Will we eat food in heaven?

Many people ask whether we will eat food in heaven because eating is
not only necessary to stay alive, but it is also so very enjoyable!
Because eating is enjoyable, many people conclude that what is
enjoyable on earth (sex, family relationships, etc.) will naturally be
present in heaven. Although the Bible does not give us a detailed
answer to the question of eating food in heaven, a few observations
from the Scriptures are in order.

It is interesting to note that when the Lord Jesus celebrated the
Passover with His disciples shortly before His crucifixion, He
referred to eating and drinking in the kingdom. "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'" (Mark 14:25). The earthly
millennial kingdom is certainly in view here, and in that kingdom all
who are His followers will have already received their resurrection
bodies. It would appear from this statement that we, in our glorified
bodies, will eat and drink in the millennial kingdom. But what about
the heavenly kingdom?

When John the Apostle was given a vision of the New Jerusalem, he was
shown "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. And there shall be no
more curse…" (Revelation 22:1-3). The text does not say whether we
will actually eat the fruit of the tree of life, but that is certainly
possible.

If we will be eating in heaven, we don't know for sure what the
heavenly menu may contain, although it has been suggested that perhaps
our diet will be like that of Adam and Eve in paradise before the
fall. "And God said, 'See, I have given you every herb that yields
seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit
yields seed; to you it shall be for food'" (Genesis 1:29).

In the end, we don't really know if, or what, we will eat in heaven.
Believers only "know in part" (1 Corinthians 13:9). The joys of being
forever with our Savior who is the Bread of Life are beyond our
limited abilities to comprehend, for "it has not yet been revealed
what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be
like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this
hope in Him purifies himself, even as He is pure" (1 John 3:2-3).