Isaiah 25:6 “And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. 7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. 8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.”
In his prophecy of the coming Messiah, appearance of His Kingdom, and building of His Church; Isaiah allegorizes great joy and abundance of good “things” when the Lord would appear. It is certainly true that the Church and Lord’s people endured much persecution and still does in some places; but, even in the face of awful persecution, the Children of God greatly rejoice in the abundant blessings of our Lord’s mercy and grace. The “wines on the lees” refers to “wine” that has been carefully prepared and aged to produce the best possible aroma and taste. The “well refined” “wines” denotes wine that has been carefully handled to ensure purity, with no dregs or foreign particles in it. The “fat things full of marrow” refers to “things” (foods) that are prepared fresh and cleaned of all impurities, “things” that are tasty and nutritious, “things” that make the Children of God healthy and strong. The New Testament refers to those who “have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,” (Hebrews 6:4-5). The Apostle Peter exhorts us to, “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.” (I Peter 2:2-3). This tasting refers to those who “hunger and thirst after righteousness”; our Lord put it this way, “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” (Matthew 5:6). The Psalmist referred to the Word of God this way, “How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” (Psalms 119:103). The Word of God, the Gospel Message is indeed “sweet” to our “taste” and nutritious. After the Lord had spoken the Word of God to the two men on the road to Emmaus, they reflected, “Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us” (Luke 24:32); that is, “burn” with joy and peace and love and hope. Even now, our hearts “burn” with joy and hope when we hear such Words as; “God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8) and it is the Lord “Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,” (II Timothy 1:9) and our Lord declared “that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day” (John 6:39). Furthermore, “all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen” (II Corinthians 1:20); “all the promises of God” are absolutely sure to have already happened, or are happening now, or will certainly happen in the future. This Holy, Spiritual feeding and feasting is so necessary, that Peter Commands the Preachers to “Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;” (I Peter 5:2) and Paul Commands the Preachers to “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.” (II Timothy 4:2). Those who are nourished by the Holy Word Of God (the Gospel) “are strong, and the word of God abideth in” them and they “have overcome the wicked one” (I John 2:14)! So, if you have “tasted” the “wines on the lees” and the “fat things full of marrow”; then “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.” (I Peter 2:3).