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 And he saw in his sleep a thee till I shall have accom- AWAKING. touching Heaven: the An- 3. THE LORD REVEALS HIM- And trembling, Place, and I knew it not.- SELF. he said: wherein thou sleepest, I will STONE. 17 give to thee and to thy seed. 6. HE SETS UP A MEMORIAL 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. Vision. His Face, and with two they 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 1. THE ETERNAL FATHER. Da 7, 10 Da 7, 11 12 Da 7, 13 fire the wheels of it like a 5. A KINGDOM GIVEN TO And He gave Him 1. Power, 2. And glory, 3. And a Kingdom: 2. HIS HEAVENLY COURT. 3. THE VOICE OF THE HORN. Him: taken away: and His King- 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. 2.-THREE GLIMPSES OF HEAVEN. CHRIST. his brother, and bringeth talking with Him. tain apart. * * And Feter answering, Lord, it is And He was transfigured good for us to be here: if before them. Ez 43, 1 Ez 43,2 Ez 43, 3 three tabernacles : 1. One for Thee, 2. And one for Moses, * 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, * 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 2. THE GLORY OF GOD SHOWN TO ST. EZECHIEL. * 3. THE GLORY OF GOD 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 2. And the name of the 3. And the name of the 4. And the fourth river 4. MAN PLACED IN THE GARDEN. And a river went out of 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 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 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 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 |