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This notion is deeply rooted in Scripture and is often understood as a present experience of the future realities promised to believers.<br><br><b>Biblical Foundation</b><br><br>The idea of a foretaste is woven throughout the New Testament, where believers are encouraged to live in the hope and assurance of the promises of God. One of the key passages that encapsulate this concept is found in <a href="/romans/8-23.htm">Romans 8:23</a>: "Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies." Here, the "firstfruits of the Spirit" are seen as a foretaste of the full redemption and glory that believers will experience in the future.<br><br>Similarly, in <a href="/ephesians/1-13.htm">Ephesians 1:13-14</a>, the Apostle Paul writes, "And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory." The Holy Spirit is described as a "pledge" or "guarantee" of the inheritance to come, providing believers with a foretaste of the eternal blessings that await them.<br><br><b>Theological Significance</b><br><br>Theologically, the foretaste serves as both a comfort and a motivation for believers. It reassures them of the certainty of God's promises and encourages them to persevere in faith and holiness. The experience of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer is a tangible reminder of God's presence and the future fulfillment of His promises.<br><br>The foretaste is also evident in the sacraments, particularly the Lord's Supper, which is seen as a foretaste of the heavenly banquet. In <a href="/1_corinthians/11-26.htm">1 Corinthians 11:26</a>, Paul states, "For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes." The act of communion is a present participation in the future reality of the Messianic feast.<br><br><b>Practical Implications</b><br><br>For Christians, the foretaste of future glory impacts daily living. It instills hope and joy, even amidst trials and suffering, as believers are reminded of the eternal joy that awaits them. This anticipation of future glory encourages a life of worship, gratitude, and service, as believers seek to live in a manner worthy of their calling.<br><br>Moreover, the foretaste of the Kingdom of God inspires evangelism and mission, as believers are compelled to share the good news of the gospel with others, inviting them to partake in the blessings of God's promises.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>The concept of foretaste in the Christian life is a profound reminder of the "already but not yet" nature of God's Kingdom. While believers experience the presence and power of the Holy Spirit now, they eagerly await the full realization of God's promises in the age to come. This anticipation shapes their faith, conduct, and hope as they journey towards the fulfillment of God's eternal plan.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.<p>2. (<I>v. t.</I>) To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.<p>3. (<I>v. t.</I>) To taste before another.<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/adams/hymns_for_christian_devotion/511__foretaste_of_heaven.htm"><span class="l"><b>Foretaste</b> of Heaven.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> DEVOUT EXERCISES. 511. " <b>Foretaste</b> of Heaven. 511. LM6l. Christian Psalmist.<br> <b>Foretaste</b> of Heaven. 1 What must it be to dwell <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/511 foretaste of heaven.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/book_of_hymns_for_public_and_private_devotion/359_c_m_mrs_miles.htm"><span class="l">CM Mrs. Miles. <b>Foretaste</b> of Heaven.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> CM Mrs. Miles. <b>Foretaste</b> of Heaven. 1 When, on devotion's seraph wing, The spirit<br> soars above, And feels Thy presence, Father, Friend, God of eternal love! <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../various/book of hymns for public and private devotion/359 c m mrs miles.htm</font><p><a href="/library/benincasa/letters_of_catherine_benincasa/to_monna_agnese_who_was.htm"><span class="l">To Monna Agnese who was the Wife of Messer Orso Malavolti</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Impatience loses the fruit of its labour, deprives the soul of God; it begins by<br> knowing a <b>foretaste</b> of hell, and later it brings men to eternal damnation: for <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to monna agnese who was.htm</font><p><a href="/library/francis/treatise_on_the_love_of_god/chapter_xv_of_the_great.htm"><span class="l">Of the Great Sentiment of Love which we Receive by Holy Hope.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> some greater joy; whence many are of opinion that our good angels, foreseeing the<br> good which is coming unto us, give us by this means a <b>foretaste</b> thereof, as <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xv of the great.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_45_1899/foretastes_of_the_heavenly_life.htm"><span class="l">Foretastes of the Heavenly Life</span></a> <br><b>...</b> I shall, therefore, present to you some views of heaven in order to give you some<br> idea how it is that the Christian on earth enjoys a <b>foretaste</b> of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 45 1899/foretastes of the heavenly life.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kingsley/twenty-five_village_sermons/sermon_vii_retribution.htm"><span class="l">Retribution</span></a> <br><b>...</b> An awful <b>foretaste</b> of the doom that is to come; and yet a merciful <b>foretaste</b>, if<br> thou wilt be but taught by the disappointment, the unsatisfied craving, the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kingsley/twenty-five village sermons/sermon vii retribution.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kuyper/the_work_of_the_holy_spirit/xxv_the_communion_of_saints.htm"><span class="l">The Communion of Saints.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> selfish, the half-hearted, or still untried, new beginners, but among the initiated<br> children of God, whose life is from God; a communion the <b>foretaste</b> of which <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xxv the communion of saints.htm</font><p><a href="/library/philips/the_christian_home/chapter_xxviii_the_antitype_of.htm"><span class="l">The Antitype of the Christian Home.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> amid all his domestic enjoyments, does not realize that his home is his rest, but<br> that it is only a probationary state, the <b>foretaste</b> and anticipation of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../philips/the christian home/chapter xxviii the antitype of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/arnold/the_christian_life/lecture_xix_matthew_xxii_32.htm"><span class="l">Matthew xxii. 32</span></a> <br><b>...</b> even on the first edge of either, at the visible beginnings of that infinite ascent<br> or descent, there is surely something which may give us a <b>foretaste</b> of what <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../arnold/the christian life/lecture xix matthew xxii 32.htm</font><p><a href="/library/regester/the_worship_of_the_church/symbolism_of_the_church_building.htm"><span class="l">Symbolism of the Church Building</span></a> <br><b>...</b> still in the absolute and perfect goodness of God even when the cross is laid upon<br> its shoulders,"then joy comes in, the joy which is a <b>foretaste</b> of that <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../regester/the worship of the church/symbolism of the church building.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/f/foretaste.htm"><span class="l"><b>Foretaste</b> (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> to anticipate. 3. (vt) To taste before another. Multi-Version Concordance<br><b>Foretaste</b> (4 Occurrences). Romans 8:23 And more than that <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/foretaste.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/pledge.htm"><span class="l">Pledge (55 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Romans 8:23 And more than that, we ourselves, though we possess the Spirit as a<br><b>foretaste</b> and pledge of the glorious future, yet we ourselves inwardly sigh, as <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/pledge.htm - 28k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/anticipation.htm"><span class="l">Anticipation (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (n.) Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision;<br><b>foretaste</b>; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/anticipation.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/future.htm"><span class="l">Future (88 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Romans 8:23 And more than that, we ourselves, though we possess the Spirit as a<br><b>foretaste</b> and pledge of the glorious future, yet we ourselves inwardly sigh, as <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/future.htm - 33k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/forests.htm"><span class="l">Forests (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/forests.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/foretell.htm"><span class="l">Foretell (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/foretell.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/glorious.htm"><span class="l">Glorious (91 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Romans 8:23 And more than that, we ourselves, though we possess the Spirit as a<br><b>foretaste</b> and pledge of the glorious future, yet we ourselves inwardly sigh, as <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/glorious.htm - 34k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/inwardly.htm"><span class="l">Inwardly (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Romans 8:23 And more than that, we ourselves, though we possess the Spirit as a<br><b>foretaste</b> and pledge of the glorious future, yet we ourselves inwardly sigh, as <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/inwardly.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/formed.htm"><span class="l">Formed (91 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (BBE). 2 Corinthians 5:5 And He who formed us with this very end in view is God,<br> who has given us His Spirit as a pledge and <b>foretaste</b> of that bliss. (WEY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/formed.htm - 34k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/recognition.htm"><span class="l">Recognition (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Romans 8:23 And more than that, we ourselves, though we possess the Spirit as a<br><b>foretaste</b> and pledge of the glorious future, yet we ourselves inwardly sigh, as <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/recognition.htm - 8k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/pandemic-diseases.html">What does the Bible say about pandemic diseases/sicknesses? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/beatitudes.html">What are the beatitudes? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/garment-of-praise.html">What is a garment of praise (Isaiah 61:3)? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/foretaste.htm">Foretaste: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Foretaste (4 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/8-23.htm">Romans 8:23</a></span><br />And more than that, we ourselves, though we possess the Spirit as a <span class="boldtext">foretaste</span> and pledge of the glorious future, yet we ourselves inwardly sigh, as we wait and long for open recognition as sons through the deliverance of our bodies.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-22.htm">2 Corinthians 1:22</a></span><br />and He has also set His seal upon us, and has put His Spirit into our hearts as a pledge and <span class="boldtext">foretaste</span> of future blessing.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-5.htm">2 Corinthians 5:5</a></span><br />And He who formed us with this very end in view is God, who has given us His Spirit as a pledge and <span class="boldtext">foretaste</span> of that bliss.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/1-14.htm">Ephesians 1:14</a></span><br />that Spirit being a pledge and <span class="boldtext">foretaste</span> of our inheritance, in anticipation of its full redemption--the inheritance which He has purchased to be specially His for the extolling of His glory.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/f/foretaste.htm">Foretaste</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/divine.htm">Divine (39 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