Pie in the Sky

Pie in the Sky (Revelation 19:7-9)

7 “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. 9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.”

How often have we heard: bible thumping Christians of the ‘God squad’ are “so heavenly minded that they are of no earthly use?” Referring to our hope, those of little or no faith claim we are foolishly waiting for “a pie in the sky in the sweet bye and bye.” waiting for “pie in the sky bye and bye.” If they knew just how far ‘off base’ they were they would want a piece of the pie. Lord Jesus has told us: “Occupy till I come” (Luke 19:13), “And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men” (Colossians 3:23). We are to be as the fruit of the Holy Spirit seen in Galatians 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24 “And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” Is so be that we do, we walk as Christ walked. A Christian should bare fruit like unto that which Christ Jesus bore when he walked the hot sand. All honorable occupations come within the scope of God’s primeval dominion mandate (See Genesis 1:26-28). Slackers are among us. Christians are not to walk as they walk. Representing God we are to strive to do good works and do them well. “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might” (Ecclesiastes 9:10).

Nevertheless, there is indeed a great feast day coming and soon to arrive. Indeed it will be a great blessing to be “called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.” Presumably those who partake of this wonderful feast will be not only those who constitute His Bride, but also others who are called to be guests at His wedding supper. Since the Holy City is also called “the bride, the Lamb’s wife” and since it is inscribed with the names of both the “twelve tribes” of Israel and also of the “twelve apostles” (Revelation 21:9, 12, 14), it is clear that believers from both the pre-Christian and Christian ages will be there. They will all have responded to the Lord’s invitation and have had the right attitude of heart and life toward the will of the Bridegroom (Matthew 22:1-14; 25:1-13). Keep a right attitude; know God,know peace. Amen 11-27-2019 BLL