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 Isaiah 25 is really telling us of a feast that is like no other feast. It's the banquet

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! It's the banquet to which all other banquets point. It's a feast that doesn't take place

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! In your home or in a restaurant or a function hall because it's much much bigger than that.

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 It is a feast that I hope will make our mouths water this morning. Just thinking about it.

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 It's a feast that costs more than you can ever imagine. And it's a feast in which you

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 can only participate in if you're on the guest list. And so that's what I want to think of.

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 I want to think about four headings this morning. The preparation for the feast, the feast itself,

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 the guest list, and the final bill. Let's look at the preparations for the feast. Look at

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 Isaiah 25. And we're into a new section that runs from Isaiah 24 to 27. And it's often referred

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 to as the apocalypse of Isaiah. Sometimes when you and I hear that word, we think Hollywood,

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 don't we? Apocalypse. And we think of buildings burning and bloody battles and things blowing

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 up and monsters. But the word apocalypse really just means an unveiling. It means a revealing

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 revelation. In fact, the Greek word is used for the title of the last page of the Bible.

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 And it comes from the Greek word apocalypsis. So that's where we get the word apocalypse.

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 It's just revelation, a revealing, an unveiling. So here in Isaiah 24 to 27, you have Isaiah's

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 apocalypse. And that's Isaiah's revelation. And in fact, as you read these chapters, which

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 I hope you will, it mirrors a lot of what we find in the last book of the Bible. Lots

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 of the themes of Isaiah 24 to 27 are picked up in the book of Revelation. Isaiah 24 begins,

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 doesn't it, in the most sober of fashions. Can you see that? Look down at verse 1 of chapter

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 24. Behold, the Lord will empty the earth and make it desert. He'll twist its surface and

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 scatter its inhabitants. Look down at verse 23. The earth shall be utterly empty and utterly

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 plundered, for the Lord has spoken his word. Do you see, the Lord is going to lay waste the

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 earth and devastate it. He will ruin it. He will scatter its inhabitants. And the earth will

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 be laid completely waste and totally plundered because the Lord has spoken his word. And

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 if you've been with us during this series on Isaiah, you might have sensed, well, this

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 is where everything is going. In chapters 13 to 23, you've got the 10 oracles, those 10

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 messages for Judah and the neighbouring cities and nations. Oracles of judgment. And people

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 are trusting in anything but God. And here's where it all leads. It leads to utter devastation.

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 To utter destruction throughout the world. And if you work your way through chapter 4, which

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 we're not going to do this morning, it is very chilling reading. There's no joy left.

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 In Isaiah 25, 24, there's gloom. There's gloom in the world because people have lived their

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 lives apart from God. They've lived their lives away from God and the consequences of judgment

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 and devastation. And we've seen that again and again and again. But Isaiah won't just leave

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 it there. There is a glimmer of hope. Look at verses 14 to 16 of Isaiah 24. Verse 14 to 16.

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 They lift up their voices and they sing for joy. Over the majesty of the Lord they shout from the

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 west. Therefore in the east, give glory to God. In the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name

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 of the Lord the God of Israel. From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise.

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 Of glory to the righteous one. But I say, I waste away. I waste away. Woe is me. For the

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 traitors are betrayed. With betrayal the traitors are betrayed.

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 So the question is, in verse 14 of Isaiah 24, is who are they? Who are these people who are

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 raising their voices? And it appears as you read through Isaiah that there is a remnant.

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 There is a small part of the people of Judah that Isaiah keeps coming back to. A remnant,

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 a small group of people who have kept trusting in the Lord. And there is a sense here that

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 they are spread out throughout the globe from the east to the west. And Isaiah says they

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 are singing. And the title of the piece that they are singing is glory to the righteous one.

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 Now, we don't get to that particular song. But I would want to suggest to you, in verse

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 25 and 26, we get some of the words, we get some of the lyrics of that song from Isaiah

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 himself, who breaks out. Look at Isaiah 25 verses 1 and 2. He says,

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 Oh Lord, you are my God. I will exalt you. I will praise your name for you have done wonderful

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 things. Plans formed of old, faithful and sure. For you have made the city a heap. The fortified

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 city a ruin. The foreigner's palace is a city or more. It will never be rebuilt.

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 Just let it be, it's one again. Isaiah praises this covenant God who he says is his God. He

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 is the personal God. He's not just our God, but is he your God? Individually. And the reason

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 for praising God is because of his rescue for his people. That just as God had promised

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 to bring his people out of Egypt to the promised land, so now God is going to bring his people

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 through a ruined world, through devastation. Represented here as the city. And he'll bring

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 them to the ultimate promised land. And God had acted on behalf of his people with every

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 imaginable act of faithfulness. And in doing so he's performed marvellous deeds and marvellous

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 things that could never have been achieved naturally. Isaiah goes on in the song to speak

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 of how God was a refuge to the people. A refuge to the people from the shelter, from the storm.

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 He was a shelter. He was a shade from the heat. And nothing is going to stop this God from

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 achieving what he planned long ago. And the end result is that the song of his enemies will

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 be completely silent. They will sing no more. Because as you know you only sing when you're

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 winning. While those who like Isaiah will sing. And they will sing a song that will never be

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 silenced. Because God has done marvellous things in preparation. The question is in preparation

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 for what? And when we come to verses 6-8 we see that God has been preparing for a feast.

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 So let's look at the feast. Verses 6-8. Verses 6-8 almost comes as a surprise. I don't think

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 you would be expecting them if you've just read the first five verses. But in fact verses

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 6-8 is the heart of the chapter. In Isaiah 25 verse 6. On this mountain the Lord of hosts

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 will make for all the peoples a feast of rich food. A feast of well aged wine. Of rich food

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 full of marrow. Of aged wine well refined. And he will swallow up on this mountain the covering

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 that's cast over all the peoples. The veil that's spread over all the nations. He will

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 swallow up death forever. And the Lord God will wipe away all tears from their faces. And

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 the reproach of his people he'll take away from all the earth. For the Lord has spoken.

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 Here is what the Lord Almighty is preparing for his people. It is a feast. It is the most

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 magnificent banquet. I don't know what the most amazing meal you've ever had was. Where

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 was it? Where's the most amazing meal you've ever had? Think about that for a minute. Maybe

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 it was in a home. Maybe it was in a restaurant. Maybe it was at a wedding reception. And it

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 depends doesn't it? As you think about that most amazing meal you've ever had, you're not

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 just talking about the meal. But you're talking about the context and the setting and the guests.

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 When you talk about that most amazing meal that you've ever had, you think about the context.

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 You're not just talking about the food. But you can have eaten the greatest meal with your

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 best friends in the most wonderful home or restaurant. And yet this meal, God promises,

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 this trumps it. It will far surpass any restaurant you could ever go to. And Isaiah says, here there

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 is food beyond your wildest imagination. That the wine will be aged to absolute perfection.

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 And at that table, you will feast. It's a picture, isn't it, of a world made perfect where you

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 will enjoy God's presence for the full. A world where there will be total provision and plenty

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 and satisfaction. And it is all represented by this lavish feast. But that is not all Isaiah

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 says here. Because he says, actually no one will leave this feast. No one ever needs to get

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 up from the table, as it were. There will never be a time when the host will say, okay, that's

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 it. Time for you to go home. And the reason for that, Isaiah says, is that death itself is

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 on the menu. Death itself is going to be there on the dessert table. And God is going to swallow

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 up death itself. Death will be literally consumed by God. The shroud of pain and sorrow, Isaiah says,

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 it will be removed. And God will and can wipe away all tears. And he will vindicate all those

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 who belong to him. It is the most wonderful image of a life that is to come. It is a wonderful

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 image of a new creation that has elements of this creation. But it is greater. It is better.

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 It is more colourful. It is more vibrant. So it's the most amazing feast. But Isaiah shows

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 that if you want to be part of this banquet, you've got to know that there's a guest list.

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 Look at verse 6-8. Now initially when you look at verse 6-8 and you think about the guest list,

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 it might appear that there is one. You may have noticed the alls. Can you see that in verse 6-8?

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 On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast

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 of well-eared wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined. And he will swallow

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 up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over

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 all nations. He will swallow up death forever. And the Lord God will wipe tears away from all

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 faces. And the reproach of all his people he will take away from all the earth, for the

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 Lord has spoken. You should notice the alls, pretty basic, vital hands, like I said, that

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 you keep noticing the repetition. And so you should be asking, what's the deal with all

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 the alls? Well there's two things that we need to think about. First of all, Isaiah's audience

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 would be in absolute shock. That the invitation to eat with God is offered so widely here. And

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 the reason they would have been in shock is because they would have remembered that after

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 the Exodus, when they reached Mount Sinai, the 70 elders, the 70 leaders of Israel went

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 up on the mountain. And we're told that in Exodus 24 verse 11 they beheld God and the elders,

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 they ate and they drank with God. They ate in the presence of God. But it was only the

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 leaders. The people were warned, don't even go close to the mountain or it will kill you.

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 Or more accurately, God will kill you. So the people, they were terrified of God's presence.

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 Because God said, if you come near, you will die, I'm too holy. They were terrified by God's

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 presence. Because God in their mind was dangerous. But now Isaiah says, folks, there is a day coming

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 when everyone will eat. All will eat. The second thing we need to notice about the alls comes

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 in the context of Isaiah 25. When we read the word all, our immediate reaction is to think,

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 well, that means all, right? Doesn't it? All means all. All means all without exception.

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 But to rip these verses out and think that somehow everyone in the end will all be okay.

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 Everyone will eat with God is, well, it does untold damage. And that's not what Isaiah is

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 talking about. We are told who the all are. Look at verse 9. Who are the all? Verse 9.

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 It will be said on that day, behold, this is our God. This is our God. We have waited for him.

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 That he might save us. This is the Lord. We have waited for him. Let us be glad and rejoice

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 in his salvation. So who are the all? Who are they? It turns out that the people who are on the

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 grace list for the feast are those who have waited for the Lord, which means trusted for him.

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 That means hoped for him. That means relied upon him. They are those who have banked all their lives

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 on God. They are people who have trusted in God. Whom God has saved. They are people whom God has

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 rescued. They are people who have not tried to save themselves. Can you see that in verse 9?

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 What have they done? They have waited for the Lord. They have not tried to save themselves.

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 They have not trusted in their own abilities. They have not said, by my own strength, I will

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 get to God. By my reputation, I will get to God. Or my status. No. These are people who have

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 waited in confidence for what the Lord would do and they rejoice when he does it. And in that

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 beautiful context, this truth Isaiah is telling us, that the remnant of people, this little

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 group of people that have remained true to the Lord, who have trusted God, they will come

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 from every nation. This feast will be the ultimate international banquet of those who trusted in God.

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 God. That will be those from Cameroon to India, from Poland to Somalia, from Hungary to Brazil,

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 they will all be there. Every country in the world, God will gather those people who have trusted

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 in him, who have relied upon him, who have banked on him, and they will feast with him. And they

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 are the ones who are on the guest list. And there is a sobering truth, isn't there? There

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 is a sobering truth for those who have not waited on the Lord. For those who have not lived

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 their lives relying, depending on the Lord. There is a sobering truth. Because on that day

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 they will come to the doorman and they will give their name. And the reply will be, your name

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 is not on the list. And so you are not coming in. Sorry man. Sorry sir. You have not relied

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 on him. You have not trusted in him. And these are the people that Isaiah describes in verses

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 10 to 12. Let me read you those verses. For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain,

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 and Moab, or better, but Moab, shall be trampled down in his place. As straw is trampled in

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 a dunghill. And he will spread out his hands in the midst of it. That's the person of Moab.

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 And he will swim. He will spread his hands out to swim. But the Lord will lay low his pompous

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 pride together with the skill of his hands. And the high fortifications of his walls he will

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 bring down. He will lay low. He will cast it to the ground, to the dust. You see at the start

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 of verse 10, God's hand will rest pastorally and lovingly and caringly upon Zion. Upon Zion though,

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 upon Moab though is his foot. Do you remember old wrestling? Wrestling used to be on Saturday

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 afternoons on ITV or if you're a bit younger, kind of WWF or WWE or whatever it's called,

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 isn't it? And one of the things that would happen was the person who was winning occasionally

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 would put his foot on the neck of the person. And they would put their neck on the person.

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 Of course it's all stage, sorry to ruin it. But that is what would happen, isn't it? It

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 was a sign of absolute triumph. That the person was laid low. And the victor would put his foot

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 on the neck to show his victory. That's the picture in Isaiah 25.10. Lovingly his hand

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 is upon Zion. His foot is on Moab's neck. And that wouldn't seem to be fair. But as you

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 look a little bit more, it's a little bit more involved than that. It's the enemy of Israel.

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 It's the enemy of God's people. What's the problem? What have we seen? What's been the

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 problem in all these cities that we've looked at? Nations over the Isaiah 13 to 23. It's

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 this unceasing attitude of pride and self-grande. It's not where they come from, not at all.

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 Pride is the ultimate thing that keeps people off the guest list. Pride is the ultimate thing

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 that keeps people coming to the Lord Jesus in heaven and dependence. It keeps people from

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 coming to this feast of all feasts. Because pride is what? It's about trusting yourself instead

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 of God. And pride is the way of self-salvation. And you can do that religiously. You can do

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 that in church. You can keep the rules. You can turn up when you want. You can follow

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 the regulations. And you hope that maybe God will accept you by your performance. But that

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 is basically the way of every other religion. Here are the rules. You keep them and God will

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 accept you. That is the way of pride. But it's possible to go the way of pride in an irreligious

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 way as well. Where you have no rules. You live as you please. You figure out, don't you?

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 As our culture says, all you have to do is be true to yourself. My way is best. God's word

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 says something. But actually, no, I'm in charge. I will go my way. And both the religious

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 way and the irreligious way of self-salvation are parts of pride. It's the same thing.

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 And they will keep your name off the guest list for the banquet. And I don't think any

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 of us here, if we're honest this morning, want to be off the guest list for this banquet.

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 It's worse than that. There is, isn't there, one of the most graphic pictures. I don't

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 know whether you picked it up. The ESV has sanitised it a little bit. There's one of the

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 most graphic pictures of judgment here. So if you look at verse 10, Moab is trampled

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 down in his place. And a straw is trampled down in a dunghill. I don't need to tell you

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 what it's done. Here's the right. So look at verse 11. And he will spread out his hands

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 in the middle of it. As a swimmer spreads his hands out to swim. It's revolting. It's

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 absolutely revolting. It's stomach-turning. Isaiah portrays the Moabites here as swimming

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 in sewage. And that's a polite way of putting it. He says, that's your choice. That is your

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 choice. Come to the banquet or swim in your own sewage. That's your choice. It's very,

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 very stark. That's the alternative to the banquet. This ultimate feast, it's the swim

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 in the sewer of your own efforts. Are you willing to recognise that? Your own efforts, they are

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 the sewer. And to swim and to get out, well, it's absolutely in vain. That is the destination

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 of all those who refuse to trust in the Lord. The Lord who saves. Isaiah shows us the preparation.

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 He shows us the feast. He shows us the guest list, which brings us lastly to the bill. Because

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 every great menu has a bill, doesn't it? Sometimes your host ends up paying the bill for yourself.

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 You know when you go to the bar, isn't it, and somebody orders the drinks and everybody

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 kind of checks their wallet, isn't it, before somebody says, oh no, I'll pay. There's a breath

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 of relief. You breathe a sigh of relief. You go to the restaurant and the person brings

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 the bill, the waitress brings the bill and puts it in the middle of the table. But here,

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 the bill is brought to the table and it's handed out, but there's no price on it. There's

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 no price on it. In fact, here is how Isaiah sends out the invitations to the banquet later

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 on in the book of Isaiah. In chapter 55, he says, come everyone who thirsts, come to the

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 waters. And you who have no money, come by and eat, come by wine and milk, without money

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 and without cost. Why do you spend your money on bread which doesn't satisfy? Why do you labour

00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:08.759
 for that which does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me. And eat what is good. Delight yourself

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 in the richest of food. And it looks like, doesn't it, as you read through Isaiah and you

00:23:13.919 --> 00:23:21.399
 see that in Isaiah 55, that the participation in this feast, it is free. Or at least it's

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:30.400
 free for you and I. It's free for you. It's free for me. But it still came at a cost, isn't

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 it, for someone? Let's wind the tape forward to Luke chapter 9. We're told in Luke chapter

00:23:39.340 --> 00:23:45.940
 9 that King Herod is asking questions about who this man Jesus is. And the answer given

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:53.240
 by the disciples is that Jesus is indeed the Christ, the anointed King. He is the Messiah.

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:59.420
 And interestingly, in Luke's Gospel, it's at that point that Luke introduces the well-known

00:23:59.420 --> 00:24:06.200
 story of the feeding of the 5,000. And Luke tells us that the crowds were following Jesus.

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 And Luke tells us that Jesus welcomed them. It's the language of a host in Luke 9. And

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 when the disciples tell Jesus, Jesus, it's the end of the day. You should really be sending

00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:26.140
 the people home. They haven't got the means to take care of the people. We haven't got

00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:31.960
 the sheer ability to feed this amount. Jesus says, no, you are going to feed the crowd.

00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:38.860
 The disciples object. They say, we've got five loaves and two fish. There are 5,000 men

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 here, which probably means there were about 20,000 people in the crowd that day. And Jesus

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 says to them, have them sit down in groups of 50. Groups of 50. And the word sit there

00:24:52.180 --> 00:25:00.460
 could easily be translated as recline, which is probably better. So what we're being given

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 is not just some afternoon picnic. This was to be a banquet. They would sit back. And they

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 would enjoy the food with Jesus as the host. And Jesus is setting this up because he wants

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:23.960
 to prove to them, for them to understand that he is the Messiah. That he is giving them a

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:29.960
 glimpse of what the Messiah is going to do on that great day. One day he will host the banquet.

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:38.960
 And there in Luke 9 is a taste of the messianic banquet. Jesus decides right now I'm going

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 to reveal myself as the Messiah and I will do it through catering. It's the most amazing

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 thing in the world. The anointed king is going to show that he is king by catering for the

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:58.559
 people. And of course, the feeding of the 5,000 men was not the full deal or 20,000 people.

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 It's a lot, isn't it? But 20,000 people is not like all of God's people as Isaiah 25 promises.

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:15.440
 The people that Jesus found in Luke 9, they will go away and they will be hungry again. But

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:23.940
 it is a foretaste. It is a picture of the real thing. And here is how Luke tells us what

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:31.279
 Jesus did on that day. Let me read it to you from Luke chapter 9 and verse 16. He says this.

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 And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:49.619
 over them. And then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:56.379
 crowd. Now let's wind the tape just on a little bit more. Let's wind it on to the night before

00:26:56.380 --> 00:27:03.380
 Jesus' death. And here is how Luke, the same writer, describes what Jesus did with the disciples

00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:14.220
 in the upper room that night. Jesus took bread and gave thanks, said a blessing. And he gave

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:23.200
 it to them and said, this is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me. Do you see

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:32.779
 those four things? Taking, thanking, breaking, giving. Do you get that? Taking, thanking,

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:42.920
 breaking, giving. It's the same words that Jesus uses in the feeding of the 5,000 as he does

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:49.779
 at the Lord's Supper. And that is not by accident. It's the same words in the same order because

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:56.399
 Luke wants you and I to make the connection. That Jesus is announcing himself as the Messiah

00:27:56.399 --> 00:28:03.700
 who's going to host one day God's great banquet. But the way that he's going to make that great

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:09.799
 banquet possible is by his death. That is going to come the day after the Lord's Supper.

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:20.960
 You see, this feast is free to us only because the final bill has been paid by someone else.

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:30.059
 And it was paid by Jesus. The feast cost the host his life. So Jesus the next day would go

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:35.799
 to the cross. And he would bear the judgment that you and I deserve for our sins that separates

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:41.359
 us from God. It was the sin, wasn't it, that kept Israelites off the mountain after the exodus.

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:47.940
 It was sin that will prevent you and I ever coming close to this banquet table.

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:56.240
 It's the sin that says, if you do not have this sin dealt with, your name will not be on the guest list.

00:28:56.240 --> 00:29:05.559
 But you see, Jesus takes the punishment for that sin. So that all who trust in him for salvation

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:12.079
 will find that their names are on the guest list. The final bill for the banquet is not paid in pennies.

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:19.819
 And it's not paid in pounds. The final bill is paid in blood. And Jesus gives his blood as the final payment.

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:28.899
 Jesus sacrifices even to death to enable you and I to come to the table. To the messianic banquet

00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:30.879
 of which he is the host.

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 There's a novel and a film called The Beth's Feast. Some of you will have seen it or read it.

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:42.839
 The story is told of an 18th century Danish nun.

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 Of a woman who has lost its way.

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 Sorry, I've messed that up.

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 There's a Christian community in Denmark.

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 And the Christian community has become pretty joyless.

00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:58.519
 Pretty lifeless.

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 It's become very legalistic in this community.

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 And very much rules orientated.

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 But Beth is a refugee.

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 And she comes to live in that community from Paris.

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:13.680
 With her two sisters in this Danish village.

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 For 12 years.

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 Beth serves as a housekeeper.

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:20.860
 Learning how to prepare humble food.

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 And then she wins 10,000 francs in the lottery.

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 And she asks the community

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:29.740
 Whether she can prepare a banquet.

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 A feast for the whole community.

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 And then they agree.

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 She serves up course after course

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 Of the most exquisite food.

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 And it climaxes in the dish of baby quail.

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 And the visiting general exclaimed at the meal

00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:48.859
 That he'd only tasted food like this

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:51.000
 At the famous Café Anglais in Paris.

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 And as the meal unfolds

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:56.380
 The community rediscovers joy.

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 Foods are ended.

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 And sins are confessed.

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 And the evening ends with the community

00:31:05.620 --> 00:31:07.880
 Hand in hand around the village fountain.

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 Singing the old songs of faith.

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 And while that is going on

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:14.820
 The two sisters go looking for Babette

00:31:14.820 --> 00:31:16.140
 In the chaos of the kitchen.

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:18.940
 And with a far away look in her eyes

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.800
 Babette says

00:31:19.800 --> 00:31:22.440
 You know I was once that cook

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 In the Café Anglais.

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:26.539
 The sisters say

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.220
 You know Babette

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:28.680
 We will all remember this evening

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:30.019
 When you've gone back to Paris.

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 But Babette would never return to Paris.

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:36.640
 Because she'd spent every last franc

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:38.160
 On that feast.

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:39.019
 She'd spent it all.

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:41.980
 So that they could come to the feast.

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:46.779
 Jesus did not give

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:49.299
 10,000 francs

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:51.180
 To host the banquet.

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:53.420
 He gave his life.

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 He shed his blood.

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 The only innocent person

00:31:59.120 --> 00:32:00.860
 In the history of the human race

00:32:00.860 --> 00:32:02.460
 Who did not deserve to die

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.099
 Died.

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:07.019
 But you see

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:09.440
 As a result of all the other promises

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:11.400
 Of Isaiah 25

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 They're going to come true.

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 Jesus wants you to understand

00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:15.920
 This morning.

00:32:16.320 --> 00:32:17.780
 Isaiah wants you to understand

00:32:17.780 --> 00:32:19.220
 Here is the place

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:20.180
 Where it ends

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:21.800
 Happily ever after.

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.580
 Here is the place

00:32:24.580 --> 00:32:25.420
 Because Jesus

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:26.740
 Not only died

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.620
 But he rose again

00:32:27.620 --> 00:32:28.640
 And he defeated death.

00:32:30.300 --> 00:32:30.880
 And so it is

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:31.800
 That the Apostle Paul

00:32:31.800 --> 00:32:33.280
 Quotes from Isaiah 25

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 And 1 Corinthians 15

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 That in the light of Jesus' resurrection

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:37.060
 He says

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 When the perishable

00:32:38.360 --> 00:32:39.780
 Has clothed itself

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 With imperishable

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 The mortal

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 With immortality

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 Then the saying

00:32:44.560 --> 00:32:45.140
 That is written

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:45.980
 Will come true

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 Death has been

00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:48.060
 Swallowed up in victory

00:32:48.060 --> 00:32:49.980
 Where oh death

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.900
 Is your victory

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:52.820
 Where oh death

00:32:52.820 --> 00:32:53.519
 Is your sting

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.460
 The sting of death

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.060
 Is sin

00:32:55.060 --> 00:32:56.320
 And the power of sin

00:32:56.320 --> 00:32:56.860
 Is the Lord

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 But thanks be to God

00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:58.980
 He gives us

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.779
 The victory

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:01.080
 Through our Lord Jesus Christ

00:33:01.080 --> 00:33:03.000
 That by Jesus' resurrection

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:04.340
 Death has been

00:33:04.340 --> 00:33:05.720
 Swallowed up in victory

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:08.799
 Jesus has eaten it up

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:11.440
 And we don't need

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:12.299
 To fear it anymore

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:14.980
 That death

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.880
 Was on the menu

00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:17.799
 But God

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.579
 Has swallowed it up

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.640
 Through Jesus Christ

00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:22.220
 And then at the end

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.600
 Of the Bible

00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:23.799
 In the Apocalypse of John

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:25.180
 He rejoices

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.839
 In the language

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:27.059
 Of the Apocalypse of Isaiah

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:28.900
 That because of

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.900
 The victory of Jesus

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.519
 There is going to be

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.420
 A great wedding supper

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:31.940
 On the Lamb

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:35.039
 In Revelation 19.19

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:36.400
 And at this wedding

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:37.940
 Unlike any other wedding

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.600
 That you or I

00:33:38.600 --> 00:33:39.320
 Have been to

00:33:39.320 --> 00:33:40.019
 There will be

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:41.160
 All dry eyes

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:41.740
 In the house

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:43.559
 Because God

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:45.039
 Will wipe every tear

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:47.200
 From their eyes

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:49.460
 That everything

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:50.340
 Isaiah predicted

00:33:50.340 --> 00:33:51.340
 Will come true

00:33:51.340 --> 00:33:53.900
 Everything will be

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.580
 Made true

00:33:54.580 --> 00:33:55.840
 At the Messianic banquet

00:33:55.840 --> 00:33:58.980
 And that banquet

00:33:58.980 --> 00:34:00.299
 We get a glimpse of

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:01.180
 Every time

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:02.200
 We come to the Lord's

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.480
 Supper

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:04.259
 That's why we're

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.880
 Having the Lord's

00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:05.580
 Supper this morning

00:34:05.580 --> 00:34:07.539
 Every time

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:08.180
 That we come

00:34:08.180 --> 00:34:08.920
 To this table

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:10.420
 We eat the bread

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:12.220
 And we drink the cup

00:34:12.220 --> 00:34:13.000
 And one of the things

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.639
 We are saying

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.320
 As we come to the

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:14.800
 Lord's table

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.740
 Is I'm getting ready

00:34:15.740 --> 00:34:16.680
 For the final banquet

00:34:16.680 --> 00:34:18.840
 I'm getting ready

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:21.099
 Jesus says

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.920
 This sign

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:23.599
 Is a sign

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.119
 Of the banquet

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.720
 Of the future

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:26.700
 Where we will eat

00:34:26.700 --> 00:34:27.680
 Of the finest foods

00:34:27.680 --> 00:34:28.680
 And we will drink

00:34:28.680 --> 00:34:29.639
 On the most wonderful

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.159
 White

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:31.920
 And it's a banquet

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.879
 That points

00:34:32.879 --> 00:34:34.039
 To a world

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.920
 That is perfect

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:36.819
 A world

00:34:36.819 --> 00:34:37.960
 Where every need

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.819
 Will be fulfilled

00:34:38.819 --> 00:34:41.139
 Where you and I

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:41.920
 Will be satisfied

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:43.379
 In every way

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:46.099
 As we eat of the bread

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.460
 Now

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:47.280
 And as we drink

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:47.900
 Of the cup

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:50.180
 It's as if we are

00:34:50.180 --> 00:34:51.019
 Saying to God

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.840
 And one another

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.960
 As we pass the cup

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.400
 Of the bread

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:53.860
 To one another

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.579
 You know

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.059
 You know

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:55.800
 No matter what the

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:57.000
 Struggles are in my life

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:58.000
 And there are many

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:59.840
 No matter what the

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:01.119
 Struggles are in my life

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:01.559
 Right now

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:02.659
 No matter what the

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:04.239
 Stresses are right now

00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:06.780
 One day

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:09.400
 One day we will live

00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:10.420
 Happily ever after

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:13.239
 And we know

00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:14.179
 That our needs

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:16.920
 Are going to be fulfilled

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:20.800
 We talk about

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.460
 The feast

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:21.860
 Don't we

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:23.099
 It looks so

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.940
 Insignificant

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.740
 Doesn't it

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:26.559
 A little bit of bread

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:29.099
 And a mouthful

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.579
 Of wine

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:32.739
 But to share

00:35:32.739 --> 00:35:33.739
 In this meal

00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:36.480
 To share in this meal

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:37.259
 Is to share in the

00:35:37.259 --> 00:35:37.539
 Messiah

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:38.199
 Banquet

00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:40.980
 But your name

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:41.519
 Needs to be on the

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:41.940
 Guest list

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:45.699
 It's not a guest list

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:46.380
 For this meal

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:48.579
 And then a different

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:48.960
 Meal

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:50.960
 And a different

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.559
 Guest list

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.440
 For Messiah

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.000
 Banquet

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.679
 It's the same

00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:56.179
 It is for those

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:56.920
 Who trust in the

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.239
 Lord

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:59.360
 It's for those

00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:00.720
 Who bank their

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:02.039
 Light on him

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:04.599
 It is for those

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:05.180
 Who recognise

00:36:05.180 --> 00:36:05.680
 That Jesus

00:36:05.680 --> 00:36:06.620
 Is the host

00:36:06.620 --> 00:36:07.780
 At this meal

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:09.640
 And that he

00:36:09.640 --> 00:36:10.039
 Is the one

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.760
 Who gave up

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:11.480
 Everything

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:12.140
 To share this

00:36:12.140 --> 00:36:12.900
 Meal with us

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:13.380
 This morning

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:15.840
 And so we

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.460
 Can share this

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:16.740
 Meal

00:36:16.740 --> 00:36:18.880
 And if you're

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.400
 Still wondering

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:20.920
 Is my name

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:22.120
 On the guest list

00:36:22.120 --> 00:36:24.700
 Well at this time

00:36:24.700 --> 00:36:25.200
 Have you

00:36:25.200 --> 00:36:26.140
 Given up your

00:36:26.140 --> 00:36:26.780
 Life to the

00:36:26.780 --> 00:36:27.200
 Lord Jesus

00:36:27.200 --> 00:36:27.660
 Christ

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:30.779
 We want this

00:36:30.779 --> 00:36:31.719
 Morning to be

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.739
 Meaningful to you

00:36:32.739 --> 00:36:33.519
 And we would

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.599
 Ask if you

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.319
 Recognise your

00:36:35.319 --> 00:36:35.899
 Name is not

00:36:35.899 --> 00:36:36.420
 On the guest list

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:37.139
 Don't eat of the

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:38.000
 Bread and drink of

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.259
 The wine

00:36:38.259 --> 00:36:38.980
 It's not for you

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:41.219
 But come to the

00:36:41.219 --> 00:36:41.619
 Host

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:43.940
 Come to the

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.339
 Lord Jesus

00:36:44.339 --> 00:36:44.599
 Christ

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:45.039
 The one who

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.460
 Says you

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:46.119
 Come unto me

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:46.799
 All of you

00:36:46.799 --> 00:36:48.059
 Who are weary

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.619
 And heavy

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:49.019
 Laid

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.579
 Come and I

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:49.960
 Will give you

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:50.299
 Rest

00:36:50.299 --> 00:36:52.379
 And say

00:36:52.379 --> 00:36:52.819
 Jesus I

00:36:52.819 --> 00:36:53.199
 Want to be on

00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:53.799
 That guest list

00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:55.600
 I want to

00:36:55.600 --> 00:36:56.080
 Follow you

00:36:56.080 --> 00:36:58.840
 Luke tells us

00:36:58.840 --> 00:36:59.460
 That on the

00:36:59.460 --> 00:36:59.820
 Night

00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:01.460
 As he shared

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:01.940
 This meal

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:02.680
 The Lord Jesus

00:37:02.680 --> 00:37:03.340
 Cooked the bread

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:03.760
 And he said

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:04.140
 I have

00:37:04.140 --> 00:37:04.800
 Earnestly

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.539
 Desired to

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:05.900
 Eat this

00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:06.340
 With you

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:09.280
 Before I

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:09.700
 Suffer

00:37:09.700 --> 00:37:11.580
 If I tell you

00:37:11.580 --> 00:37:12.080
 I will not

00:37:12.080 --> 00:37:12.519
 Eat of it

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:12.940
 Until the

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.400
 Kingdom of

00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:13.740
 God

00:37:13.740 --> 00:37:14.900
 Is fulfilled

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:17.059
 And he

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.340
 Took the

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:17.599
 Cup

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:19.220
 And when

00:37:19.220 --> 00:37:19.340
 He

00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:19.519
 Gave

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:19.980
 Thanks

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.180
 He

00:37:20.180 --> 00:37:20.400
 Said

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:21.639
 When he

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:21.900
 Took the

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:22.160
 Bread

00:37:22.160 --> 00:37:22.420
 And he

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:22.680
 Gave

00:37:22.680 --> 00:37:23.099
 Thanks

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:23.500
 And said

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:24.000
 Divide it

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.260
 Amongst

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:24.920
 Yourselves

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:26.360
 For I

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:26.660
 Tell you

00:37:26.660 --> 00:37:26.920
 That from

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:27.360
 Now on

00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:27.619
 I will

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:27.800
 Not

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:28.160
 Drink of

00:37:28.160 --> 00:37:28.300
 The

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:28.599
 Fruit of

00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:28.720
 The

00:37:28.720 --> 00:37:28.960
 Vine

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:29.220
 Until

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:29.360
 The

00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:29.539
 Kingdom

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:29.740
 Of

00:37:29.740 --> 00:37:29.940
 God

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.500
 Camps

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:32.639
 In other

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:32.840
 words

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.160
 Jesus

00:37:33.160 --> 00:37:33.539
 Says

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:33.820
 To the

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:34.119
 disciples

00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:34.340
 He

00:37:34.340 --> 00:37:34.579
 Says

00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:35.139
 The

00:37:35.139 --> 00:37:35.539
 Next

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:36.039
 Time

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:36.400
 I

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:36.660
 Eat

00:37:36.660 --> 00:37:36.880
 This

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:37.260
 Meal

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:37.500
 I

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.599
 Will

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:37.720
 Be

00:37:37.720 --> 00:37:37.780
 At

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:37.880
 The

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:38.200
 Banquet

00:37:38.200 --> 00:37:38.360
 To

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:40.800
 So

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:41.220
 As a

00:37:41.220 --> 00:37:41.619
 Taste

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:43.599
 And as

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:44.320
 A glimpse

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:44.720
 Of

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:45.440
 That day

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:45.820
 And that

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:46.240
 Great

00:37:46.240 --> 00:37:46.980
 Reality

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:48.740
 We

00:37:48.740 --> 00:37:48.900
 Come

00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:49.019
 To

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.119
 The

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:49.340
 Lord's

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:49.519
 Table