Contemplative Bible Reading

Isaiah 25:6-8 (New Living Translation)
6 In Jerusalem, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
will spread a wonderful feast
for all the people of the world.
It will be a delicious banquet
with clear, well-aged wine and choice meat.
7 There he will remove the cloud of gloom,
the shadow of death that hangs over the earth.
8 He will swallow up death forever!
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away all tears.
He will remove forever all insults and mockery
against his land and people.
The Lord has spoken!

I believe this passage tells us of a day yet to come. In that future time, God will gather the believers for a celebration.

I love the description given in verse 7. There is currently a cloud of doom, a shadow of death that hangs over the earth. The earth is shrouded in this awful cloud and shadow. God will remove that.

What will the earth be like when that cloud is removed? I long to see it.