06/08/2021

Daniel's vision of God is not easy to recreate in my mind. I am not seeing anything directly but words that cannot possibly do justice to Divine Glory. If the seer had seen the Lord's Heaven directly he would not have been able to take in so much detail. I am seeing the world now but the reality is that I cannot see anything that is not before me; my desktop, my keyboard my printer. Films show us magnificent panoramas but they only fit into our minds. Can I hope that when I die  I will see the whole of heaven? Is the reality of God small enough to be  present in my mind? 

On Mount Tabor Peter, James and John were able to see the glorious beauty that is God. They also saw two men whom they knew to be Elijah and Moses. What they saw was not a vision in the their minds but a true revelation of Jesus the Son of God. The other two figures identified as Elijah and Moses are part of God's mystery still present in his revelation. The only humans we can be sure that are present in their human form in heaven are Jesus and his mother with Elijah. Moses tomb is present with us and thus the knowledge that his flesh has turned to dust. Abraham welcomed three figures under the oak at Mamre. 

The Trinity that is God was not known to the first apostles. How were they sure that the figures were Moses and Elijah.? There were three of them.

Dear Lord, you are the Truth, the Beauty and the Good which are made known to us through the scriptural record of your revelation, may I this day seek to follow your teachings and aim for Holiness of Faith Hope and Charity that can bring me closer to you.