purple color, the chairs in the second row in pure silk of a sky blue color,
and the chairs in the third row in white cloth. High above the table a
canopy was suspended beneath the ceiling. It gleamed so brightly with
precious stones that it created an effect like a glowing rainbow [that
appears] when the sky begins to clear after a rain shower.
Suddenly members of the clergy appeared, occupying all the chairs.
They were all wearing the robes of their priestly ministry.
To one side there was a cabinet with an angel guard standing nearby.
Inside the cabinet there were shining pieces of clothing laid out in a
beautiful array.
[ 2 ] It was a council that had been called by the Lord. I heard a voice
from heaven that said, “Discuss.”
The participants said, “About what?”
“About the Lord the Savior and about the Holy Spirit,” the voice said.
When they began thinking about these topics they had no enlighten-
ment, so they prayed. Then a light flowed down from heaven that first lit
up the backs of their heads, then their temples, and finally their faces.
Then they began. They started where they had been told to, with the
first topic, the Lord the Savior. The first issue to be discussed was, “Who
took on a human manifestation in the Virgin Mary?”
An angel standing next to the table that had the Word on it read to
them the following words in Luke:
The angel said to Mary, “Behold, you will conceive in your womb and
will bear a Son, and you will call his name Jesus. He will be great and
will be called the Son of the Highest.”And Mary said to the angel,
“How will this take place, since I have not had intercourse?” The angel
replied and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will descend upon you, and the
power of the Highest will cover you;therefore the Holy Onethat is born
from you will be called the Son of God.” (Luke 1 : 31 , 32 , 34 , 35 )
Then the angel read these words in Matthew:
In a dream an angel told Joseph, “Joseph, descendant of David, do not
be afraid to take Mary as your bride, for the Child that has been conceived
in her is from the Holy Spirit.”And Joseph did not have intercourse with
heruntil she gave birth to her firstborn Son and called his name Jesus.
(Matthew 1 : 20 , 25 )
In addition to these passages, the angel read many things from the
Gospels, such as Matthew 3 : 17 ; 17 : 5 ; John 1 : 18 ; 3 : 16 ; 20 : 31 ; and many
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