Secular scientists are convinced that the world is slouching towards an inevitable demise. They speculate that the world’s ending may be a frigid dissipation of all heat and energy from the universe. Or they posit that it’ll all burn up in a final, splendid kaboom.
This world is not destined for death, however. It’s destined for glory. This is simply how the works of God are. God creates light on day one, but on day four He enthrones the light. The earth is not left void, it is gloriously ordered into sea, sky, and land. The land itself is glorified when God tenderly forms it into a man. That spiritless man is glorified when God breathes into him a spirit. The man is further glorified by being given a “same but sundered” helper: his bride Eve.
Abraham’s solitary son of promise is being glorified into a mighty heavenly host. The Passover feast was glorified into this meal, signifying to us all that is in Christ for us. But even this meal will one day be further glorified.
The Lord’s Supper is complete and sufficient; but it, too, is like a seed that will one day burst into flower. In the new heavens and earth we will taste the unbroken delight of Christ’s bodily presence. In that presence, you will finally know what it means to be satisfied.
In this life you have never experienced a moment without the pangs of unsatisfied desires. We hunger and thirst. We are tired or lonely. This meal invites us to see by faith that just as temporal food satisfies desires, we shall one day enjoy a two-fold glory. First, the everlasting satisfaction of Christ’s presence, and second, the absence of unsatisfied desire. You shall want no more, because as this meal promises the glory that awaits this world is this: Christ given to you.
So come in faith and welcome to Jesus Christ…
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