It was like a Foretaste of eternal life.
It is a Foretaste of the world tomorrow.
A Foretaste to heaven on earth does exist though.
I have tasted and I have seen Him, even though it's just a Foretaste/.
Still, that first- century preaching work was merely a Foretaste of what would be accomplished during the last days.
A husband and
wife who are both poor in spirit will convert their home into a Foretaste of heaven on earth.
Job brought comfort to God's heart, he gave God a Foretaste of the delight of being glorified,
and provided a wonderful beginning for God's management plan.
Jehovah's words from heaven confirmed that identification,
and the vision of Jesus transfigured was a Foretaste of Christ's coming in Kingdom power and glory,
eventually to judge mankind.
When God came out from the confines of the Sabbath day,
this was just a Foretaste of His new work,
and His truly great work was continuing to play out.
Each time an individual breaks the narrow limitations in which he is imprisoned by his ego and emerges into the open air, through self-giving, whether for the sake of another human being or his family, his country or his faith,
he finds in this self-forgetfulness a Foretaste of the marvellous delight of love,
and this gives him the impression that he has come into contact with the Divine.