289. In their spiritual and heavenly meanings, the Ten Commandments contain absolutely all the instructions to be taught and lived - all aspects of faith and goodwill. This is because each and every thing on both a large and a small scale in the Word's literal meaning conceals two inner meanings. One inner meaning is called spiritual, and the other, heavenly. Divine truth exists in its own light and divine goodness exists in its own warmth within these meanings. Because the Word has these characteristics as a whole and in each of its parts, the Ten Commandments need to be explained in all three meanings, called the earthly meaning, the spiritual meaning, and the heavenly meaning. You can see that this is the nature of the Word from the things I have shown above in the chapter on Sacred Scripture, or the Word, 193-208.

Title: A Way Forward, Part 7

Topic: Second Coming

Summary: In the glorious future predicted in Scripture, increased presence of the Lord will push hell aside, and knowledge of the Lord and spiritual experiences will abound. The Lord's presence will be magnetically attractive to people from all over, and his kingdom will last forever and continually increase. This will be the real exodus.

References:
Revelation 21:1-5
Zechariah 2:4-5
Revelation 22:14-15
Isaiah 35; 11:9
Jeremiah 31:31-34
Joel 2:28-29
1 Kings 8:9-11
Zechariah 8:18-23
Isaiah 2:2-5
Psalms 82:8; 72:6-11
Revelation 11:15
Isaiah 33:20
Daniel 7:13-14
Isaiah 9:6-7; 11; 12

This video is a part of the Spirit and Life Bible Study series, whose purpose is to look at the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible through a Swedenborgian lens.