1446. They were asked whether they knew the Lord. Did they know that a spiritual knowledge was promised to them which was greater than all the deeper knowledge they possess. That something was promised, they knew, and they were still in doubt as to whether this was it. They were shown something like a Sun, but they said this was not the Lord, because they did not see a face. But here the questioning stopped, nor can inward sensation, which loves knowledge by itself, explore any further, so they busied themselves with those who were from the planet Venus.