The reality of His presence

I will invite the poor and broken, and they will come and eat until satisfied. Bring Yahweh praise and you will find him. Your hearts will overflow with life forever! From the four corners of the earth, the peoples of the world will remember and return to the Lord. Every nation will come and worship him.

Psalms 22:26‭-‬27 TPT

I think we will dine together with Him, and it will be wonderful!

And while the good is sure to be amazing, it will be His presence that satisfies our hearts.

May we continue to grow more acutely aware of his presence today.

Father, thank you for your presence.  Thank you for the privilege of being with you in the third heaven, even now.  Help me live today in awareness of the reality of me being hidden in Christ in the third heaven and in anticipation of Christ's victorious return.  I love you.

Elijah, John the Baptizer, and Jesus

Matthew 11:9‭-‬14 TPT

Or did you encounter a true prophet out in the lonely wilderness? Yes, John was a prophet like those of the past, but he is even more than that! He was the fulfillment of this Scripture: See, I am sending my prophetic messenger who will go ahead of me and prepare hearts to receive me. "For I tell you the truth, throughout history there has never been a man who surpasses John the Baptizer. Yet the least of those who now experience heaven's kingdom realm will become even greater than he. From the moment John stepped onto the scene until now, the realm of heaven's kingdom is bursting forth, and passionate people have taken hold of its power. For all the prophets and the Torah prophesied until John appeared. If you can receive this truth, John is the Elijah who was destined to come.

I am speculating that there is a reflective pattern at the beginning and end of the age of the gentiles.  Jesus said that John the Baptizer was a type of the promised return of Elijah.  Elijah left earth in somewhat of a victorious flare without dying, but perhaps he will return as one of the two witnesses near the end of time (Rev 11, between the sixth and seventh trumpet) and will be killed.  Jesus came first in humility and died, but He will return in commanding victory at the end of time.  The time between when John the Baptizer began preaching to Jesus's death and resurrection was several years, and some people suggest that the time of tribulation will last several years.

Father, you are an amazing cinematographer!  I love your foreshadowing and plot development!  I praise you because your ways are so far beyond our ways!  I love you!