Anyone have any thoughts about the possibility of a celebration in heaven and a second one on earth for the Jewish remnant who receives Messiah and enters into the millennium? Our God does seem to love a good party! I heard the Marriage Supper is going to take place on the earth ... after the tribulation and before the Millennium begins. Then the guests (tribulation saints and Old Testament saints and those who died before Pentecost) will receive their gloried bodies by that time and will be able to attend and enjoy the Marriage Feast as well. I'd be UP for it! TR Geri. I agree that the marriage supper will be on the earth but the marriage of the Lamb will be in heaven. I believe that all these events follow the procedures of the Jewish wedding arrangements. Some years ago, shortly after I was studying this I had a eureka moment. I was reading Luke 12 in my NASB (which I still like by the way), which said in verse 36 to wait for the Lord to return from the wedding feast. That through me curve ball at the time but then I checked out my King James which says : 36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. The King James does not say wedding feast but just wedding !. So I read on into the book of Luke and found further confirmation in the very next chapter : Luke 13:28-29 28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. 29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. According to the Jewish wedding procedures many more people are invited to the feast than to the wedding itself and in Luke 13:29 we can see that people are attending the feast from all four geographical points on the earth and not in heaven. Arnold Fruchtenbaum has some really good studies into these events. Also I would mention that the guests at the wedding in heaven do partake of wine as part of the ceremony. I bet its going to be a awesome vintage ! Many blessings David. Luke 22:14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. 15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: 16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: 18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. 19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. 20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. "Likewise also the cup after supper" The cup after supper is the third cup. The fourth cup was missing from the last supper. The fourth cup is also known as the cup of summation. This should be the cup we shall be drinking with Jesus prior to his return to earth.
