(Is He now too busy rejoicing for a deserved victory, along withthe inhabitants in heaven.)Main texts: Acts 9:1-19, especially verses 3-6; Hebrews 4:15;Revelation 6:9-11Does God with His massive victory over sin, through His SonJesus Christ, now live and only part of in an eternal, infiniteheavenly bubble, eagerly and happily awaiting us to join Him?Yes & No: There is great rejoicing in heaven for every soul thatjoins the great Feast of the Lamb (Luke 15:7) and it is ongoing foreternity but there is also a divine awareness, intercession(Hebrews 7:25) and empathetic feeling from the top down (fromGod and the saints.) (Revelation 6:9-11)They are not only rejoicing but feel our persecutions down here(note the Lord’s rebuke of Saul in Acts 9:3-6.)We who still live and work in this fallen world remain in all aspectsof life deeply entangled with our personal Lord, not from afar orwith an aloofness but with great empathy: “Saul why are youpersecuting me…” This statement is not just an example ofempathetic symbolism or a statement by the Lord as to how Heremembers how it felt when He was persecuted, rather it is a“now” reality expressed in the present tense. And it applies also toour present relationship with Christ. He, in His intercession for us(Hebrews 7:25) “… is touched by the feelings of our infirmities(KJV)” or my paraphrase of the NIV version: “for we do not have ahigh priest who is unable to empathize (actually feel with us) inour varied pains and struggles, very much part of this fallen world:He somehow suffers with us (and so does heaven’s saints,implied in Revelation 6:9-11.)And He will act in all our situation in His time and manner. Therisen Lord confronted Paul on his way to Damascus to persecutethe Christians but Jesus, feeling their persecution, confronted andstopped him. This was part of His intercession for His childrenand even for their persecutor.With His powerful revelatory act, He eased the believer’spersecution by converting the persecutor.Again, consider Jesus words to “Saul, Saul, why do youpersecute me.” Again, this illustrates how God touched when Hischildren hurt: He somehow hurts with them and replies in His timeand manner.

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