Some of my most enjoyable times are sitting at a table at church, sharing a meal with the saints. The food is always good, and so is the conversation that’s almost always mixed with kidding around.

At times the ambience overwhelms me, and I get lost in it to the point that the talking becomes indecipherable. Instead, the words turn into a comforting blanket of music. It’s all so uplifting. I want it to go on forever!

During those moments, this thought has never failed to come to me: this is a taste of what it’ll be like in heaven. I’ve even thanked the Lord in prayer for the experience.

Upon later reflection, however, I’m really not sure if we will eat in heaven. After looking through the Bible, I can’t find a clear and definite answer. But a few passages relating to eating, do lead me to believe that we might, indeed, get to chow down there.

For example, Jesus says this in Mark 14: 25— “Assuredly, I say to you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the Kingdom of God.” Because food usually is served with drink, this appears to suggest that we will eat. But the time-frame referred to by Jesus is beyond this present earth. Does the kingdom of God refer to the heavenly kingdom or the one on the new earth?

Then there’s Revelation 22: 1-3. It says there is “a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.” To me, this suggests we’ll eat the fruit; but it doesn’t actually say that we will. Instead of being edible, the fruit and the leaves, might possibly be used as a mixture to create some kind of healing ointment.

So I remain unclear as to whether or not we will eat in heaven. I do, though, as earlier said, lean toward thinking that we will. After all, we’ll certainly be capable of doing so. That’s because, though glorified, our bodies will still be somewhat human, and we’ll be as Jesus is. In His resurrected, glorified body, He ate. Luke 24: 36-43.