113. * in an image of that procedure, namely, that they went off to someone who held the position of a prince, and consulted, and they also brought back answers, which they told to me. This took place very frequently, in the image of the Kingdom of God the Messiah, so that the words that I wrote I am allowed to swear to. It also happens the other way around, that they convey things I have said. They even consult among themselves, for instance, about the words I was writing, supposing as people on earth normally do that the consultation came of their own initiative. Then they were also allowed to bring their consultations into my mind - this I clearly observed. However, these did not start from them, as I was also able to see plainly. Not the slightest thing that I saw coming from them, were they allowed to bring in; indeed, their very thoughts were also corrected. So they did not realize that all counsels come from God the Messiah, though adapted to each individual's character and understanding. I have not been permitted, however, to insert anything whatever dictated aloud by them. The reason they are unaware of these facts is so that they may suppose that they themselves live, for without this notion they would believe they had no life. This also showed to some extent of what belief and character they were who were consulting and were allowed to bring in the consultations. [Lord; Answer]
[See WE 4260, explaining Exod. 19:3.] 4260. When Moses went up to God, it is said that "Jehovah called to him"; elsewhere [verses 9, 10, 21, 24] it is said that "He said to him." A call is a louder voice, so that he would hear, and indeed, "from the Mountain," that is, in the deepest sense, from heaven. "A mountain" is heaven, because of the height, for it is in the highest places, God the Messiah being Heaven Itself. One can hear which place voices come from, such as
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