Heaven is a Feast

In last Sunday's sermon about the siege of Samaria, we looked at how the story concludes with a joyful feast after a long and terrible famine. This is the image of salvation given to us in the Bible. Jesus repeatedly evokes this image in his parables on the Kingdom of God.

The essential element of a feast is that it is communal. It's the people that makes the feast so joyful and festive. We all eat alone at times. But there's something special and wonderful in gathering together with good friends to share a meal. This is why we gather together as a church each Sunday. The Christian life is not a solitary endeavor, but a communal project. Which makes each Sunday a small taste of heaven.

Image: catered lunch from this past Sunday