But after the day of the Lord, once Jesus comes and reigns on earth, this will no longer be an issue. “On that day,” these cooking pots will be like the sacred bowls used at the altar and ever pot will be holy to the Lord. Regular pots, pans, and utensils and Temple pots, pans, and utensils are the same: holy to the Lord.

Feasting and fasting were a part of the ancient Israel culture. When they came out of Egypt and the desert, God gave the Israelites a number of festivals which involved both feasting and fasting. The two were not supposed to be separated but instead integrated into the life of an individual and the life of a community.

I believe this passage does speak about the physical, but it is a physical after Jesus’ return and the New Heavens and New Earth are established. But I also believe it is a spiritual reality that we can inhabit now in the already-not-yet-here kingdom of Heaven. When we allow the walls around us to come down so that everyone can come in to the Kingdom, so that everyone can see the glory of the Lord, we return to Him and He to us.