THE
VISION OF THE QUARRY
January
1995
I
saw, in a vision, a great mountain standing before me;
Everything
seemed dark – as before dawn – for I sensed that this was that
time of day,
Suddenly,
from the left side, I saw a light rising up out of the darkness –
and it became bright so that I thought that the light was the sun
rising;
But
when I looked I saw a great angel – very great in size; and his
appearance was like that
of
an angel, for He had great wings and a robe of white – and I looked
and saw that the light did not shine from the sun for the light was
shining from His face – His face was the light:
And
the great angel was rising up before me, and began to rise up towards
the great mountain; and I felt myself going after him, and I had the
sensation of rising up within me, as I was following after him.
And
He brought me to stand upon a flat rock that was at the very top of
th great mountain, so that I came to a halt beside him, my feet did
not touch the rock, but I was suspended as if in mid air: And He
indicated to me that I should look straight before me – and the
direction I was facing was towards the South.
And
i looked but it was darkness before me; but I kept looking until I
saw what first appeared to be a valley or a meadow between two
slopes, one facing south and the other facing north – with the
meadow in between them --- but as I kept looking I saw that it was a
quarry – fashioned from the rock that surrounded it on four sides –
and the floor of th valley was bare clay or earth the colour of sand
set there as a great rectangle.
And
as I kept looking, I saw white stones on the floor of the valley and
it was given to me to understand that these stones had been hewn out
of the face of the rock which was facing;
And
the white stones were many and all of differing size and shape but
each one shone with a light – so that they appeared brilliant white
– and each one shining with the same intensity of light.
And
then the screen of my mind faded and it became blackness – and I
thought the vision had ended, but the Angel gave to me know that I
should keep looking:
So
I looked again, and this time, as I looked, I perceived that the
theme this time was all about Construction:
And
I saw a dumper truck and a man driving it moving from left to right
across the floor of the quarry – and I was given to understand that
“this was for the removal of the rubbish.”
And
I looked again and this time, I saw before me – further along the
quarry, towards the middle of the rectangular area I saw a great
silver building – high and shining very brightly, gleaming metal –
bright silver – and many tubes and pipelines were attached to the
building and came out of it leading to what seemed to be tanks or
cisterns – but I could not see them clearly: And the Angel gave me
to understand (though He did not speak) but He put it into my mind
that this was the Refinery, and the thought came to me “This is
where most of the work takes place.”
And
I kept looking and this time, further along to my right, I saw a
group of me, maybe three of four, men standing in shirt sleeves, each
one wearing hard hats – and they stood together and were consulting
what seemed to be a plan or drawing like a blue print.
And
after this, I saw as it were beyond them, men with benches and
holding tools in their hand to chip and shape (or polish ???)
precious stones as if for a fitting: And the angel made me know “That
the stones may take their designated place in the Temple.”
And
then the vision ended, and I was still suspended in mid air above the
platform of rock near the top of the mountain, and I waited, for I
was still in the vision, and there was silence for five minutes or
so, but I was still in the vision. Then I heard a voice say to me
“The time has come for you to go down from this mountain and take
your place amongst those who work top build my house in the land.”
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