36、启1:10.“当主日，我在灵里”表示那时由于神性流注的一种属灵状态。“我在灵里”表示当约翰在异象中时，他所处的属灵状态，接下来会论述这种状态。“当主日”表示那时来自主的流注；在这一天有主的同在，因为这一天是神圣的。由此明显可知，“当主日，我在灵里”表示那时由于神性流注的一种属灵状态。关于众先知，我们读到，他们“在灵里”或“在异象中”，还读到，耶和华的话临到他们。他们在灵里或在异象中时，并不在身体中，而是在他们的灵里；在这种状态下，他们看见那些在天堂里的事物；但当圣言临到他们时，他们在身体中，并听见耶和华说话。先知们的这两种状态要仔细区分。在异象的状态下，他们的灵眼被打开了，而肉眼被关闭了；这时，他们听见天使所说的话，或耶和华通过天使所说的话，还看见展现给他们的天上的事物；他们有时觉得自己似乎从一个地方被带到另一个地方，其实身体仍停留在原地。
约翰在写启示录时，就处于这种状态；以西结、撒迦利亚、但以理有时也处于这种状态；这时，经上就说，他们“在异象中”或“在灵里”；因为以西结说：
灵将我举起，在神的异象中，藉着神的灵将我带回迦勒底地，到被掳的人那里；因此，我所见的异象就离我上升去了。(以西结书11:1, 24)
经上还说，灵将他举起，他就听见身后有地震等等(以西结书3:12, 24)；经上又说，灵将他举到天地之间，在神的异象中，带他到耶路撒冷，他看到可憎的事(以西结书8:3等)。同样，当以西结看见四活物，也就是基路伯(以西结书1章和10章)时，以及当他看见新地和新殿，并且天使量它们(以西结书40章至48章)时，他就在神的异象中，或在灵里；经上说，他在神的异象中(以西结书40:2)；灵将他举起(以西结书43:5)。
撒迦利亚也是这种情况，当他看见一个骑马的人站在石榴树中间(撒迦利亚书1:8等)时；当他看见四角，然后看见一个人手拿准绳(撒迦利亚书2:1, 5等)时；当他看见大祭司约书亚(撒迦利亚书3:1等)时；当他看见灯台和两棵橄榄树(撒迦利亚书4:1等)时；当他看见飞行的书卷和量器(撒迦利亚书5:1, 6)时；当他看见四辆车从两山之间出来，以及马(撒迦利亚书6:1等)时，当时就有一位天使与他同在。当但以理看见四只兽从海中上来(但以理书7:1等)时，当他看见公绵羊和公山羊搏斗(但以理书8:1等)时，他同样处于这种状态。他自己说，他在异象中看到这些事物(但以理书7:1-2, 7, 13; 8:2; 10:1, 7-8)；天使加百列在一个异象中向他显现(但以理书9:21)。
约翰同样如此，如：当他看见七灯台中间的人子(启示录1章)时；当他看见天上的宝座和那坐在宝座上的，以及宝座周围的四活物(启示录4章)时；当他看见用七印封严的书卷(启示录5章)时；当他看见四匹马从揭开的书卷中出来(启示录6章)时；当他看见四位天使站在地的四角(启示录7章)时；当他看见蝗虫从无底坑中出来(启示录9章)时；当他看见天使手里拿着小书卷给他吃(启示录10章)时；当他听见七位天使吹号(启示录11章)时；当他看见龙和那龙所逼迫的妇人，以及龙和米迦勒的争战(启示录12章)；后来又看见两只兽上来，一只从海中上来，另一只从地中上来(启示录13章)时；当他看见七位天使掌管末后的七灾(启示录15-16章)时；当他看见淫妇坐在朱红色兽上(启示录17-18章)；后来又看见一匹白马并骑在马上的那一位(启示录19章)；最后看见一个新天和一个新地，然后看见新耶路撒冷从天而降(启示录21-22章)时。约翰自己说(启示录1:10; 4:2; 9:17; 21:10)，他是“在灵里”、“在异象中”看见这些事物的；这也是“我看见”的意思，无论这话出现在哪里。
由此明显可知，“在灵里”就是“在异象中”；这种事是通过打开人的灵的视觉实现的。当灵的视觉被打开时，灵界的事物就会出现，就像自然界的事物出现在肉眼前一样清楚。凭多年的经历，我可以证明，情况就是这样。当门徒看到复活后的主时，他们就处于这种状态，所以经上说：“他们的眼睛开了”(路加福音24:30, 31)。当亚伯拉罕看见三位天使，并与他们说话时，他处于类似状态。当夏甲、基甸、约书亚和其他人看见耶和华的天使时，他们也处于这种状态；当以利沙的少年人看见满山有火车火马围绕以利沙时，他同样处于这种状态，因为：
以利沙祷告说，耶和华啊，求你开他的眼目，使他能看见；耶和华就开了这少年人的眼目，他就看见了。(列王纪下6:17)
但至于圣言，它不是在灵的状态下，或在异象中被启示的，而是主用活生生的声音向众先知口述的。因此，无论在哪个地方，经上都没有说，先知出于圣灵说话，而是说他们出于耶和华说话(参看《新耶路撒冷教义之主篇》，53节)。
36. I became in the spirit on the Lord's day. (1:10) This symbolizes a spiritual state then owing to Divine influx.
"I became in the spirit" means, symbolically, a spiritual state, the state in which John was while he was experiencing the visions, and which we will take up in the following exposition. "On the Lord's day" symbolizes influx from the Lord then, for that day brings the Lord's presence, as it is a holy day.
Concerning the prophets we read that they were in the spirit or in vision, and that the Word came to them from Jehovah.
When they were in the spirit or in vision, they were not in the body, but in their spirit, a state in which they saw phenomena such as are found in heaven. But when the Word came to them, they were then in the body and heard Jehovah speaking.
These two states of the prophets must be properly distinguished. In the state of vision the eyes of their spirit were open and the eyes of their body closed; and they heard then what angels said, and what Jehovah said through angels, and also saw representations produced for them in heaven. Moreover, they sometimes seemed to themselves to be taken then from place to place, their body remaining where it was.
[2] This was the state in which John was when he wrote the book of Revelation, and the state sometimes experienced by Ezekiel, Zechariah, and Daniel. They also said that they were then in vision or in the spirit. For Ezekiel says,
The Spirit lifted me up... and brought me back into Chaldea, to those in captivity, in a vision (of God), in the spirit of God. (Thus) went up from me the vision that I had seen. (Ezekiel 11:1, 24)
He also says that the Spirit lifted him up, and he heard behind him an earthquake, and more (Ezekiel 3:12, 24). So, too, that the Spirit lifted him up between earth and heaven, that it brought him in visions of God to Jerusalem, and that he saw abominations (Ezekiel 8:3f.). He was likewise in a vision of God or in the spirit when he saw the four living creatures, which were cherubim (Ezekiel 1; 10), as also when he saw a new earth and a new temple, and an angel measuring them (Ezekiel 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48). That he was then in the visions of God, he himself says (Ezekiel 40:2), and that the spirit lifted him up (Ezekiel 43:5).
[3] The same was the case with Zechariah, who had an angel with him at the time, when he saw a man riding a horse among the myrtle trees (Zechariah 1:8ff.); when he saw the four horns, and then a man with a measuring line in his hand (Zechariah 1:18; 2:1ff.); when he saw Joshua the high priest (Zechariah 3:1ff.); when he saw the lampstand and two olive trees (Zechariah 4:1ff.); when he saw the flying scroll and the ephah (Zechariah 5:1, 6); when he saw the four chariots coming from between two mountains, and the horses (Zechariah 6:1ff.).
Daniel was in a like state when he saw the four beasts coming up from the sea (Daniel 7:1ff.), and when he saw the combat between the ram and the male goat (Daniel 8:1ff.). He himself says that he saw these things in visions (Daniel 7:1-2, 7, 13; 8:2; 10:1, 7-8), and that the angel Gabriel appeared to him in a vision (Daniel 9:21).
[4] The same was the case with John, as when he saw the Son of Man in the midst of the seven lampstands (Revelation 1), and finally, the new heaven and the new earth, and then the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven (Revelation 21, 22. John himself says that he saw these things in the spirit and in vision (1:10; 4:2; 9:17; 21:10). This, too, is meant by the statement, "I saw," everywhere it occurs in this book.
[5] It is clearly apparent from this that to be in the spirit is to be in a state of vision, which is brought about by an opening of the sight of a person's spirit; and when this is opened, phenomena found in the spiritual world are as clearly visible as those in the natural world are to the sight of the body.
The reality of this is something I can attest to from many years' experience.
The disciples were in this state when they saw the Lord after His resurrection, which is why are told that their eyes were opened (Luke 24:30-31).
Abraham was in a like state when he saw the three angels and spoke with them. 1
So, too, Hagar, Gideon, Joshua and others, when they saw angels of Jehovah. Likewise when Elisha's lad saw the mountain full of fiery chariots and horses all around Elisha, for Elisha prayed and said,
"Jehovah, open, I pray, his eyes that he may see." And Jehovah opened the eyes of the lad, and he saw. (2 Kings 6:17)
As regards the Word, however, it was not revealed in a state of the spirit or of vision, but the Lord dictated it to the prophets in an audible voice. Consequently we are nowhere told that the prophets spoke it from the Holy Spirit, but from Jehovah. See The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Lord, no. 53.
Footnotes:
1. Genesis 18
36. [verse 10] 'I came to be in the spirit on the Lord's day' signifies the spiritual state then as a result of Divine influx. 'I came to be in the spirit' signifies the spiritual state in which he was while in the visions, concerning which state [something] follows. 'On the Lord's day' signifies influx from the Lord then, for on that day there is the presence of the Lord, because the day is holy. It is plain from these [considerations] that 'I came to be in the spirit on the Lord's day' signifies the spiritual state then as a result of Divine influx. Of the prophets we read that they were 'in the spirit' or 'in a vision,' also that the Word was delivered to them by Jehovah. When they were in the spirit or a vision they were not in the body but in their spirit, in which state they saw such things as are in heaven. But when the Word was delivered to them, then they were in the body and heard Jehovah speaking. These two states of the prophets are to be properly distinguished. In the state of vision the eyes of their spirit were opened and the eyes of their body closed, and they then heard things that angels spoke, or that Jehovah spoke through angels, and they also saw the things that were represented to them in heaven; and then sometimes they seemed to be carried from place to place, the body remaining in its own position.
[2] John was in this state when he wrote the Apocalypse; and sometimes also Ezekiel, Zechariah, and Daniel [were in it]; and then it is said that they were 'in a vision' or 'in the spirit'; for Ezekiel says:
The spirit took me up, and brought me back into Chaldea to the captivity, in a vision of God, in the spirit of God: so the vision that I had seen went up over me. 11:1, 24.
He also says that the spirit took him up, and he heard an earthquake behind him, and other things (Ezekiel 3:12, 24); also, that the spirit took him up between earth and heaven, brought him into Jerusalem in the visions of God, and he saw abominations (8:3 seq.). He was in like manner in a vision of God or in the spirit, when he saw the four animals that were cherubs (Ezekiel 1; 10), as also when he saw the new land and the new temple, and an angel measuring them (40 to, 48). He says that he was in the visions of God (40:2), and that the spirit took him up (43:5).
[3] A similar thing was effected in the case of Zechariah, in whom there was an angel at the time, when he saw the man riding among the myrtle trees (Zechariah 1:8 seq).; when he saw four horns, and afterwards a man in whose hand was a measuring line (Zechariah 1:18; 2:1 seq. [H.B. 5 seq.]); when he saw Joshua the high priest (Zechariah 3:1 seq).; when he saw the lampstand and the two olive trees (Zechariah 4:1 seq).; when he saw the flying roll and the ephah (Zechariah 5:1, 6); and when he saw the four chariots coming out from between the two mountains, and the horses (Zechariah 6:1 seq.). Daniel was in a similar state when he saw the four beasts coming up out of the sea (Daniel 7:1 seq).; and when he saw the battle of the ram and the he-goat (Daniel 8:1 seq.). He himself says that he saw these things in visions (Daniel 7:1-2, 7, 13; 8:2; 10:1, 7-8), and that the angel Gabriel appeared to him in a vision (Daniel 9:25).
[4] A similar thing was effected in the case of John, as when he saw the Son of Man in the midst of the seven lampstands (Revelation 1); when he saw the throne in heaven, and one sitting thereon, and four animals round about the throne (Revelation 4); when he saw the Book sealed with seven seals (Revelation 5); when he saw the four horses going forth out of the opened Book (Revelation 6); when he saw the four angels standing on the four corners of the land (Revelation 7); when he saw the locusts going forth out of the pit of the deep (Revelation 9); when be saw the angel in whose hand was the little book, which he gave him to eat (Revelation 10); when he heard the seven angels sounding with the trumpets ((Revelation 8, 9, 11); when he saw the dragon and the woman whom the dragon persecuted, and the battle of that dragon with Michael ((Revelation 12); and afterwards, the two beasts coming up, the one out of the sea, and the other out of the land ((Revelation 13); when he saw the seven angels having the seven last plagues (Revelation 15, 16); when he saw the harlot sitting upon the scarlet coloured beast (Revelation 17, 18); and afterwards a white horse and One sitting upon it (Revelation 19); and at last, the new heaven and the new land, and the New Jerusalem coming down then out of heaven (Revelation 21, 22). That John saw these things in 'the spirit' and in 'vision,' he himself says (Revelation 1:10; 4:2; 9:17; 21:10). This is also understood by [the expression] 'I saw' wherever [it occurs] in his writings.
[5] It is quite plain from these things that to be 'in the spirit' is to be 'in vision,' and this is effected by means of an opening of the sight of a man's spirit. When this is opened, the things that are in the spiritual world appear just as clearly as do those that are before the sight of the body in the natural world. I can testify that it is so from many years experience. The disciples were in this state when they saw the Lord after the resurrection, and it is therefore said that 'their eyes were opened' (Luke 24:30-31). Abraham was in a similar state when he saw the three angels and spoke with them. Likewise Hagar, Gideon, Joshua and others when they saw angels of Jehovah. In like manner when Elisha's young man saw the mountain full of chariots and horses of fire round about Elisha, for:
Elisha prayed, and said, Jehovah, I pray Thee open his eyes that he may see, and Jehovah opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. 2 Kings 6:17.
As concerns the Word, however, this was not revealed in the state of 'the spirit' or 'in vision,' but it was dictated by the Lord to the prophets with a living voice. On account of this it is not anywhere said that they spoke the Word out of the Holy Spirit, but out of Jehovah. See THE DOCTRINE OF THE NEW JERUSALEM CONCERNING THE LORD 53.
36. Verse 10. I became in the spirit on the Lord's day, signifies a spiritual state then from Divine influx. "I became in the spirit," signifies the spiritual state in which he was when he was in visions, which state is treated of in what follows. "On the Lord's day," signifies influx then from the Lord; for on that day the Lord is present, because the day is holy. From which it is evident, that "I became in the spirit on the Lord's day," signifies a spiritual state then from Divine influx. Of the prophets we read that they were "in the spirit" or "in vision," also that the Word came to them from Jehovah. When they were in the spirit or in vision, they were not in the body, but in their spirit, in which state they saw such things as are in heaven; but when the Word came to them, then they were in the body, and heard Jehovah speaking. These two states of the prophets are to be carefully distinguished. In the state of vision the eyes of their spirit were opened, and the eyes of their body shut; and then they heard what the angels spoke; or what Jehovah spoke through the angels, and they also saw the things which were represented to them in heaven; and then they sometimes seemed to themselves to be carried from place to place, the body remaining in its place.
[2] In this state was John when he wrote Revelation; and sometimes also Ezekiel, Zechariah, and Daniel; and then it is said that they were "in vision," or "in the spirit;" for Ezekiel says:
The spirit took me up, and brought me back into Chaldea to the captivity in a vision of God, in the Spirit of God; thus the vision which I saw went up upon me, (Ezek 11:1, 24).
It is said also that the spirit took him up, and he heard behind him an earthquake, and other things, (Ezekiel 3:12, 24); also that:
The spirit lifted him up between the earth and heaven, and brought him in the visions of God to Jerusalem, and he saw abominations, (Ezekiel 8:3).
In like manner he was in a vision of God, or in the spirit, when he saw the four animals which were cherubs, (Ezekiel 1:10); as also when he saw the new earth and the new temple, and the angel measuring them (Ezekiel 40-48); and it is said that he was in the visions of God, (Ezekiel 40:2); and that the spirit took him up, (Ezekiel 43:5).
[3] The same was the case with Zechariah, with whom there was an angel at the time, when he saw the man riding among the myrtle trees, (Zechariah 1:8); when he saw four horns, and afterwards a man, in whose hand was a measuring line, (Zechariah 2:1, 5 seq.); when he saw Joshua, the high priest, (Zechariah 3:1 seq.); when he saw the lampstand and the two olive trees, (Zechariah 4:1); when he saw the flying roll and the ephah, (Zechariah 5:1, 6); and when he saw the four chariots coming out from between two mountains, and horses, (Zechariah 6:1). In a similar state was Daniel; when he saw four beasts coming up out of the sea, (Daniel 7:1 seq.). And when he saw the battle of the ram and the he-goat, (Daniel 8:1). That he saw these things in visions, he himself said, (Daniel 7:1-2, 7, 13; 8:2; 10:1, 7-8), and that the angel Gabriel was seen by him in a vision, (Daniel 9:21).
[4] It was the same with John; as when he saw the Son of man in the midst of the seven lampstands (Revelation 1); when he saw a throne in heaven, and Him that sat thereon, and four animals round about the throne (Revelation 4); when he saw the book sealed with seven seals (Revelation 5); when he saw the four horses going forth out of the book that was opened (Revelation 6); when he saw the four angels standing upon the four corners of the earth (Revelation 7); when he saw the locusts going forth out of the bottomless pit (Revelation 9); when he saw the angel in whose hand was a little book, which he gave him to eat (Revelation 10); when he heard the seven angels sound with their trumpets (Revelation 11); when he saw the dragon, and the woman whom the dragon persecuted, and the combat of the latter with Michael (Revelation 12); and afterwards, two beasts coming up, one out of the sea, and the other out of the earth (Revelation 13); when he saw the seven angels having the seven last plagues (Revelation 15-16); when he saw the harlot sitting upon the scarlet beast (Revelation 17-18); and afterwards, a white horse, and One sitting thereon (Revelation 19); and lastly, a new heaven and a new earth, and then the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven (Revelation 21-22). That John saw these things "in the spirit," and "in vision," he himself says, (Revelation 1:10; 4:2; 9:17; 21:10); this also is meant by "I saw" wherever it occurs.
[5] From these things it is evident that to be "in the spirit" is to be "in vision;" which is effected by the opening of the sight of man's spirit; which, when it is opened, the things which are in the spiritual world appear as clearly as the things which are in the natural world appear before the sight of the body. I can testify that it is so, from the experience of many years. In this state the disciples were when they saw the Lord after His resurrection, wherefore it is said that: "Their eyes were opened" (Luke 24:30-31). Abraham was in a similar state when he saw the three angels, and spoke with them. So were Hagar, Gideon, Joshua, and others, when they saw the angels of Jehovah; and, in like manner, the boy of Elisha, when he saw the mountain full of chariots and horses of fire round about Elisha; for:
Elisha prayed and said, Jehovah, I pray, open his eyes that he may see; and Jehovah opened the eyes of the boy, and he saw, (2 Kings 6:17).
But as to the Word, it was not revealed in a state of the spirit or in vision, but was dictated to the prophets by the Lord by the living voice; therefore, it is nowhere said that they spoke it from the Holy Spirit, but from Jehovah; see The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem concerning the Lord, (53).
36. (Vers. 10.) "Factus sum in Spiritu in Dominica die," significat statum spiritualem tunc ex Divino influxu. -"Factus Sum in Spiritu," significat statum spiritualem, in quo fuit dum in visionibus, de quo statu sequitur; "in Dominica die," significat a Domino tunc influxum, in die enim illa est praesentia Domini, quia dies sanctus est: ex quibus patet, quod "factus sim in Spiritu in Dominica die," significet statum spiritualem tunc ex Divino influxu. De Prophetis legitur, quod fuerint "in Spiritu" aut "in Visione," tum quod Verbum factum sit ad illos a Jehovah: cum fuerunt "in Spiritu" seu "Visione," non fuerunt in corpore, sed in suo Spiritu, in quo statu viderunt talia quae in Caelo sunt; cum autem Verbum factum est ad illos, tunc fuerunt in corpore, et audiverunt Jehovam loquentem: hi bini status Prophetarum probe distinguendi sunt; in Statu Visionis aperti sunt oculi spiritus eorum, et clausi oculi Corporis eorum, et tunc audiverunt quae Angeli locuti sunt, seu quae Jehovah per Angelos, et quoque viderunt quae sibi repraesentata sunt in Caelo; et tunc quandoque sibi visi sunt auferri e loco in locum, corpore manente in suo: in hoc statu fuit Johannes, cum scripsit Apocalypsin; et quandoque etiam Ezechiel, Sacharias et Daniel; et tunc dicitur quod essent "in Visione" aut "in Spiritu;" dicit enim Ezechiel,
"Spiritus sustulit me, et reduxit me in Chaldaeam ad captivitatem in Visione Dei, in Spiritu Dei; ita ascendit super me Visio quam vidi," (11:1, 24);
dicit etiam, quod Sustulerit illum Spiritus, et audiverit post se terrae motum, et alia, (3:12, 24);
Tum quod sustulerit illum Spiritus inter terram et caelum, abduxerit in Hierosolymam in Visionibus Dei, et viderit abominationes, (8:3, seq.);
Similiter fuit in Visione Dei seu in Spiritu cum vidit quatuor Animalia, quae erant Cherubi, (1 et 10);
Ut et cum vidit Novam Terram et Novum Templum, et Angelum metientem illa, (40-48);
Quod fuerit in Visionibus Dei, dicit, (40:2);
Et quod sustulerit illum Spiritus, (43:5).
Simile factum est cum Sacharia, in quo tunc Angelus fuit,
Cum vidit Virum equitantem inter myrtos, (1:8, seq.);
Cum vidit quatuor Cornua, et dein Virum, in cujus manu funiculus mensurae, (2:1, 5, seq.);
Cum vidit Joschuam Sacerdotem magnum, (3:1, seq.);
Cum vidit Candelabrum et duas Oleas, (4:1, seq.);
Cum vidit Volumen volans, et Epham, (5:1, 6);
Et cum vidit quatuor Currus exeuntes inter duos montes, et Equos, (6:1. seq.).
In simili statu fuit Daniel,
Cum vidit quatuor Bestias ascendentes ex mari, (Daniel 7:1, seq.), 1
Et cum vidit pugnas Arietis et Hirci, (8:1, seq.)
Quod viderit illa in Visionibus, dicit Ipse, (7:1-2, 7, 13; 8:2; 10:1, 7-8);
Et quod Angelus Gabriel ei visus sit in Visione, (9:21).
Simile factum est cum Johanne; ut Cum vidit Filium Hominis in medio Septem Candelabrorum, (Apocalypsis 1);
Cum vidit Thronum in Caelo, et Sedentem super illo, et circum Thronum quatuor Animalia, (4);
Cum vidit Librum obsignatum septem sigillis, (5);
Cum vidit quatuor Equos ex Libro aperto exeuntes, (6);
Cum vidit quatuor Angelos stantes super quatuor angulis terrae, (7:(1));
Cum vidit Locustas exeuntes ex puteo abyssi, (9);
Cum vidit Angelum in cujus Manu Libellus, quem dedit illi ad edendum, (10);
Cum audivit Septem Angelos clangentes tubis, (11);
Cum vidit Draconem et Mulierem quam draco persecutus; et hujus pugnam cum Michaele, (12);
et postea,
Duas Bestias, unam e mari, alteram e terra, ascendentes, (13);
Cum vidit Septem Angelos habentes septem plagas ultimas, (15; 16);
Cum vidit Meretricem sedentem super Bestia Coccinea, (17; 18) 2,
ac postea,
Equum album et Sedentem super illo, (19),
et demum,
Novum Caelum et Novam Terram, et tunc Novam Hierosolymam e Caelo descendentem, (21; 22).
Quod Johannes haec viderit "in Spiritu" et "Visione," dicit ipse, (1:10; 4:2; 9:17; 21:10); hoc etiam intelligitur per "Vidi" ubivis apud illum. Ex his manifeste patet, quod esse "in spiritu" sit esse "in visione," quae fit per aperitionem visus Spiritus hominis; qui cum aperitur, apparent illa quae in Mundo Spirituali sunt, tam clare quemadmodum coram visu Corporis illa quae in Mundo Naturali sunt. Quod ita sit, ab experientia multorum annorum testari possum. In hoc statu fuerunt Discipuli cum viderunt Dominum post resurrectionem; quare dicitur quod "Aperti sint oculi illorum," (Luca 24:30-31).
In simili statu fuit Abraham, cum vidit tres Angelos, et locutus est cum illis. Similiter Hagar, Guideon, Joschua, et alii, cum viderunt Angelos Jehovae: similiter cum puer Elisaei vidit Montem plenum curribus et equis igneis circum Elisaeum,
"Oravit enim Elisaeus, et dixit, Jehovah, Aperi quaeso oculos ejus ut videat, et aperuit Jehovah oculos pueri, et vidit," (2 Regnum 6:17).
Quod autem Verbum attinet, id non revelatum est in statu Spiritus seu in Visione, sed a Domino viva voce dictatum est Prophetis; quare nullibi dicitur, quod locuti sint illud ex Spiritu Sancto, sed ex Jehovah; videatur Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae de Domino (53).
Footnotes:
1. vii. pro "viii."
2. xviii. pro "18"