333. * mercy of God the Messiah, to learn from personal experience, through conversation and inward displays, since I have been so long among heavenly beings. For I could not be among them as long as physical elements were active at the same time, because then it was as if [my mind] were closed toward heaven, and to any association with them. But I have not yet been allowed to observe various circumstances in regard to these matters. [Outer; Inward] [See also WE 6816-18, concluding the explanation of Num. 6:1-21.]