Aside from that little episode on the road to Damascus, you mean.
I think that encountering God on this plane (like Moses and the burning bush) is not the same as coming before Him at His throne of grace.
I've been pondering this most of today (I'm in my office, sooo I've got "distractions"), and thinking about all of the encounters we (humans) have had with the Living God over the millenia, and there does seem to be a little difference when it's down here (unlike Isaiah is ch. 6 or John in Revelation) - Jesus speaking to Saul on that Damascus Road, etc.
"r9etb", I want to take some time to study this, how and why it is different - thanks for the exchange and for giving me to ponder.
Have a blessed day.