“The heavens
were opened
and I
saw visions of God”
(Ezek. 1:1):
The heavens
were opened
to Ezekiel:
The opening of the heavens
was God’s special visitation;
the heavens
were opened also
to Jacob, to Jesus,
to Stephen, to Peter, and to John.
Ezekiel stood
in the position of a priest,
one who was
seeking God
and contacting God
and who was
connected to the heavens:
Ezekiel
was carrying out his priesthood
in the spirit,
serving God
and fellowshipping with God,
so that the heavens
were opened,
and he saw
the glorious vision of
God being life to man
so that He and man
could be built together.
The heavens
were opened to Ezekiel
and could even come down to earth,
enabling God’s heavenly things
to be seen
by people on earth
and to be fulfilled
among them on earth.
Whenever God
finds a man on earth
who is one with Him
and whose heart
is a duplication of His heart,
the heavens
are opened to him.
Ezekiel
saw visions of God
—divine, spiritual, heavenly visions—
in his spirit
under an opened heaven:
God’s visions
are His revelations,
which enable us
to see
divine, spiritual, and heavenly things.
What we
present to the children of God
should be
visions of God,
which we have seen
in our spirit
under the opened heavens
through our contact with God.
These visions
will lead to
the building up
of God’s churches.
The most important matter
for a person
who serves the Lord
is that he
must see
visions of God:
In the Bible
vision denotes
an extraordinary scene;
it refers to
a special kind of seeing
—a glorious, inward seeing—
and to
the spiritual scenery
that we
see from God.
In order to see
a vision,
we need
revelation, light, and sight.
Visions of God
govern us,
restrict us,
control us,
preserve us,
revolutionize us,
give us the boldness
to go on,
and keep us
in the genuine oneness.
Under the visions from God
we are directed
toward God’s destination,
and our life
is controlled
according to God’s economy.
We need
the kind of prayer
that brings us
into a trance
and that brings
a heavenly vision
to us:
A trance
means that we
have been brought
out of our self;
we may be imprisoned
in the self,
but we need to pray ourselves
out of that imprisonment.
To be in a trance
is to be out of our self,
and in that trance
we receive visions
from God.
God wanted Ezekiel
not only to behold
with his eyes
but also to hear
with his ears;
hence,
He gave him His words
along with His visions:
God’s word to Ezekiel
was not an ordinary word
but an express word,
a special word.
God’s words
are His explanations
of His visions.
We need to have
an express word
from the Lord:
God wants
to give us
special, fresh, and vivid words
that convey
His divine visions.
We should ask God
for words
that will enable us
to understand the visions,
and we need the words
that will enable us
to proclaim and explain
what we have seen.
God’s hand
always follows His speaking;
thus,
the hand of Jehovah
was upon Ezekiel:
God will come in
to do what He says
and to work
according to His speaking.
God’s hand upon man
is for leading and directing man
and for causing man
to take action.
May we all
have an opened heaven,
see God’s visions,
receive God’s words,
and have God’s leading and directing hand
upon us
to meet God’s need.
Ezekiel 1
unveils to us
the desire of God’s heart
and the purpose
that He wants
to accomplish:
The biblical term
that refers to
the desire of God’s heart
is the good pleasure of His will;
the good pleasure of God’s will
is the desire of God’s heart:
The Triune God’s economy
was made
according to His good pleasure,
and His good pleasure
comes out of His heart’s desire.
Out of the desire of God’s heart,
His good pleasure,
is God’s purpose,
and out of this purpose
is His economy.
Our inward joy
is an indication
that God
is operating in us
for His good pleasure
and that we
are living and walking
according to
His good pleasure,
the desire of His heart.
Ezekiel 1
unveils God’s desire
to be expressed
in His Son.
The One
signified by
the glowing electrum,
the Lamb-God,
dwells within us
as a priceless treasure
for His expression.
The four faces
of the four living creatures
signify the complete and adequate expression
of Christ:
The four living creatures
signify a corporate entity,
the corporate Christ
—the corporate expression of God;
when God gains
such a corporate expression,
His purpose
will be accomplished.
The vision in Ezekiel 1
shows us
that we
need to be corporate
and that we
need to be in coordination.
“Upon the likeness of the throne
was One
in appearance like a man”
(v. 26):
The One on the throne
looks like a man,
yet with Him
is the likeness of
the glory of Jehovah,
indicating that the One
sitting on the throne
is both God and man;
this is
Jesus Christ,
the God-man,
the mingling of God and man.
As revealed in the Bible,
God’s mysterious intention
in His relationship with man
is to mingle Himself with man
and thereby to become the same as man
and make man the same as He is
in life, in nature, and in expression
but not in the Godhead.
The One on the throne
and the four living creatures
both have
the appearance of a man,
indicating that the four living creatures on earth
are the expression of the One on the throne;
this is
the manifestation of
God in humanity.
The Bible as a whole,
and the book of Ezekiel
as a miniature of the Bible,
reveal that God’s eternal intention
is to dispense Himself
into His chosen people,
making them
the same as He is
in His life, His nature, and His image
but not in the Godhead:
God’s goal
is that His redeemed and regenerated people
into whom He
is working Himself in Christ
will be mingled with Him
as one entity
and be built together in Him
to be
His eternal habitation,
the New Jerusalem.
This is
the central point
of the revelation of the Bible
and also of the visions
presented in the book of Ezekiel.
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Day 6
Ezek. 1:5
And from the midst of it
there came
the likeness of four living creatures.
And this was
their appearance:
They had
the likeness of a man.
Ezek. 1:26
And above the expanse
that was over their heads
was the likeness of a throne,
like the appearance of a sapphire stone;
and upon the likeness of the throne
was One
in appearance like a man,
above it.
In Ezekiel 1:26b
we are told
that the One on the throne
looks like a man.
This is absolutely different
from the human concept
and also different
from the religious concept,
including the concept
widely held
in today’s Christianity.
Mainly,
our concept
is that the One on the throne
is the mighty God.
Have you ever thought
that the Lord on the throne
is not only the mighty God
but is also a man?
Oh,
the One
who sits on the throne
is a man!
However,
verse 28
speaks of
“the appearance of
the likeness of
the glory of Jehovah.”
The One on the throne
looks like a man,
yet with Him
there is
the appearance of
the glory of Jehovah.
In the Bible
there is
a mysterious thought
concerning the relationship
between God and man.
God’s desire
is to become
the same as man is
and to make man
the same as He is.
This means
that God’s intention
is to mingle Himself with man
and thereby make Himself like man
and make man like Him.
The Lord Jesus
is the God-man;
He is
the complete God
and the perfect man.
We may also say
that He
is the Man-God.
The One
whom we worship today
is the Man-God.
Furthermore,
to be a man of God,
as Moses was,
is to be a God-man,
a man
who is mingled with God.
It is
a delight to God
that all His chosen and redeemed people
would be God-men.
If we
would live out God
and express God,
we need to be a man
and have the appearance of a man.
Ezekiel 1:5 says
that the four living creatures
have the appearance of a man,
and verse 26 says
that the One on the throne
has the appearance of a man.
The crucial point here
is that because man
was created
in the image of God
in order to express God,
only man
is like God.
A person
must have
the appearance of a man
in order to live out
the image of God
and therefore express God.
If we
want to live out God
and express God,
we must be a man
and have
the appearance of a man.
Anyone
who does not have
the appearance of a man
cannot express God.
The One on the throne
and the four living creatures
both have
the appearance of a man,
indicating that the four living creatures on earth
are the expression of
the One on the throne.
In Ezekiel 1
the One on the throne
is the union of
God and man.
Thus,
the place
where the throne is,
is the place
where heaven and earth
are joined.
The One on the throne
is God,
but He manifests
the appearance of a man.
When the Lord Jesus
was on earth,
He was God
manifest in the flesh,
for He was the God-man
and had the appearance of a man.
Inwardly,
He was God,
but His appearance on earth
was the appearance of a man.
Now,
as the One on the throne
after His ascension,
He is
still the God-man;
He is God,
yet with the appearance of a man.
In the church life today,
there should be
a condition
where God
is manifested in man.
This means
that in the church
we should have
…the expression
in man of the One
who is on the throne.
The Bible
as a whole,
and the book of Ezekiel
as a miniature of the Bible,
reveal that God’s eternal intention
is to dispense Himself
into His chosen people,
making them
the same as He is
in His life, His nature, and His image
but not in His Godhead,
that they
might be mingled with Him
as one entity
and be built together in Him
to be
His eternal habitation,
the New Jerusalem.
This is
the central point of
the revelation
of the Bible
and also of the four visions
presented in the book of Ezekiel.
Day 5
Heb. 1:3
Who, being
the effulgence of His glory
and the impress of His substance…
2 Cor. 4:7
…We have this treasure
in earthen vessels
that the excellency of the power
may be of God
and not out of us.
The economy of the Triune God
is for Him
to dispense Himself
into His chosen and redeemed people
to make them His expression.
…God is
a living person,
full of feeling.
He has
His heart’s desire.
Out of God’s heart’s desire
is God’s good pleasure.
Out of this pleasure
is God’s purpose,
and out of this purpose
is His economy.
The entire Bible
is the contents of God’s economy.
We Christians
should be
an emotional people.
When we
are with others,
they should sense
something exciting about us.
In those years
at Elden hall in Los Angeles,
our neighbors
called us
the “hallelujah people.”
We were excited
enough to be
singing and praising the Lord
even while we walked
on the streets.
What makes us
so happy?
It is
because we
have the very God
working within us
both the willing and the working
for His good pleasure.
How do we know
that we
are living a life
according to God’s good pleasure?
It is
because of
our sense of happiness.
When we are happy,
we are registering
God’s happiness
within us.
Our inward joy
is an indication
that we
are living and walking
according to His good pleasure.
As the electrum,
the Lord Jesus
is the One
who has redeemed us
and who is everything
to us.
He is
our God,
our Lamb, our Redeemer,
our jasper, and our sardius.
If we consider
our spiritual experience,
we will realize
that the One
who dwells within us today
is the Lamb-God,
the One
signified by
the electrum.
In the sight of God,
before we were saved,
we were
base and wicked,
having nothing
that was
honorable or glorious.
Praise the Lord
that He saved us
and regenerated us!
His wind, His cloud, and His burning fire
have made it possible
for us
to have
Him, the redeeming God,
within us
as the glowing electrum.
Now we have Him
as the treasure
in the earthen vessel,
and we
have thereby become
a people of honor and glory.
We need to consider
how precious and honorable
is the Christ
who is within us.
As the electrum
within us,
He is
the treasure of incomparable worth.
…The more
we pass through
the wind, the cloud, and the fire,
the more
the electrum
is constituted into our being,
making us a people
who are filled with
the Triune God
and who manifest
His glory.
The four faces
of the living creatures
signify the complete and adequate expression
of Christ.
Furthermore,
the four living creatures
with their four faces
signify a coordinated, corporate entity,
the corporate Christ.
This corporate Christ
is the corporate expression of God
among human beings.
Today
many Christians think
that the reason for
believing in the Lord Jesus
is that they
may have peace and well being
in the present
and that in the future
they may go to heaven
to enjoy eternal bliss.
This thought
falls far short
of the divine revelation.
In Ezekiel 1
God reveals
that He needs
a group of living creatures
who can coordinate together
as one entity
for His expression, move, and administration.
When God gains
such a corporate expression,
His purpose
will be accomplished.
We cannot be Christians
in isolation.
Basically,
as believers in Christ
we are
a collective entity,
and we
cannot do anything alone.
The vision in Ezekiel 1
shows us
that we
need to be corporate
and that we
need to be in coordination.
…Coordination
is necessary
for God’s expression.
We have pointed out
that the four living creatures
are for God’s expression
in Christ.
In order for God
to have a corporate expression
of Himself
in Christ,
we need to be
joined together
and knit together
with all the saints
and thereby become
one entity.
If we
are isolated,
we cannot express Christ adequately.
Day 4
Psa. 33:9
For He spoke,
and it was;
He commanded,
and it stood.
Eph. 1:5
Predestinating us
unto sonship
through Jesus Christ
to Himself,
according to
the good pleasure
of His will.
The one
who speaks God’s express word
may be
an insignificant person,
but God’s hand
is not an insignificant matter.
God will come in
to do
what He says
and to work
according to His speaking.
God’s hand upon man
is also for leading man
and for causing one
to take action.
The visions
are for seeing;
the words
are for hearing;
and the hand
is for action.
The Lord’s hand upon Ezekiel
held him, led him,
lifted him, and carried him
so that he
could take action.
After the Lord’s hand
came upon Ezekiel,
everything he did
was due to
the leading and directing
of the Lord’s hand.
God’s hand
led and directed Ezekiel
as a person
who spoke for God.
His every action
was under God’s hand.
Wherever he went,
whatever he did,
and how he acted and behaved
were all due to
God’s leading and directing hand.
Whether he
was bound or free,
whether he
mourned or rejoiced,
whether he
went or came
—everything
was under the leading and directing
of God’s hand.
A man
who speaks for God
no longer has his own freedom
and can no longer do things
according to his own convenience.
If God’s hand
leads him to go
to a certain place,
he must go there.
If God’s hand
directs him to do
a certain thing,
he must do it.
His actions
are according to
the leading of God’s hand
and are under the strict directing
of God’s hand.
Where he goes
and what he does
are not according to his choice
but are under and according to
the leading and directing hand of God.
This requires the one
who speaks for God
to pay
a considerable price.
Every minister of God’s word
needs to fulfill
the four conditions
for seeing God’s visions.
Everyone who speaks God’s words
in a normal way
must be
one to whom the heavens
are opened,
one who has seen God’s visions,
one to whom God’s words
have come expressly,
and one who has God’s hand upon him.
May we all
have an open heaven,
see God’s visions,
receive God’s words,
and have God’s leading and directing hand
upon us.
God needs
such persons today,
and the church also
needs them.
May we all
become such persons
to meet God’s need!
It is crucial
for us
to realize
that Ezekiel 1 shows us
the desire of God’s heart
and unveils to us
the purpose
that God wants to accomplish.
As we read this chapter,
we may think
that it speaks
merely about four living creatures.
However,
if we
read this chapter carefully,
we will see
that it speaks of
God’s desire
to be expressed
in His Son.
God’s eternal purpose
is of His will.
Now
we need to see
that God’s will
is according to
God’s good pleasure.
God’s good pleasure
is His heart pleasure,
which we
may call
the desire of His heart.
Our God is
living, loving, and purposeful.
The living, loving, and purposeful God
surely has a desire.
Every living thing
and especially every living person
has a desire, a good pleasure.
If we
desire pleasure,
then certainly God
does also.
Only something dead or nonliving
has no such need.
The more living
we are,
the more pleasure
we need.
The degree of our livingness
determines how much pleasure
we need.
Because God
is certainly the most living One,
He surely needs
the most pleasure.
If we, as fallen sinners,
require pleasure,
then how much more
does God, the living One,
have a deep need for it.
The book of Ephesians
reveals that God
needs pleasure;
it reveals
the desire of God’s heart.
The biblical term
for “the desire of God’s heart”
is the good pleasure
of His will.
The good pleasure
of God’s will
is the desire of God’s heart.
Day 3
Acts 10:10-11
And he
became very hungry
and wanted to eat.
And while they
were preparing,
a trance
came upon him;
and he
beheld heaven opened,
and a certain vessel
like a great sheet
descending,
being let down
by four corners
onto the earth.
Acts 10:9-16 shows us
the prayer
that brought Peter
into a trance
and brought
a heavenly vision
to him.
This prayer
at the appointed time
brought Peter
into a conversation with the Lord.
This is
another principle of prayer.
To pray
is to pray ourselves
into a trance.
A trance
means that we
have gotten out of our self.
We may be imprisoned
in our self,
but we need to pray
out of that imprisonment.
In a trance,
in a situation
in which we
are out of our self,
we can receive
visions of God.
We all
need a trance
because we
remain in our self too long.
…Our self
is a strong prison
that we
need to get out of,
so we
need to pray ourselves
into a trance.
Many times
in morning watch,
while we are
reading the Bible
and pray-reading,
we have the sensation
that we
are out of our self
and that we
are in a situation of
being so close to God.
We cannot tell
where we are.
We just know that we are out of our self. That is a trance, and in that trance we receive visions from God.
God
not only gave
His visions
to Ezekiel
—He also gave him
His words.
Visions are
God’s revelations,
which cause us
to see something.
God’s words
are His explanations,
which cause us
to hear something.
Because God
wanted Ezekiel
not only to behold
with his eyes
but also to hear
with his ears,
He gave him words
along with His visions.
He explained His visions
with His words.
The words
that came to Ezekiel
were not common or ordinary;
they were special.
The words
given to Ezekiel,
being special, fresh, and vivid,
are different from the words
given to Moses, Isaiah, and Jeremiah.
In fact,
they are different
from the words
in any other book of the Bible.
When we
read the book of Ezekiel,
we sense
that the words in this book
are special.
The words in Ezekiel
are God’s special words,
which came in a particular way
to a man
who was
in close contact with God.
Ezekiel 1:3a says,
“The word of Jehovah
came expressly
to Ezekiel the priest.”
This was
not an ordinary word
—it was an express word.
Today,
we also need
not an ordinary word
but an express word.
For such an express word,
do not go
to the expositions of the Bible,
and do not go
even to the books
of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee.
You need to have
an express word
from the Lord.
With Ezekiel,
the heavens were opened,
the visions came,
and the word came expressly.
Those
who are ministers of God’s words
need God
to give them
not only visions
but also special words, fresh words.
We need to see
God’s heavenly visions,
and we need to hear
God’s special words.
We need the words
that will enable us
to understand the visions,
and we need the words
that will enable us
to proclaim and explain
what we have seen.
May God’s words
come to us expressly
along with God’s visions!
Ezekiel 1:3b
goes on to say,
“The hand of Jehovah
was upon him there.”
Here
we see
that the hand of the Lord
follows the word of the Lord.
The sequence
is significant:
the open heavens, the visions,
the word of God, and the hand of God.
God’s hand
always follows His speaking.
Whatever He says,
He does.
If what we minister
is truly God’s word,
God’s hand
will follow.
However,
if you
minister many things
and nothing happens,
this means
that you have
a babbling mouth,
but God’s hand
is not working.
You need God’s almighty hand
to work out
what you are speaking.
Today
we need
the heavens opened;
we need
the vision coming to us;
we need
the word of the Lord
to come expressly to us;
and we need
the hand of the Lord
to be upon us.
Day 2
Ezek. 40:4
And the man
said to me,
Son of man,
look with your eyes,
and hear with your ears,
and set your heart on all
that I show you,
because for this purpose
you have been brought here,
that it
may be shown to you.
Tell all
that you see
to the house of Israel.
Acts 26:19
…I was not disobedient
to the heavenly vision.
God’s plan
is hidden in heaven.
When God
finds a man on earth
after His heart,
heaven
is opened to him.
It was opened
to Jacob, to Ezekiel,
to Jesus, to Stephen, and to Peter.
In Revelation 4:1,
and in 19:11,
it is opened to John,
…and it will be opened
to all believers
in the Lord
in eternity.
God’s visions
are His revelations,
which enable His people
to see
divine, spiritual, heavenly things.
Ezekiel saw
spiritual, heavenly visions
in his spirit
under an opened heaven,
and he
presented these visions
to God’s people
that they
might be recovered
from their captivity
for the building up
of God’s dwelling place.
All the churches
and all the saints
need to see
heavenly visions.
Therefore,
what we present
to the children of God
should not be
mere teaching or doctrine or knowledge
gained from reading
but a vision
we have seen
in spirit
under the open heavens
through our contact with God.
This will cause God’s people
to be recovered
from their captivity,
and it will lead
to the building up
of God’s churches.
The most important matter
for a person
who serves the Lord
is that he
must have a vision.
Everyone
who serves the Lord
must be
a person with a vision.
Not all the brothers and sisters
will have a vision
directly from the Lord;
some of them
will see a vision
indirectly through the help of others.
…If a person
has a vision,
his service
is a service with a vision.
The apostle Paul
said that he
was not disobedient
to the heavenly vision.
He served
for his whole life
according to the vision
he had received.
Vision denotes
an extraordinary scene.
…In the Bible
vision
refers to the scenery
we see from God.
Through His Word
God
has opened the veil,
but we
must see the scenes
contained in the Word.
Whatever we see
through God’s revelation
is a vision.
I hope
that every one
serving the Lord
in His recovery
would have this glorious vision
breaking and shining upon him
at least once.
This is
not a matter of
any outward seeing.
Rather,
it is
a definite and glorious
inward seeing.
In order to have the vision
we need
the revelation, the eyes, and the light.
Praise the Lord
that we
are not in religion, a maze, or darkness
but in a vision!
Such a vision from God
will always direct our steps
and control our living.
This was true
even in the Old Testament,
where we are told
that without vision
the people
will cast off restraint.
Under the heavenly vision
we are directed
toward God’s destination,
and our life
is controlled
according to God’s economy.
If we
would know the truth,
we need to see
the vision of God’s economy.
I can testify
that years ago
I was caught
by this vision.
Because we
have seen it,
we can press on
in spite of
suffering, defamation,
and all kinds of trouble.
This vision
has become the principle
that directs our steps
and that governs our way.
…We take
this way of the Lord
in His recovery
because we
have been caught
by the vision of God’s economy.
Because we
have seen this vision,
throughout the years
heavenly light
has been flooding
into the Lord’s recovery.
The reason for this light
is that we
are under this vision.
Whenever we
come to the Word of God,
the light shines
because we
are in this directing, controlling, governing vision.
Day 1
Ezek. 1:1
…While I
was among the captives
by the river Chebar,
the heavens
were opened
and I
saw visions of God.
Ezek. 1:3
The word of Jehovah
came expressly
to Ezekiel the priest,
the son of Buzi,
in the land of the Chaldeans
by the river Chebar;
and the hand of Jehovah
was upon him there.
The opening of the heavens
is God’s special visitation.
Whenever people on earth
are one with God,
the heavens
will be opened to them.
In the land of captivity
there was
a man, Ezekiel,
who was mature
and who was one with God,
and the heavens
were opened to him.
Today
the principle
is the same.
We need the heavens
to be opened to us,
but in order for the heavens
to be opened
in our experience,
we need
to be Ezekiels.
If we
are today’s Ezekiels,
we will have
an open heaven.
The first time
the Bible
mentions the heavens being opened
was when Jacob
was wandering
in his attempt
to escape his brother Esau.
He had a dream,
and in that dream
the heavens
were opened to him.
This signified
that God
intended to gain Jacob
as His beachhead on earth
so that the heavens
could be opened
to the earth.
When the Lord Jesus
was baptized,
the heavens
were opened
to declare
that there
was a man on earth
who was one
with God in the heavens.
When Stephen
was martyred,
the heavens
were opened up to him.
When the Lord Jesus
comes back,
the heavens
will be opened once again.
It is
a great blessing
for God’s children
to have the heavens
opened to them.
After the earth
had been occupied by Satan
and the people on earth
had been damaged by Satan,
God
could not come to earth,
and the heavens,
where God is,
could not be opened
to the people on earth.
This was
the situation at Ezekiel’s time.
The people of Israel
had been damaged by Satan
and carried away
into captivity,
and, as a result,
the heavens
could not be opened to them.
However,
among those in captivity,
there was
a priest
who was seeking God
and contacting Him
and who was connected
to the heavens.
The heavens
could therefore be opened to him
and even come down to the earth,
enabling God’s heavenly things
to be seen
by people on earth
and to be fulfilled
among them on earth.
This was
truly a great matter.
Ezekiel 1:3
speaks explicitly of
“ Ezekiel the priest.”
As a priest
Ezekiel was one
who lived in the presence of God,
serving God
and being mingled with God.
Ezekiel was
this kind of person.
Although he
was in the land of captivity,
he still lived
in the presence of God
and ministered before God.
He was
by the river Chebar,
not in the holy temple,
yet as a priest
he looked to God,
prayed to God,
contacted God,
fellowshipped with God,
and waited for God.
Because Ezekiel
was such a person
and contacted God
in such a way,
the heavens
were opened to him,
and he
“saw visions of God”
(v. 1).
We
encourage all the brothers and sisters
in the Lord
to serve Him
as priests.
We all
need to learn
to pray to God,
to contact God,
to have fellowship with God,
and to live before God.
If we
exercise as priests in this way,
the heavens
will be opened to us,
and we will see
God’s visions.
Not only are
the books of Ezekiel and Revelation
similar in content,
but the authors of these books
are similar
in certain respects.
The most important similarity
is that the prophet Ezekiel
and the apostle John
were both priests
before God.
Although Ezekiel
was a prophet,
when he
saw the visions
recorded in his book,
he stood
in the position of a priest,
having the status of a priest
and also the life of a priest.
As he
was by the river Chebar,
he surely was carrying out
his priesthood
in the spirit,
serving God
and fellowshipping with God,
so that the heavens
were opened
and he
saw the glorious vision of
God being life to man
so that He and man
could be built together.