Friday, April 1, 2016

No more death, yet the resurrected Jesus eats fish

Not the lofty conception of Isaiah or even of The Apocalypse:

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

-- Isaiah 11:9

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

-- Revelation 21:4

And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And he took it, and did eat before them.

-- Luke 24:42f.

Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise. ... So when they had dined . . ..

-- John 21:12ff.