north and south, and recline at table in the kingdom of God” (see Luke 13:22–30). In Luke 22 Jesus tells his disciples: “I assign to you, as my Father assigned to me, a kingdom, that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom . . .” (vv. 29–30). Food is used to describe salvation and judgment (1:53; 6:21, 25), and people are described in terms of good food and bad food (3:17; 6:43–46; 12:1). Jesus is called “a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.” This is why eating and