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The old rabbins say that when the famine came on Egypt, and the storehouses were opened, Joseph threw the chaff of the grain upon the Nine, that it might float down upon the river and show those who lived below that there was an abundance of provision laid up for them, farther up the river.
So the blessings of the divine grace which we enjoy in this world are little more than the husks of the heavenly good things, sent down on the river of divine grace, as revealings and foretastes and intimations of what is in store for us in heaven. The peace we get here is very sweet; but it is only a faint image and prophecy of the peace of heaven. The joy the Christian has on earth is deep and rich; but it is only the beginning of what he shall experience in glory. Heaven’s life is infinitely deeper and richer than this world’s. The communion of earth is very precious as we turn over the Bible pages and ponder its words, or sit at the Lord’s Table; but it is only the shadow of the blessed and perfect fellowship of heaven, when we shall see Jesus as he is and be satisfied.