Ge 28, 1813

Ge 28, 13

14

Ge 28, 15

Is 6, 1

Is 6, 1-2

Da 7, 9

2. HIS VISION OF THE LORD

AND HIS ANGELS.

will bring thee back into this
land: neither will I leave

And he saw in his sleep a thee till I shall have accom-
Ladder standing upon the plished all that I have said.
earth, and the top thereof
5. JACOB'S PRAYER ON

AWAKING.

touching Heaven: the An-
gels also of God ascending And when Jacob awaked Ge 28,16-
and descending by it,-And out of sleep, he said: In-
the Lord, leaning upon the deed the Lord is in this
Ladder, saying to him:

3. THE LORD REVEALS HIM- And trembling,

Place, and I knew it not.-

SELF.

he said:
How terrible is this Place !
I am the Lord God of this is no other but the House
Abraham thy father, and the of God and the Gate of Hea-
God of Isaac: The land, ven.

wherein thou sleepest, I will

STONE.

17

give to thee and to thy seed. 6. HE SETS UP A MEMORIAL
-And thy seed shall be as
the dust of the earth: thou
And Jacob, arising in the Ge 28,18
shalt spread abroad to the morning, took the stone,
west, and to the east, and to which he had laid under his
the north, and to the south: head, and set it up for a
and in thee and thy seed all title, pouring oil upon the
the tribes of the earth shall top of it.

be blessed.

4. DIVINE PROMISES TO

JACOB.

7. HE CALLS THE PLACE

BETHEL.

And he called the name of Ge 28, 19 And I will be thy Keeper the city Bethel, which before whithersoever thou goest, and was called Luza.

Eighth

ST. ISAIAS'S.

1. THE THRONE OF GOD.
I saw the Lord sitting
upon a throne high and ele-
vated.

Vision.

His Face, and with two they
covered His Feet, and with
two they flew.

3. THEIR HYMNS OF PRAISE.

And they cried one to Is 6, 3-4 another, and said: Holy, 2. HIS ROYAL TRAIN. Holy, Holy, the Lord God of And His train filled the Hosts, all the earth is full Temple.-Upon it stood the of His Glory.--And the linSeraphim: the one had six tels of the Doors were moved wings, and the other had six at the Voice of Him that wings: with two they covered cried.

Minth Vision.

ST. DANIEL'S.

Days sat: His garment was
white as snow, and the hair
of His head like clean wool:

1. THE ETERNAL FATHER.
I beheld till Thrones were
placed, and the Ancient of His Throne like flames of

Da 7, 10

Da 7, 11

12

Da 7, 13

fire the wheels of it like a
burning fire.

5. A KINGDOM GIVEN TO
HIM.

And He gave Him

1. Power,

2. And glory,

3. And a Kingdom:

2. HIS HEAVENLY COURT.
A swift stream of fire is-
sued forth from before Him:
thousands of thousands min-
istered to Him, and ten and all peoples, tribes, and
thousand times a hundred tongues shall serve
thousand stood before Him: His power is an Everlasting
the Judgment sat, and the Power that shall not be
Books were opened.

3. THE VOICE OF THE

HORN.

Him:

taken away: and His King-
dom, that shall not be
destroyed.

6. AN INTERPRETATION

ASKED.

Da 7, 14

16

I beheld because of the Voice of the great words which that Horn spoke: My spirit trembled, I Da 7, 15and I saw that the beast was Daniel was affrighted at slain, and the body thereof these things, and the visions was destroyed, and given to of my head troubled me.-I the fire to be burnt:-And went near to one of them that the power of the other that stood by, and asked beasts was taken away: the truth of him concerning and that times of life were all these things, and he told appointed them for a time, me the interpretation of the and a time. words, and instructed me.

18

4. THE SON OF MAN.
7. AN ANGEL GIVES IT.
I beheld therefore in the These four great beasts Da 7, 17
Vision of the night, and lo! are four kingdoms, which
One like the Son of man shall arise out of the earth.
came with the clouds of-But the saints of the Most
Heaven, and He came even High God shall take the
to the Ancient of Days: Kingdom: and they shall
and they presented Him possess the Kingdom for ever
before Him.
and ever.

2.-THREE GLIMPSES OF HEAVEN.
1. THE TRANSFIGURATION OF did shine as the sun and
His garments became white

CHRIST.
*

his brother, and bringeth talking with Him.
them up into a high moun-

tain apart.

*

*

And
said to Jesus:

Feter

answering, Lord, it is

And He was transfigured good for us to be here: if
And His Face Thou wilt, let us make here

before them.

Ez 43, 1

Ez 43,2

Ez 43, 3

three tabernacles :

1. One for Thee,

2. And one for Moses,
3. And one for Elias.

*

And the Majesty of the Ez 43, 4

And as he was yet speak- Lord went into the Temple ing, behold a bright cloud by the way of the Gate that overshadowed them. And looked to the east.

lo, a Voice out of the cloud,
saying: This is My Beloved

*

And the Spirit lifted me

Son, in Whom I am well up and brought me into the

pleased hear ye Him.

:

*

Inner Conrt: and behold the

House was filled with the

And the disciples hearing, Glory of the Lord. fell upon their face, and

were

*

Ez 43,5

very much afraid.- And I heard One speaking Ez 43,6 And Jesus came and touched to me out of the House, and them and said to them: the man that stood by me, Arise, and fear not.

*

*

Said to me: Son of man, Ez 43,7

And they lifting up their the Place of My Throne, and
eyes, saw no one, but only the Place of the soles of My
Jesus.-And as they came feet, where I dwell in the
down from the mountain, midst of the children of
Jesus charged them, saying: Israel for ever: and the
Tell the Vision to no man, House of Israel shall no
till the Son of man be risen more profane My Holy
from the dead.
Name.

2. THE GLORY OF GOD SHOWN TO ST. EZECHIEL.

*

3. THE GLORY OF GOD
SHOWN TO SOLOMON.
*

He brought me to the It came to pass, when 3 K8, 10 Gate that looked towards the Priests were come out the east. of the Sanctuary, that a cloud filled the House of the Lord.

And behold the Glory of the God of Israel came in by the way of the east and And the Priests could not 3 K8, 11 His Voice was like the noise stand to minister because of of many waters, and the the cloud: for the Glory of earth shone with His Ma- the Lord had filled the House jesty.

*

of the Lord.

And I saw the Vision Then Solomon said: The 3 K8, 12 according to the appearance Lord said that He would which I had seen when He dwell in a cloud.

and the appearance was Building I have built a 3K8, 13 according to the Vision which House for Thy Dwelling, to

Ge 2,8

Ge 2, 9

Ge 2, 10

14

Ap 21, 4 Is 25,8

Jn 10, 28

Ps 20, 5

be Thy Most Firm Throne

for ever.

3.-THE

And the king turned his 3 K8, 14 face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel,

GARDEN OF EDEN A TYPE OF THE

found bdellium, and
the onyx stone.

2. And the name of the
second river is
Gehon: the same is
it that compasseth
all the land of Ethi-
opia.

3. And the name of the
third river is Tigris:
the same passeth
along by the As-
syrians.

4. And the fourth river
is Euphrates.

4. MAN PLACED IN THE

GARDEN.

And a river went out of
the Place of Pleasure to
water Paradise, which from
thence is divided into four man, and put him into the
heads.
Paradise of Pleasure, to dress
1. The name of the one it, and to keep it.
is Phison: that is 5. GOD WALKS WITH HIM.
it which compasseth And they heard the Voice
all the land of Hevi- of the Lord God walking in
lath, where gold Paradise at the afternoon
groweth.-And the air.

And the Lord God took Ge 2, 15

4.-SUPREME HAPPINESS IN HEAVEN.*

I. Exemption from all Evils.

1. PERENNIAL LIFE. Death shall be no more. He shall cast Death down

headlong for ever.

Ge 3, 8

If any man keep My word Jn 8, 52 he shall not taste death for ever.

Death is swallowed up in 1 C 15,54

They shall not perish for Victory.

ever.

2. PERENNIAL HEALTH.

14

He asked life of Thee: You shall see and your Is 66, 13and Thou hast given him heart shall rejoice, and your length of days for ever and bones shall flourish like an herb, and the hand of the

ever.

* More fully treated in Book II. Part I. See p. 170.

Ap 6, 16

Je 31, 12

Is 58, 8

Ap 21, 4

Ap 6, 17

Ts 35,10

Is 25, 8

Ps 29, 12

Is 45,17

Ap 22, 5

Lord shall be known to His God shall enlighten them, and
they shall reign for ever and

servants.

:

They shall no more hunger ever. nor thirst, neither shall the The Gates thereof shall Ap 21, 25 sun fall on them, nor any not be shut by day for heat. there shall be no night there. They shall come and shall All you are the children 17 5,5 give praise in Mount Sion of Light, and children of and they shall flow to the the day: we are not of the good things of the Lord, and night, nor of darkness. their soul shall be as a The Day is at hand. watered garden, and they shall be hungry no more.

When shall I arise and the night be gone?

Ro 13, 12
J67, 4

Then shall thy light break In the night weeping shall Ps 29,6 forth as the morning, and have place, and in the mornthy health shall speedily ing gladness.

arise.

3. NO MORE SORROW.

5. DIVINE COMFORT.

I, I Myself will comfort Is 51, 12

God shall wipe away all you. tears from their eyes, and As one whom the mother Is 66, 13 death shall be no more, nor caresseth, so will I comfort mourning, nor crying, nor you, and you shall be com sorrow shall be any more, forted in Jerusalem.

for the former things are I will turn their mourning Je 31, 13 passed away.

God shall wipe away tears from their eyes.

into joy, and will comfort all them and make them joyful after their sorrow.

that Mt 5,5

Blessed are they
mourn: for they shall be
comforted.

Now he is comforted.

Lu 16, 25

The redeemed of the Lord shall return, and shall come into Sion with praise, and Everlasting Joy shall be upon their heads: they shall 6. SAFETY FOR EVER. obtain joy and gladness, and Lay not up to yourselves Mt 6, 19sorrow and mourning shall treasures on earth: where 20 flee away. the rust and moth consume, The Lord God shall wipe and where thieves break away tears from every face. through and steal.-But lay Thou hast turned for me up to yourselves treasures my mourning into joy: Thou in Heaven: where neither hast cut my sackcloth, and rust nor moth doth consume, hast compassed me with and where thieves do not gladness. break through nor steal. You shall not be con- The work of justice shall Is 22, 17 founded, and you shall not be peace, and the service of be ashamed for ever and justice quietness, and security for ever.

ever.

4. NO MORE NIGHT. Night shall be no more: and they shall not need the light of a lamp, for the Lord

No man shall pluck them Jn 10, 28 out of My hand.

They shall be no more for Ez 34, 28 a spoil to the nations, neither