TCR 625 - The Old Testament and Heavenly Glorifications

TCR 625

Once when I was meditating about
the Lord's second coming,
there suddenly appeared a flash of light
which forcibly struck my eyes;
and I therefore looked up, and lo,
the whole heaven above me appeared luminous,
and there from the east to the west in a continuous strain
a Glorification was heard;
and an angel stood near who said,
"That is a glorification of the Lord
on account of His coming.
It comes from the angels
of the eastern and western heavens."
From the southern and northern heavens
only a gentle murmur was heard.
And because all this was heard by the angel,
he first said to me
that these glorifications and celebrations of the Lord
are made from the Word.
Presently he said,
"Now they are glorifying and celebrating the Lord
especially by these words,
which are spoken in the prophecy of Daniel:

You saw iron mixed with miry clay,
but they shall not cohere.
But in those days
the God of the heavens shall make
a kingdom to arise which shall not perish for ages
it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms,
but itself shall stand for ages.
(Daniel 2:43, 44)

After this I heard the sound of singing,
and more deeply in the east I saw a flashing of light
more brilliant than the former;
and I asked the angel what the glorification there was.
He said it was in these words in Daniel:

I saw in the night visions, and behold,
one like the Son of man
came with the clouds of heaven,
and there was given Him dominion, and a kingdom;
and all people and nations shall worship Him;
His dominion is the dominion of an age,
which shall not pass away,
and His kingdom
that which shall not be destroyed.
(Daniel 7:13, 14)

Beside this they were celebrating the Lord
from these words in the Apocalypse:

To Jesus Christ be the glory and the might;
behold, He comes with clouds.
He is the Alpha and the Omega,
the Beginning and the End,
the First and the Last,
Who is, Who was, and Who is to come, the Almighty;
I John heard this from the Son of man
out of the midst of the seven candlesticks.
(Revelation 1:5-13; 22:8, 13; also Matthew 24:30, 32)

I looked again into the eastern heaven,
and it lighted up from the right side,
the illumination extended to the southern expanse,
and I heard a sweet sound,
and asked the angel
what it was pertaining to the Lord
that they were glorifying there;
and he said that it was in these words
in the Apocalypse:

I saw a new heaven and a new earth,
and I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God,
made ready as a bride for her husband.
And I heard a great voice out of the heaven saying,
Behold the tabernacle of God is with men,
and He will dwell with them.
And an angel spoke with me, saying,
Come, and I will show thee the bride,
the wife of the Lamb.
And he carried me away in the spirit
to a great and high mountain,
and showed me the city, the holy Jerusalem.
(Revelation 21:1, 3, 9, 10)

I Jesus am the bright and morning star;
and the Spirit and the bride say, Come,
and He said I come quickly. Amen.
Even so, come Lord Jesus.
(Revelation 22:16, 17, 20)

After this and more,
a general glorification
from the east to the west of heaven,
and also from south to north was heard;
and I asked the angel, "What now?"
He said, "The following from the prophets":

All flesh shall know
that I Jehovah am your Savior and your Redeemer.
(Isaiah 49:26)

Thus said Jehovah --
the King of Israel and Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts,
I am the First and the Last,
and beside Me there is no God.
(Isaiah 44:6)

It shall be said in that day,
Lo, this is our God;
we have waited for Him that He may deliver us;
this is Jehovah; we have waited for Him.
(Isaiah 25:9)

The voice of one crying in the desert,
Prepare the way of Jehovah.
Behold, the Lord Jehovih comes in strength;
He shall feed His flock like a shepherd.
(Isaiah 40: 3, 5, 10, 11)

Unto us a Child is born,
unto us a Son is given;
and His name shall be
Wonderful, Counselor, God, Mighty,
Father of eternity, Prince of peace.
(Isaiah9:6)

Behold the days will come
when I will raise unto David a righteous Branch,
and He shall reign King
and this is His name,
Jehovah our righteousness.
(Jeremiah 23:5, 6; 33:15, 16)

Jehovah of Hosts is His name,
and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel,
the God of the whole earth shall He be called.
(Isaiah 54:5)

In that day Jehovah shall be king over all the earth;
in that day Jehovah shall be one
and His name one.
(Zechariah 14:9)

Hearing and understanding these things
my heart greatly rejoiced,
and I went home joyfully,
and here I returned from the spiritual to the bodily state,
in which I wrote out all this that I had seen and heard.