In
the days immediately following the taking over by Joshua of the leadership of the children of Israel, then in full view of the promised land which they had so long sought, the successor to Moses received direct messages from God which comforted and heartened him for the great work ahead.
Invariably
, the student of the Old Testament is impressed by the frequency of the messages which the prophets and seers of ancient time received direct from God.
In
what has come to be known as the Sermon on the Mount the greatest Metaphysician of all time, Christ Jesus, said: "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
The
student of Christian metaphysics becomes convinced that the physical senses, so called, take no cognizance of reality, of the facts of Being, and that consequently they are wholly unreliable witnesses as to man's true status.