How to Interpret Dreams and Visions Perry Stone

This male being, an angel, was clothed in linen, which is the same material worn by the seven angels in the Book of Revelation (Rev. 15:6), and is the same white cloth remnant worn by the saints at the marriage supper of the Lamb in Revelation 19:8. The white linen represents “righteousness” (Rev. 19:8). This angel wore a golden belt, which is similar in description to the golden belt (girdle) worn by Christ Himself in John’s vision (Rev. 1:13). The description of this angel’s body is interesting; it was identified as appearing like beryl. Pure beryl is colorless, but beryl with impurities can appear with a greenish, greenish-blue, or yellow color. The greenish-colored beryl is similar to that of an emerald. The streets in heaven are gold, but transparent gold (Rev. 21:21). Even twenty-four-karat gold is not transparent. The gold in heaven must have a level of purity that is unknown on Earth. If pure beryl is colorless and has the appearance of a crystal, then this angel may have had a translucent, glassylike color, almost like a hologram, with some slight form of color that reminded Daniel of a beryl stone —a greenish-yellow gold type of appearance. This is significant, since angels are spirits , and spirits cannot be seen with the natural eyes. The face of this angel was shining as the sun, which is also the same imagery painted by John when he saw Christ in the vision recorded in Revelation 1:16. The eyes of the angel were like “torches of fire.” In ancient times, oil lamps were used to bring light into a building at night. When burning, an oil lamp forms a flame that can be similar to the shape of human eyes. Christ is also identified in Revelation with “eyes like a flame of fire” (v. 14). The body, arms, and feet of the angel in Daniel’s