The Christmas Party

Eggnog, carols, tinsel, white elephant gifts, and sugar cookies are staples to one of the enjoyable aspects of this season, the Christmas Party. Whether it is a family get-together, a church event, dinner with friends, or even a work party the “Christmas party” is a time to put aside daily responsibilities, share stories, divulge in a few extra calories, and laugh at our silliness playing Christmas themed games. Trying to draw reindeer on our heads, or filling in the mystery carol by clever clues, and opening a surprise gift that leaves you speechless create shared memories that define the Christmas party. As I reflect upon some of the silliness, the surprise gifts and the festive foods, it is the treasured friendships that were a little more vulnerable and open during the Christmas party than during the daily routine of work and family responsibilities.

For Christians the heart and soul of Christmas is the celebration of Christ’s birth and His generous gift of love offered to us. As we all enjoy a good Christmas party with friends, I am reminded that there will be a day of great celebration, a feast that with each bite would make an Iron Chef silently pondering its complexity and exquisiteness, an overwhelming feeling of pure joy and excitement, in a party for believers of all nations, and all generations. John in his vision of Heaven in Revelations 19 describes the celebration feast between the Lamb and his bride, the church.

(7) For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready…(9) Then the angel said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!’” And he added, “These are the true words of God.”

The Wedding Supper of the Lamb will be the pinnacle of any feast, festival, celebration or party that has ever been. It will be a long anticipated union between man and God, and a fulfillment of God’s plan for an eternal relationship with His beloved and sought after children. A party with Christ, the Lamb as the center will be the ultimate Christmas party, now that’s a party to look forward to, and that you definitely don’t want to miss.