LIFE & JOURNAL - Christian Israelite Church

1819-1822
shall be revealed on the earth, and at that time you shall want no
king, every one shall think himself lower than the other. He
that shall rule over you shall be him, as ye saw him go. so shall
he come unto you.” And there came a gloom over the place,
and I returned. In this vision I could not hear as before.
About two weeks after, which was November 29 th , at ten
o’clock in the morning, I was struck blind, as in the two former
visions, and my tongue was quite locked in my mouth as before,
and I laid in my bed twelve hours, and at that time I had the
following visions shewn to me, which I will here relate. I first
saw the beasts which I saw in my second vision, and they
looked harmless, bowing down to the earth. The large beast
was likewise amongst them. I thought I walked about two
miles in the midst of them, until I came to a place where my
guide met me, and shewed me a large place, and I saw the same
books which I saw in the vision before; and I likewise saw large
altar tables similar to those I had seen in my second, with
printed letters; I tried to spell them, but could not, neither could
I make anything of them; and there was darkness over the place;
and there appeared twenty more altar tables in the like form,
and I begged of the angel that I might read the writing, and
understand it. The angel then said, “Thou shalt read it.” And I
saw Luke 19, and read it, and he said, “This is alluding to the
time present.” And I then saw Revelation 19, which the angel
read and explained to me. He said, “This chapter would be
fulfilled before the thousand years of rest took place, which
would be very shortly.” He likewise told me many things
concerning it, which I cannot relate at present. He then shewed
me Revelation15. “This chapter,” said he, “is alluding to the
triumph there will be at the last, when death and hell will
deliver up the dead which are in them, and every man shall be
judged according to the works done in the body.” I then saw
numbers of men, women, and children, stand before the throne,
and I saw a person open a book as if he were to judge them, and
immediately there came a darkness over the place. I was then
taken further, where I saw angels ascending and descending,
and I saw the likeness of our Saviour crucified on the cross; and
the angel said, “This will be a sign against them (meaning the