1. After that period, in the place where I had seen every secret sight,
I was snatched up in a whirlwind, and carried off westwards.
2. There my eyes beheld the secrets of heaven, and all which existed on
earth; a mountain of iron, a mountain of copper,[108] a mountain of
silver, a mountain of gold, a mountain of fluid metal, and a mountain of
lead.
3. And I inquired of the angel who went with me, saying, What are these
things, which in secret I behold?
4. He said, All these things which thou beholdest shall be for the
dominion of the Messiah, that he may command, and be powerful upon
earth.
5. And that angel of peace answered me, saying, Wait but a short time,
and thou shalt understand, and every secret thing shall be revealed to
thee, which the Lord of spirits has decreed. Those mountains which thou
hast seen, the mountain of iron, the mountain of copper, the mountain of
silver, the mountain of gold, the mountain of fluid metal, and the
mountain of lead, all these in the presence of the Elect One shall be
like a honeycomb before the fire, and like water descending from above
upon these mountains; and shall become debilitated before his feet.