David looked up and saw the Lord’s angel in the sky. The angel was holding his sword over the city of Jerusalem. Then David and the elders (leaders) bowed with their faces touching the ground. David and the elders (leaders) were wearing the special clothes to show their sadness.
So Gabriel, the angel that looked like a man, came to me. I was very afraid. I fell down to the ground. But Gabriel said to me, “Man, {\cf2\super [95]} understand that this vision is for the time of the end.”
Fire came out from the Lord and burned the burnt offering and fat on the altar. [114] When all the people saw this, they shouted and bowed their faces low to the ground.
While Peter was talking, a bright cloud came over them. A voice came from the cloud. The voice said, “This (Jesus) is my Son and I love him. I am very pleased with him. Obey him!”
We all fell to the ground. Then I heard a voice talking to me in the Jewish language. {\cf2\super [493]} The voice said, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you doing these bad things to me? You are only hurting yourself by fighting me.’
Manoah and his wife were watching what happened. As the flames went up to the sky from the altar, [108] the Angel of the Lord went up to heaven in the fire!