For by the acute sight of her contemplation she counters all forgetfulness of God’s justice, which people often feel in their mental tedium, so no inquiry by weak mortals eludes her vigilance. And thus you can discern no human form in her on account of those eyes. For the Fear of the Lord stands in God’s presence with humility and gazes on the Kingdom of God, surrounded by the clarity of a good and just intention, exercising her zeal and stability among humans.
#The iron colored mountain and the radiant one light full
Concerning fear of the LordĪnd before him at the foot of the mountain stands an image full of eyes on all sides. But that on each side of him there extends a soft shadow like a wing of wonderful breadth and length shows that both in admonition and in punishment ineffable justice displays sweet and gentle protection and perseveres in true equity. The strength and stability of God’s eternal KingdomĪs you see, therefore, the great mountain the color of iron symbolizes the strength and stability of the eternal Kingdom of God, which no fluctuation of mutability can destroy and the One enthroned upon it of such great glory that it blinds your sight is the One in the kingdom of beatitude Who rules the whole world with celestial divinity in the brilliance of unfading serenity, but is incomprehensible to human minds. For you have received your profound insight not from humans, but from the lofty and tremendous Judge on high, where this calmness will shine strongly with glorious light among the shining ones.Īrise therefore, cry out and tell what is shown to you by the strong power of God’s help, for He Who rules every creature in might and kindness floods those who fear Him and serve Him in sweet love and humility with the glory of heavenly enlightenment and leads those who persevere in the way of justice to the joys of the Eternal Vision. Burst forth into a fountain of abundance and overflow with mystical knowledge, until they who now think you contemptible because of Eve’s transgression are stirred up by the flood of your irrigation. Unlock for them the enclosure of mysteries that they, timid as they are, conceal in a hidden and fruitless field. Also, I perceived in this mountain many little windows, in which appeared human heads, some of subdued colors and some white.Īnd behold, He Who was enthroned upon that mountain cried out in a strong, loud voice saying, “O human, who are fragile dust of the earth and ashes of ashes! Cry out and speak of the origin of pure salvation until those people are instructed, who, though they see the inmost contents of the Scriptures, do not wish to tell them or preach them, because they are lukewarm and sluggish in serving God’s justice. But from the One who sat enthroned upon that mountain many living sparks sprang forth, which flew very sweetly around the images. In front of this image stood another, a child wearing a tunic of subdued color but white shoes, upon whose head such glory descended from the One enthroned upon that mountain that I could not look at its face. Before him, at the foot of the mountain, stood an image full of eyes on all sides, in which, because of those eyes, I could discern no human form. On each side of him there extended a soft shadow, like a wing of wondrous breadth and length. I saw a great mountain the color of iron, and enthroned on it One of such great glory that it blinded my sight.
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