food on the table at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb when Christ takes His Bride (His Church), however, there is much on the menu: “Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, ‘Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and exult and give Him the glory …” (Revelation 19:6-8).  Perhaps it will be all-satisfying to our glorified bodies to revere Jesus Christ Who made possible our salvation and eternal home.  We’ll no longer be bound by these mortal longings, and just being in The Lamb’s Presence may be all we crave!  This evening, when you sit down to supper (or dinner, if you prefer), consider that moment in Glory when Supper is served and we are completely and wholly satisfied in His Presence!  I can hardly wait till Supper Time!