In mid-May, I attended a banquet.

It was the day before I was scheduled to preach, and I watched the people eating, sharing, and fellowshiping together.

Their faces were filled with joy, and in that beautiful atmosphere, everyone wished they could freeze time right there, and God spoke to me through that feast.

In eternity, within the New Heaven and the New Earth, God has also prepared a Banquet.

The Bible calls it The Marriage Supper of The Lamb.

It is where the saints will dwell with Him forever.  What God desires most is simply to be with His children for eternity.

Yet, in this present life, we encounter hardships.  As we walk this path of faith, we face challenges — challenges that test whether we will continue to walk the way of The Cross.

This is how many people in the world experience their relationship with God: when our prayers are answered, when we experience His Touch, or when we see breakthroughs in our lives, we feel like we are soaring in the heavens.

But the moment we encounter hardship, we feel like we have crashed back down to earth.  Deep down, we know this is not the life we want, nor is it God’s Will for us.

God’s Heart is for us to experience Him whether we are on the mountaintop or in the lowest valley, in times of prosperity or adversity.

He wants us to deeply know that He is with us.  We long to linger in the feeling of His presence, but God’s ways are often not what we expect.

Sometimes, He allows us to remain in the hardship or the valley, yet still know that He is right there.

God’s Presence is not a mere emotion.

God’s Presence is not just a burning sensation you suddenly feel, nor is it simply a sudden urge to leave everything behind to follow Him, or having all your life’s problems instantly resolved.

While these things may indeed happen in His Presence, they are merely the results — the natural byproducts — of His Presence.

Then, what is God’s presence?

God’s presence is the manifestation of Himself, being right there with you.

He is Light, He is Love, He is Justice, He is Grace, He is everything.

He says, “I AM the source of all things; everything you need can be found in Me.”

He declares: “I AM THAT I AM.”

“Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?” God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers — the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob — has sent me to you.’ “This is my name forever, the name you shall call me from generation to generation.””   Exodus 3:13-15.

God says, “I AM” — meaning He can be our everything — and the ultimate key to experiencing all this is placing Him first in our lives.

Therefore, God’s presence is His own, as He is with you directly, becoming your source and your breath, taking full responsibility for everything in your life when He is your God and LORD.

The Presence of God also means allowing the Son to reign, permitting Him to intervene in every layer and every dimension of our lives.

If we let The LORD Jesus take The Throne, we will experience God’s Presence.

Why did the Son become flesh?  Because God does not want us to live in sin.

Within sin, there is sorrow, pain, confusion, and darkness, leading ultimately to the eternal fire.

But that is not the heart of The Father, for the eternal fire was prepared for Satan.

God is mercy; God is love.  Therefore, He sent His Son into the world so that through Yeshua, we can be connected to The Father and receive eternal life — an inheritance we can experience even now in this present life, as long as we make the Son The LORD of our lives.

If we want to dwell in God’s presence, we must dwell in His Word.

God spoke the world into existence, and His Word declares that He is with us.  To live in His presence, we must first live in His Word and abide by His principles.

“You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.  Remain in Me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine.  Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.”   John 15:3-4.

When we serve, pray, read The Bible, or even perform seemingly spiritual religious rituals — if we depart from the Word of God, it is not true service.

We must live within God’s Word and walk according to His will. His Word will surely bring us revelation, for His Word and His Spirit are inseparable.

As you dwell in His love, you shall also experience His glorious Presence.

God is our loving Heavenly Father, and we are just like the prodigal son.

We yearn for our own glory, long for breakthroughs, and thirst for anything that might satisfy us. In the end, we will find that all these things shall pass away.

But The Father says,  “Child, come home!  I love you, and all that is mine is yours.”

When we abide in The Father, His everything becomes ours.

This is the very grace bestowed upon us through the incarnation and redemption of Christ, bringing us into reconciliation with God.

“Moses said to The LORD, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name and you have found favor with me.’ If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.”
The LORD replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”
And The LORD said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”
And The LORD said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, The LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.”Then The LORD said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.”   Exodus 33:12-23.

Moses desperately wanted to see God’s glory to confirm that the Self-Existent One was truly with him, so that he would have the strength to go out on God’s behalf.

God knew that Moses needed His Kabod — that weight of glory, honor, and approval.

Yet, no man can look upon God’s Face and live.

Therefore, God placed Moses upon the rock, covered him with His hand, and after passing by, allowed Moses to see His back.

This is sheer loving-kindness and grace.  We, too, want to see Glory, but God says to us: “I will cause you to experience My Love and My Goodness.”

As I was praying and writing down the Words God spoke to me, I kept remembering how I had nearly died three times.

During one of those times, it felt as though my whole life flashed before my eyes. I cried out to The LORD, begging Him to give me another chance.

He breathed life into me, and allowed me to survive.  That reminds me of what it says in Romans：

“If we live, we live for The LORD; and if we die, we die for The LORD.  So, whether we live or die, we belong to The LORD.”   Romans14:8.

On May 23, 2026 at  5:31 a.m. I received a Word from The Father.

“My children, I AM THAT I AM. 

In My Presence for eternity — in these end times — have you realized that apart from Me, there is nothing else on this earth for you to cling to?

The world will never return to the way it used to be.  You will witness the collapse of the world, until My Son returns once again.

What are you pursuing in this world?

What are you storing up for yourselves?

Are you dwelling with Me, obeying Me, allowing the Son to reign, submitting to My Words, and living in My Love?

Have you heard Me say, “Love The LORD your God and love your neighbor”?

Do you believe it and walk in obedience?

Yes, you will find that this is The Cross.  Through the Cross, you are brought into My Presence.

My Children, where is the highest calling?

It is right here in My embrace, in My Presence.

I have always been watching over you.

I AM with you not only in your moments of success, but I AM also right there with you in your times of failure and suffering.

How do you face those moments?

Are you still praising, still worshiping, and still fully confident that I am the Self-Existent, Everlasting, and Omnipresent God?

I search the hearts of men.  Every single part of you was fashioned by My hands.

Yes, I will be with you.  Obey Me.  Consecrate your heart, your mouth, your eyes, your hands and feet, your thoughts and mind — your whole being, your spirit, soul, and body — unto Me.

You will receive true peace, true freedom, and you will experience My presence with you.

My children, the systems of this world will come to an end, and My Kingdom will come.

The one who endures to the end will be saved.  Yes, there will be tribulations; there will be persecutions.

There will be spiritual and physical persecutions, as well as hardships driven by human needs.

But you must remain in My Presence.

Trust that I will provide for you, just as I provided for My Servants in days of old.

Keep Me always before you.

Come face-to-face with Me, draw near to Me, and the devil will flee from you.

Dwell in My Presence, and no plague or deadly disease will be able to harm you.

Yes, abide in My Presence, abide in My Embrace.

I AM your Father; be My Children.

I AM going to pour out My Spirit upon you.

My Children, where are you?

Are you in My Presence?

Return to your rightful place.

It is there that I speak with you, there that I meet you face-to-face.

Trust Me.  I AM in you, and you are in Me!

Through The Cross, through the heavenly sacrifice, the Gates of Heaven have already been opened.

\Declare it once again: You are already in My Presence.

My Children, acknowledge Me.

If you have resolved to walk this path of walking with Me and dwelling in My Presence, do not look back.

When the Gates of Heaven open wide for you, you will hear the sound of trumpets and the singing of angels.

There, you will be at My Banquet and in My Kingdom forever, through all eternity!”

Bible References:

“Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, ‘Hallelujah! For The LORD our God the Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure’—for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. And the angel said to me, ‘Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’ And he said to me, ‘These are the true words of God.’”   Revelation 19:6-9.

“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”   Psalm23:4.

“The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.  Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”   Deuteronomy31:8.

“Have I not commanded you?  Be strong and courageous.  Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for The LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”   Joshua1:9.

“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”   Romans8:38-39.

“For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell.”   Colossians1:19.

“But I have been The LORD your God ever since you came out of Egypt.  You shall acknowledge no God but me, no Savior except me.”   Hosea13:4.

Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?” God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ “This is my name forever, the name you shall call me from generation to generation.”   Exodus 3:13-15.

“You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.”   John 15:3-4.

“Moses said to The LORD, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name and you have found favor with me.’ If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.
The LORD replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”
And The LORD said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”
And The LORD said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, The LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.”Then The LORD said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.”   Exodus 33:12-23.

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from The Father, full of grace and truth.”   John 1:14.

“If we live, we live for The LORD; and if we die, we die for The LORD. So, whether we live or die, we belong to The LORD.”   Romans14:8.

“And I will ask The Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever — the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.”   John14:16-17.

“Jesus answered, ‘The most important is, “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, The LORD is one. And you shall love The LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” The second is this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” There is no other commandment greater than these.’”   Mark 12:29-31.

“I have set The LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.”   Psalm16:8.

Received May 23, 2026.

~ Chen Youen

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Chen Youen

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