“As soon as souls have left this world, it is said that the angels meet them with much rejoicing and conduct them to those very pastures to which they were longing to come, imagining them from far away when, still dwelling in their bodies, they dreamed of the divine world. When, therefore, they have come there, they se…”
Methodius of Olympus, 4th c. — SYMPOSIUM OR BANQUET OF THE TEN VIRGINS 8:2-3
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15Who hath found out her place? or who hath come into her treasures?
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In context
13For if thou hadst walked in the way of God, thou shouldest have dwelled in peace for ever.
14Learn where is wisdom, where is strength, where is understanding; that thou mayest know also where is length of days, and life, where is the light of the eyes, and peace.
— Baruch 3:15 —
16Where are the princes of the heathen become, and such as ruled the beasts upon the earth;
17They that had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and they that hoarded up silver and gold, wherein men trust, and made no end of their getting?