![]() These people were separated therefore, and sent off in various directions. On the other hand, those who entertained no other idea of the Lord's Humanity than of its being like the humanity of any other person could not accept the faith of the New Jerusalem, namely, that the Lord is the only God, in whom is the trinity. Into it have been admitted people who, from the time when the Lord was in the world, worshiped one God in the form of three persons, without at the same time having an idea of three gods, and this for the reason that a trinity of persons was accepted throughout the Christian world. The Christian heaven exists below the ancient heavens. To this I will add some remarks to illuminate the matter. The Lamb is the Lord in respect to his Divine Humanity. The new Jerusalem is a new church on earth, which will exist in union with that new heaven. The new heaven is a new heaven of Christians. saw the holy city Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband? And He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." And He said to me, "Write, because these words are true and faithful." ( Revelation 21:1-2, 5) The fact that there will be a new heaven, and that a new church on earth will descend from it, is apparent from these words there: Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb! ( Revelation 19:7, 9) Let us be glad and rejoice., because (the time of) the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready. showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God. came to me and talked with me, saying, "Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife." And he. That this new church will acknowledge the Lord alone is apparent from these words in Revelation: "And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, 'All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.'" ( Matthew 28:18) From this heaven has descended and will continue to descend a new church on earth, which is the New Jerusalem. It should be known that following the Last Judgment - which was completed in the spiritual world in 1757 (as described in a special small work published in London in 1758) - a new heaven was formed of Christians, but only of those who could accept that the Lord is the God of heaven and earth, according to His words in Matthew 28:18, and who at the same time repented of their evil deeds in the world. In its spiritual meaning, however, the book of Revelation, like the rest of the Word, does not deal at all with worldly affairs, but with heavenly ones - dealing thus not with empires and kingdoms, but with heaven and the church. Expositors have therefore produced various conjectures, and most have applied the contents there to the circumstances of empires, mixing in as well some observations regarding matters affecting the church. For only the spiritual meaning discloses these. ![]() Many people have toiled at an explanation of the book of Revelation, but since the spiritual meaning of the Word has been previously unknown, they have been unable to see the arcana that lie hidden in it. The Doctrines of the Protestant Reformed Church and Religion in Summary The Doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church and Religion in Summary The Apocalypse Revealed, Disclosing the Arcana Foretold There, Which Have Previously Lain Hiddenīy Emanuel Swedenborg ![]()
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