Spiritual Experiences-Word Exp. n. 250

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250. [See WE 5676-77, explaining Exod. 34:8.]

5678. That there are so many causes of a humbling, even if man is unaware of them, by the mercy of God the Messiah it has been granted me to learn. For I was allowed to calculate together with spirits, what all was present within one given feeling, and it thus came out incontestably that there are elements latent in what appears as a single feeling, about which a person does not even know, except when it is actually revealed to him. So now, in this first humbling [of Moses]. [Feeling (Affection); Humbling] [See also the rest of WE 5678, concluding the explanation of this verse.] [See WE 5679 up to this point, explaining Exod. 34:9.] * Here [Moses] says "Lord," not "Jehovah," which shows clearly that he had to address his supplication to God the Messiah. As to whether he acknowledged Him, this may be doubted on the basis of some passages in the Word of God the Messiah,


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