Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 268

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268. Human souls are transferred into heavenly joy, to see the glory of God the Messiah

Today I witnessed two people I had known in life and with whom I had been speaking - after the conversation had turned to the subject of heavenly joy, and the fact that the delight of talking with a person after death was nothing compared to the joy in the heavens - transferred into the very inward heaven, into some habitation of it. From there they spoke with me, now as if from a higher place, while it was only from a more inward one. They testified that such joy is unspeakable, and that compared to it, earthly and worldly delights are nothing. 1747, the 24th day of November (old calendar).


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