Commentary

 

249 - Newness of Life

By Jonathan S. Rose

Title: Newness of Life

Topic: Salvation

Summary: What the Bible calls newness of life is not just a matter of changing our behaviors but of gaining a new heart and a new spirit.

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References:
Romans 6:1, 4
Isaiah 65:17; 66:22
Jeremiah 31:31
Leviticus 3:1, 14, 17, Leviticus 3:23, Leviticus 3:26, Leviticus 3:33, Leviticus 3:40-41
Ezekiel 11:16; 18:30; 36:25
John 3:3
Romans 12:1-2
2 Corinthians 4:16; 5:17, 10
Galatians 6:12
Ephesians 4:17, 24
Colossians 3:5, 9-11
Titus 3:1-5
Revelation 21:1-5
Isaiah 62:1-2

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Isaiah 65:17

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17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

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Coronis (An Appendix to True Christian Religion) #24

  
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24. This Church, like the rest, is to be treated of in the following order:

I. Its Rise, or Morning, which is its first state.

II. Its Progression into light, or Day, which is its second state.

III. Its Decline, or Evening, which is its third state, and is called Vastation.

IV. Its End, or Night, which is its fourth state, and is called Consummation.

V. The Separation of the Evil from the Good, which is the Last Judgment upon all who were from that Church.

VI. The Elevation to God of the Good, of whom a new Heaven is formed; and the removal from God of the Evil, of whom is formed a new Hell.

That the four Churches of this earth-spoken of above-have undergone these changes of state, will be shown in what follows; and lastly, that the Church truly Christian, which succeeds those four at the present day, will never undergo consummation.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.