I am assuming you are being perfectly honest about the in and out between physical and spirit.
I am absolutely being perfectly honest, dear N.drew (again, peace to you!).
But this is the first time I ever heard of it.
Yes, I understand.
Of course then, I disagree, which I am free to do.
You are certainly free to disagree, dear one. However, I am curious: are you disagreeing because you know/think it to be untrue... or because you've never heard of it before?
I guess. If it is true, I am not there yet.
Again, I understand. Unfortunately, while my Lord will sometimes direct me to go back and help others "up" to where he has brought ME... he never directs me to dismiss what he has told/shown me that has gotten me there. So, please indulge me, if you can, when I share things that perhaps you may not have been told, yet. I am more than willing to show you where it is "written", though, if you wish/need.
The white robes, I believe, picture accurate knowledge of The Word.
By "The Word," I assume you mean the Bible, yes? If that's so, then I understand. I think many believe that. It's not true... but many do believe that. Personally, I not only think that it doesn't make sense, but that it would kind of a feat for the great crowd to be standing before the throne of God "dressed in [an accurate knowledge of the Bible]". And a bit burdensome for the sheep to be given [an accurate knowledge of the Bible] in order to enter into and "inherit" the kingdom. Even more so, a bit weird for those those currently lying under the altar (and so have already died, some before there even WAS a Bible) and only awaiting resurrection... to be given [an accurate knowledge of the Bible] and told to go back to sleep and "rest a little longer."
When I saw the assembly standing before the throne, however (when my Lord showed me what the little flames over the heads of those present at the outpouting of holy spirit during Pentecost 30 CE were), they were all "dressed"... in "white robes". Those "robes" weren't garments made of fabric, however; they were the bodies that these occupied - bodies that were "white" because they were clean... undefiled... without sin and/or death in them. Not only that, they couldn't HOLD sin (sickness, disease, aging) OR death IN them. They were "incorruptible." It as a wonderful, fascinating vision...
I understand the mourning to be related to the Kingdom, not to the world.
Other than when my Lord was impaled... when no one was found worthy to open the seals... when one of the holy ones is persecuted/killed... or when someone gives the Adversary rise to taunt the Most Holy One of Israel... there isn't much mourning in the kingdom, dear one. Whatever mourning there IS... is usually due to something occurring HERE. There, there is MUCH rejoicing... because the Adversary and HIS angels no longer reside there. The "woe"... is for the physical realm... because that one has cast from THERE... to HERE.
Thank you for coming back to reply! Peace!
You are quite welcome. Please keep in mind that while I sometimes fail to answer questions because (1) I don't see them, or (2) I perceive them as rhetorical... there is a third reason: I realize that the person asking may NOT be where I am... and so not able to receive what I would share. In such instances, I look to my Lord to guide me. Because sometimes I don't always know, on my own... whether it's a time to speak... or a time to remain quiet. And those "times" sometimes depend upon what the one asking can "bear."
Again, peace to you!
YOUR servant, sister, and a slave of Christ,
SA
