Spiritual Experiences-Word Exp. n. 108

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108. * Therefore no grief touches them as it does here in the world, where the grief comes only from the memory of things past, and from so-called human "providing" for future ones. He wills, therefore, that by their "gathering each morning" - as He also says in His own Prayer, "give us this day our daily bread" [Matt. 6:11, Luke 11:3] - that condition of the heavenly beings may exist on this earth, and thus, that heaven may be with those living here. But what worries they can have, and over what kind of things, because remembrance is granted to them, will be told elsewhere. For these words involve more things than anyone could possibly bring to mind without their being revealed. [Happiness; Future; Memory; Past; Providence] [See WE 4112-15, concluding the explanation of Exod. 16:4.] 4129. [Exod. 16:] verse 10. What is meant here is that no one knows when the bridegroom will come, in glory, with the angels. That this glory would appear in a cloud, is also foretold by God the Messiah [Matt. 24:30, Mark 13: 26]. "In a cloud" means Heaven itself, thus in Heaven. Whether He will come into individual human minds, in a miraculous manner, with a sound, and such things, we must wait and see. It was foretold [Rev. 1:7] that also the sons of Jacob will see His glory, thus even unbelievers, for which reason it is said here to both - that is, to the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah,* "Behold, the glory of Jehovah appeared in the cloud." The "cloud" here is man's heaven, that is, the human mind, which is like a cloud, but in different ways. It is like a bright cloud to the sons of Israel, but like a dark and black cloud to unbelievers. For a human mind, one in which there are truths, is comparable to a cloud, and appears like a cloud, but for the sons of Israel, it will shine like dawn in the morning. That truths are portrayed * Probably meaning Jacob; see WE 4097-4101, 4107-09.


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