Spiritual Experiences-Word Exp. n. 49

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49. 2120. As for the remaining words, they are certainly clear in themselves, but there remain some obscurities. Therefore, if God the Messiah finds it fitting, let them be left for another time. And if it is permitted at that time, let those matters be reported in the sequence which, by the Divine mercy of God the Messiah, took place from the first time to the last, if so permitted - and this in a form pleasing to God the Messiah when the time comes. I refer to the temptations, and the things that follow later one after another, but in a general way, if that is His pleasure. Then those points can be extracted, concerning these words and those that follow, that are able to be explained with greater clarity. [See also WE 2121-26, concluding the explanation of Gen. 39:3-4.]


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