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Question for debate: Does the Book of Revelation prophesy the last days on earth for the human race?

[Lorens]

Dear friend ... thanks for your reply ... and commentary ...

... and please do not be offended because I would not engage in any further debate about these questions ...

... I am saying this in spirit of Matthew 5:37, i.e. it is obvious for me that such a discussion would be pointless...

... perception of the truth comes from the inside ... and it is actually a consequence of our life of love ... and our subsequent conjunction with the Lord Jesus Christ, Who is Truth Itself ...

... it is impossible to 'place it into someones mind' from the outside ... by any kind of argument or 'proof'...

In another words ... 'truths are not truths from their sound or utterance, but from the idea held and our perception about them!' ...

... and from your 'whole' attitude - in letter 5, which I don't have to read in total (see below TCR - 373), it is more than obvious that you are presently in darkness regarding any spiritual and celestial senses of the Word of God ...

... simply declaring yourself to be a gnostic would be enough ...

Following will clarify my attitude in respect to that:

In every deed which proceeds from a person his whole nature is fully present, as regards his mind, or essential character. By mind is meant the affection of his love and his thought from this; these form his nature and, in general terms, his life. If we consider deeds in this way, they are so to speak mirrors reflecting the person. This can be illustrated by similar facts about animals and wild beasts: an animal is an animal, and a wild beast is a wild beast, in every one of its acts. A wolf is a wolf in every one of its acts, a tiger is a tiger in every one of its, a fox is a fox in every one of its, and a lion is a lion in every one of its. Likewise a sheep and a kid in all of their acts. The same is true of man, but his nature is such as it is in the internal man. If in this he is like a wolf or a fox, every internal deed of his is wolf-like or fox-like; and on the other hand the same is true if he is like a sheep or a lamb. But the fact that he is like this in every one of his deeds is not plain in his external man, for this can be twisted round the internal, although this character lies concealed within. The Lord says:

The good man brings forth good from the good treasury of his heart, and the wicked man brings forth wickedness from the wicked treasury of his heart. Luke 6:45.

And again:

Every tree is known by its own fruit; they do not gather figs from thorns, nor harvest grapes from the bramble. Luke 6:44.

E.Swedenborg 'True Christian Religion - 373'


May light of
our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ
enlighten your path

Lorens

ps. I am actually a male

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