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Theophanies: Divine Presence With Humans, August 5
And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of
the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with
fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Exodus 3:2
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Friday, March 20 [1896], I arose early, about half past three o’clock in the
morning. While [I was] writing upon the fifteenth chapter of John suddenly a
wonderful peace came upon me. The whole room seemed to be filled with
the atmosphere of heaven. A holy, sacred Presence seemed to be in my room.
I laid down my pen and was in a waiting attitude to see what the Spirit would
say unto me. I saw no person. I heard no audible voice, but a heavenly
Watcher seemed close beside me; I felt that I was in the presence of Jesus.
The sweet peace and light which seemed to be in my room it is impossible
for me to explain or describe. A sacred, holy atmosphere surrounded me,
and there were presented to my mind and understanding matters of intense
interest and importance. A line of action was laid out before me as if the
unseen Presence was speaking with me. The matter I had been writing upon
seemed to be lost to my mind and another matter distinctly opened before
me. A great awe seemed to be upon me as matters were imprinted upon my
mind.—
Selected Messages 3:35, 36
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I arose early Thursday morning, about two o’clock, and was writing busily
upon [the subject of] the True Vine, when I felt a Presence in my room, as
I have many times before, and I lost all recollection of what I was about. I
seemed to be in the presence of Jesus. He was communicating to me that
in which I was to be instructed. Everything was so plain that I could not
misunderstand.—
Selected Messages 3:36
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