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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Revelation 21:1-5

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1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

      

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Marriage #118

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118. With those who live in conjugial love the interiors of their minds are open through heaven right to the Lord, for that love flows in from the Lord through man's inmost. Thus they have the Lord's kingdom within themselves, and thus they have true love of infants, which is on account of the Lord's kingdom; and thus they are more receptive than others of celestial loves, and are more than others in mutual love. For this love comes from this source like a stream from its spring. For from the marriage of good and truth descend and are derived all loves, which are like that of parents for their children, the love of brothers among themselves, and love for relations, thus in order according to their degrees. These loves are solely from the marriage of good and truth. From this marriage are formed all the societies of heaven, according to their relationships by blood and kinship, and equally in each society; hence heaven is called a marriage.

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