his sleep, so Daniel now sees the actual angel and hears his actual words. (vs. 10-11). "And, behold, an hand touched me which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright; for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling."

Case 97. The Vision of a Celestial Being-Presumably the Lord, and a Mental Message from him, are transmitted into the Mind of the Sleeping Daniel. Next Gabriel Appears in Vision, and Conveys a Thought-communication to the Prophet. Then Gabriel Awakes Daniel, Appears in Actual Fact, and Speaks Audible Words.

The seer says (Chap. 8; 1), "In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, after that

which appeared unto me at the first."

He continues (Chap. 8; 2), "And I saw in a vision; and ** when I saw * I was at Shushan in the palace, * and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river Ulai." Then came the vision of the ram and the he-goat. Now he proceeds. (8; 15-16).

"And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man." Daniel had not seen any real ram or any real he-goat; but only visions of these two animals. So now he does not see any real man, but only a vision of a man— "as the appearance of a man." Or rather of a being in human form. Since that being spoke with authority to Gabriel, presumably he was the Lord. From that being goes a command"Gabriel, make this man" (Daniel) "to understand the vision." That command is understood by both Gabriel and Daniel. But, as this was a vision, and Daniel was asleep, there were no actual oral words. This utterance could have come to Daniel only by thought-transmission.

1. "So he" (Gabriel) "came near where I stood." Daniel dreams that he himself is standing, and beholds the vision of a

heavenly being drawing near. How far distant Gabriel was, when he started toward Daniel, we cannot tell. "And when he came I was afraid, and fell upon my face." (8; 17). [Daniel, in his vision, dreamed that he fell upon his face.] 2. "But he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision. Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground." Under these circumstances, even had Gabriel been actually present and speaking aloud; Daniel could neither have seen nor heard him. That the vision of Gabriel and the message from him, were projected into the mind of the prophet in a telepathic way; is evident. Because Daniel was in a deep sleep-face toward the ground. (v. 13).

But as, after Saul had seen a psychic vision of Ananias, and received a psychic message from him; the real Ananias came, and actually talked to Saul: so, in exactly the same way, after Daniel has seen the vision of Gabriel heralding his approach, and has received a telepathic remark from him; now the real Gabriel comes and actually talks with him. 3. "But he" (Gabriel) "touched me, and set me upright. And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be." Here the prophet sees the actual Gabriel, and hears the actual voice.

Case 98. A Figure Representing the Lord Appears "in the night," i. e., in a Vision, to Zechariah. An Angel also Appears in Vision to the Prophet, and talks by Thought-transmission. Then the Angel Wakes him up, Appears in Actual Presence, and Utters Audible Words.

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Zech. 1; 7. "Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, * came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, saying, I saw by night," etc. If by night, it was impossible he should have literally seen all the things which he now describes. The whole experience must have been in a vision or dream. All the events recorded in the first three chapters apparently occurred in a single night. Then (Chap. 4; 1) the prophet says, "The angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep."

Chap. 1; 8. "I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white." The man on the red horse, is believed to have been God in human form. For, in v. 12, he is addressed as the "Lord of hosts." And behind him are his angels, ready to do his pleasure. 8 * * And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be." Then follows the conversation. In it appear the angel that talked with Zechariah, the man on the red horse, and his servants on their horses. Then the Lord gives the angel that talked with the prophet, comforting words. Then the prophet beholds four horns-enemies of Israel; then four carpenters, who should fray these horns of the Gentiles.

But Zechariah did not see any actual men on horses, any horns, any carpenters, or any angel that talked with him. It could be only a vision of all these. He heard no actual words. They could be only words as these are heard in a vision.

Then, in Chapter 2, appear an angel that talks with the prophet, also other persons; and words are uttered. Then, in Chapter 3, appear other persons; and there are other words. All these appearances are simply visions. The utterances are like those in dreams.

But (Chap. 4; 1), "The angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep." Now the prophet is awake. The angel no longer appears in vision, but in reality. No longer utters words as in a dream, but in fact. Just as the angel that appeared to Joseph in a dream, might afterward have come and waked him: then appeared to him in reality, and uttered actual words. So here was an angelic appearance, first in vision, then in fact; with conversation, first by telepathy, then by ordinary speech.

Certainly the glorified man can appear to any other person, first in vision, then by actual presence. Thus, Acts 18; 9, the Lord spake "to Paul in the night by a vision." A little later, Acts 23; 11, we read, "The night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul;" etc. This latter was an appearance of Jesus in his actual glorified person. The second

CHAPTER XX.

SOME DEDUCTIONS FROM THE FOREGOING FACTS AND PRINCIPLES.

First. As the thoughts of one finite being are by the Omniscient Mind directly transmitted to a second finite being; so, with equal ease, in exactly the same manner, and at the same instant, a personal vision of the first may be directly transmitted to the second. For, regarding angels, it must be conceded that, not only thought-communications from them are sent directly to other persons; but that, with these, are sent visions.

Second. Without question, most of these visions are sent voluntarily. Every vision of the Lord Jesus that is vouchsafed to a human being, is sent by the Lord at his own volition. So, for instance, when the angels twice sent visions of themselves into the mind of the sleeping Daniel; and when three times an angel appeared in dream to the sleeping Joseph; we are compelled to believe these visions were sent as voluntarily as the thoughtcommunications that accompanied them. The angels seem to send visions at will, whenever and wherever they please. So, regarding these finite celestial beings, the Bible seems to indicate that one can at will transmit a personal vision of himself into the mind of another, just as the Lord Jesus may thus flash a vision of himself into the mind of any other finite being.

In four of the cases mentioned (that of Ananias and Saul, those of the two angels and Daniel, and that of the angel and Zechariah), the appearance in vision is followed by appearance in reality. In three others (those of the angels and Joseph), the appearance in vision is not followed by an appearance in reality.

Third. If the angels could appear to man in vision, they can appear to each other in vision. If the angels could appear to Joseph by vision and thought-transmission, surely two angels

can communicate with each other in that same way. Then, though separated by indefinite space, they may converse with each other by thought-transmission at any length. And, whatever may be the attitude, position, or expression of one; with that attitude, position, or expression, he could be accurately photographed in the mind of the other. This is upon the supposition that these angels are at the time clothed in human forms, as they often are in Scripture. Though ordinarily the angels are described as pure spirits, no more having a material form than God has one. And surely between two saints in the other world exactly the same thing may occur. Each can send a vision of himself and thought-message to the other. Then the two can converse together without ever coming any nearer; the distance between them being indefinitely great. This relation might be continued indefinitely. And why could not the same divine power work between any two human beings in the same manner; though they were a universe apart?

As this transmitting of visions, with other thought-messages, is possible and frequent from the Elder Brother to his younger brethren; it is most reasonable to believe that it is possible and frequent among his younger brethren; and that, in the world to come, any holy human being may appear in vision to any other. Jesus can transmit a vision of himself, with other thought-communication, to any being, at any instant, in any place. Since his glorified human nature is to be duplicated in ours; it is but logical to believe that we also can send personal visions to other beings, angelic or human. Here is one ground for arguing that, in our future estate, we shall have this faculty. A little further on, we shall see that the Scriptures literally represent glorified men in the celestial state as actually transmitting personal visions of themselves. (See Cases 125, 126.)

Since this vision-transmission is by divine power; far as theoretical possibility is concerned, it matters not a particle how far apart these angels and saints may be. And probably, in fact, (though we cannot prove this,) these transmissions from one finite being to another, are not affected in the least by the distance between those beings; any more than transmissions from the Lord