The Heavenly Banquet
Overview
The Heavenly Banquet provides a biblical theology of the New Testament in the form of an imagined dialogue in heaven. It is loosely conceived as a sequel to Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. In it, Christian enters the Celestial City and has a celebratory supper with the seven principal authors of the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, Apollos (Hebrews), and Peter. Each of them relates the argument of their individual theologies, focusing on the love of Jesus as they each uniquely understood it.
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- Offers a compelling and theologically rich sequel to Pilgrim’s Progress
- Introduces the theologies of seven biblical authors in a dialogue form
- Provides a unique way of studying crucial points of Scripture
Top Highlights
“None of us could have imagined that the passover lamb first slaughtered in Egypt would foreshadow the Lamb of God crucified during Passover in Israel! Who would have imagined that the wickedness of Egypt would foretell the wickedness of Israel? That the death of the son of pharaoh in Egypt, which led to the exodus of God’s people from bondage, would foreshadow the death of the Son of God in Jerusalem, which led to the deliverance of the people of God from sin!’” (Page 22)
“second mountain represents the mountain of blessing and the sixth mountain represents the mountain of cursing.” (Page 30)
“Just as Jacob was the father of the twelve sons whose children became the twelve tribes of Israel, so the True Jacob chose twelve disciples. Their spiritual children constitute the True Israel. Consequently, both the nations and Israel were to be united into one bride, and made into one great city, the new and heavenly Jerusalem!’” (Page 89)
“Nonetheless it was by such heavenly symmetry that God was pleased to foretell all the suffering and the glory of His Son, beginning with Moses and all the prophets.” (Page 70)
“So Father God was foreshadowing the resurrection in the birth of His Son! Jesus’ resurrection from death was like a second birth!” (Page 60)
- Title: The Heavenly Banquet
- Author: Warren A. Gage
- Publisher: St. Andrews House
- Publication Date: 2001
- Pages: 197
Dr. Warren Gage is founder and President of the Alexandrian Forum. He received his PhD and MA from the University of Dallas, his ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary, and his JD from SMU Dedman School of Law. Previously, Dr. Gage served as Professor of Old Testament and Dean of Faculty at Knox Theological Seminary. While at Knox, he founded and directed the Christianity and Classical Studies graduate program. Dr. Gage is an ordained minister in the PCA and has authored numerous books and both scholarly and popular-level articles.