Ecstasy

An exalted condition of spiritual joy or rapture; usually reflecting the experience of the Holy Spirit.

Ecstasy in response to prophetic and visionary experiences

Numbers 24:4; 2 Corinthians 12:3–4; Revelation 1:10 See also Numbers 24:16; 1 Samuel 10:10–11; Isaiah 6:1 Isaiah's vision of the Lord; Ezekiel 11:24–25; Daniel 2:19–21, Daniel 10:7–8, Daniel 10:16; Acts 9:10 Ananias' vision; Acts 10:3 Cornelius' vision of the angel of God; Acts 10:10–16, Acts 11:5; Revelation 4:2, Revelation 17:3, Revelation 21:10

the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:

And I know that this man— whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows— was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell.

On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

Ecstasy in response to the Holy Spirit

Acts 2:4 See also Acts 10:44–46, Acts 13:52, Acts 19:6

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

Ecstasy in response to Jesus Christ

Luke 10:21; 1 Peter 1:8 See also Psalm 4:7, Psalm 28:7; Matthew 28:8

At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.

Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

Ecstasy as a corporate experience

Ezra 3:12 See also 1 Kings 8:11 parallel 2 Chronicles 7:2; Ezra 6:16

But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.

Transfiguration of appearance through ecstasy

Exodus 34:29 See also Matthew 17:2; Luke 1:22

And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD.

Future ecstasy in response to God's coming kingdom

Isaiah 55:12; 1 Corinthians 2:9–10 See also Isaiah 35:10, Isaiah 51:11

You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.” But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.