Isaiah 25:6-12
“And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast... He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces... Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us.”
King James Version
The LORD's feast for all peoples on His mountain, where death itself is swallowed up forever and every tear is wiped away — cited by Paul on the resurrection.
Fulfillment References
1 Corinthians 15:54 Revelation 21:4 Revelation 7:17 Isaiah 26:19
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe LORD who swallows up death and wipes away tears is Jesus, the resurrection and the life (John 11:25) — the one God who abolishes death (2 Tim. 1:10).
JewishThe eschatological banquet for all nations and the abolition of death in the age to come — a cherished hope of resurrection and consolation.
CatholicThe Messianic banquet and the conquest of death, fulfilled in Christ and consummated in the new creation.
ProtestantPaul cites 'death is swallowed up in victory' for the resurrection (1 Cor. 15:54); Revelation 21:4 echoes 'wipe away tears.'
OrthodoxThe defeat of death in Christ and the eternal banquet of the kingdom.
DispensationalThe kingdom feast and the abolition of death, realized in the millennial and eternal states.
AcademicPart of the 'Isaiah Apocalypse' (chs. 24-27); scholars note its developed hope of the conquest of death, echoed in 26:19's resurrection language.
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