I wonder when we get issued our bibs?! Maybe at the staging area in the clouds?! Again, l look up! TR :mdrmdr: Bibs are only required to those who insist on eating lobster. :negative: But then again ... my aunt might need one ... she was on a date at this fancy restaurant .. she ordered prime ribs which was sitting in a lot of au jus sauce and as she was cutting her meat it apparently moved around and caused a tsunami wave of au jus sauce to splatter all over her white blouse. :mdrmdr: Meanwhile the guy had his head turned and when he looked back at her ... the look he gave was priceless while saying “whaaat happened???” And her reply was “I don’t know ... I was just cutting my meat”. I will never forget this one Italian restaurant we frequent ... the waitress was both comical and clumsy. One time she was using a mega size Parmesan hand cranked cheese grater and was applying the cheese to our plates at the table. Her motto was “say when” and she would stop. Well she got distracted and turned her head to talk to someone at another table who was asking for something and she tipped the grater and all the grated cheese then started piling up on my mom’s shirt and in her lap. :mdrmdr: The alarmed look on the waitress face was hilarious because it was A LOT of cheese. And that’s not all .. that same night the table behind us wanted garlic bread ... she then brings them the long basket of garlic bread and holds the basket over the candle while talking to them and the basket catches fire ... and a lot of water was needed to put out the fire and then that couple had to be redirected to another table because the area was water logged. :mdrmdr: So I wonder if the angels will be serving us? And will there be funny “accidents” along the way? Will we need to keep changing our white robes or will the spills sudden disappear? :whistle: I've already made an arrangement with the angels to change out your tea for coffee! 😉 And he has such a trusting face! TR LOL switching out the drinks and mixing-up the meal plate orders would be very amusing to watch because think about how many people that will be in attendance! Going back to Adam and Eve since we have the guests also there. Anybody want to guess how many people total that have invitations to the King’s wedding feast? Will it be 7 billion? 7 trillion? :unsure: Think of the noise level of everyone either talking or laughing? And will we run out of the popular sumptuous food platters and have to wait for more to be made ... while the ... ahem ... fish dishes remain cold and abandoned. B-) Various scientists theorize that there have been between 75-106 billion people to ever live. Quite a few more died in the womb. I’d say at least 50% with the high infant mortality rates and miscarriages that were common in ages past. So, that’s 112 billion to 159 billion. Now, infant mortality rates were very, very high in the past. 70-80% of all children died before the age of 5 up until about 200 years ago. Since children below the age of accountability are innocent in the eyes of God, that’s a lot of children in heaven. At least 77 billion to 112 billion children who died before the age of 5. Add in all the people who beyond the age of accountability were reconciled to God and you have a huge number. For the record, if you give everyone 75 acres in the New Jerusalem and 200 foot ceilings, you have enough room for 216 billion people. Whatever the number, it is going to be very full, IMHO. :good: Also going to be quite the Wedding Feast. :yahoo: Yes indeed its going to be an amazing fun event to participant in! Wouldn’t miss it for the world! :yahoo: Thank you, Arthur for including the stat numbers on the babies/young children that have died early deaths. I was thinking of them but couldn’t even begin to do the math equations & formulas. :wacko: I wonder if these young ones will stay young and grow up slowly during the millennium kingdom? And if so, then will there be lots of children’s tables at the wedding feast? You know their food will probably be ... pizza, cheese burgers, french fries, mac & cheese .... :whistle: Or will they be fully mature adults? :unsure: And the location of thee Wedding Feast of the Ages ... some say it will be held in heaven and others say on the earth before the Millennium period begins. We know when Jesus returns to the earth His feet will touch the Mount of Olives and He will be rearranging the Holy Land. (Zechariah 14:4 “And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, Which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, From east to west, Making a very large valley; Half of the mountain shall move toward the north And half of it toward the south.”) I wonder if the Lord will also restore the Garden of Eden and perhaps the setting for the wedding banquet is outdoors in that region? Can you just picture Eve saying “look Adam we are baack in the beautiful garden again!” :yes: Oops .. make that participate in .. not participant in. :mdrmdr: I've wondered about those who die before the age of accountability. Seems they miss something having not gone through the human experience with its seemingly endless trials and tribulations. It wouldn't surprise me if they are a different class of citizens in Heaven. I wonder if Jews in Heaven will still need to abide and eat kosher?! If so, they might gag at all that we consume! But they do love their sweets! TR
