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Rh new) work" (K. S. 55). They are sent forth from the loftiness of the power of the King of Pre-existence and from the exaltation of the Will of the Most Great Ruler. Therefore He says He shall "descend from heaven."

The word "heaven" is used in many senses in the utterances of the Suns of Significances; such as the "heaven of Command," the "heaven of Will," the "heaven of Desire," the "heaven of Knowledge," the "heaven of Assurance," the "heaven of Explanation," the "heaven of Epiphany," the "heaven of Concealment," etc. In every instance He intends for the word "heaven" a meaning which can only be comprehended by those who have knowledge of the mysteries of Oneness and have quaffed from the chalices of Eternity. For example, it is said "Your sustenance is in the heaven, and also that which ye are promised" (K. S. 51), although sustenance grows up from the earth. Likewise, "the names come down from heaven,"although they proceed from the tongue of the servants. Shouldst thou make the mirror of heart pure and clear from the dust of prejudice, thou wilt comprehend all the symbols in the sayings of the perfect Word of Divinity in every Manifestation and be informed of the mysteries of Knowledge. But unless thou destroyest with the fire of Severance the veils of learning which are conventional among the servants, thou wilt not attain to the brilliant morn of the Ideal Knowledge.