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Tag Archives: Apocalypse Explained
The Harvest is Plenteous
It is to be known, that, although the Lord works all things, and man nothing from self, yet He wills that man should work as if from self in all that comes to his perception. For without man’s cooperation as if from self there can be no reception of truth and good, thus no implantation and regeneration. For to will is the Lord’s gift to man; and because the appearance to man is that this is from self, He gives him to will as if from self. Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Church, Emanuel Swedenborg, Lord, New Church
Tagged Apocalypse Explained, good, harvest, Jeremiah, Joel, Last Judgment, nation, nourishment, truth
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To Those In Faith Alone
Selection from Apocalypse Explained ~ Emanuel Swedenborg All prophecies, like all things else in the Word, are written by correspondences, to the end that by means of these there may be conjunction of heaven with the church. Conjunction is effected … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, Apocalypse Explained, charity, church, correspondences, faith alone, heaven, prophecies, spiritual, Swedenborg
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What Is Meant By Loving the Lord and Loving the Neighbor
Selection from Divine Love ~ Emanuel Swedenborg So far as man is in the love of use, so far is he in the Lord, so far he loves the Lord and loves the neighbor, and so far he is a … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, Apocalypse Explained, church, country, Divine love, fellow citizen, Lord, Love, society, Swedenborg, third heaven
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Man’s Love Determines His Thoughts Into Societies
Selection from Apocalypse Explained ~ Emanuel Swedenborg The thoughts of man are extensions into societies either heavenly or infernal. If there were no extensions there would be no thoughts. For man’s thought is like the sight of his eyes; if … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, Apocalypse Explained, Divine, extension of thought, heaven, hell, Love, Swedenborg
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The Ultimate of the Word
Selection from Apocalypse Explained ~ Emanuel Swedenborg The universal angelic heaven consists solely of the Divine truth that proceeds from the Lord; the reception of this constitutes angels. In the highest heaven this truth appears like a pure aura which … Continue reading
Heavenly Joy’s Source
As man was created to perform uses, and this is to love the neighbor, so all who come into heaven, however many there are, must do uses. All the delight and blessedness of these is according to uses and to … Continue reading
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Tagged Apocalypse Explained, Emanuel Swedenborg, heaven, hell, occupations, prisoners, recreations, use
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