5978. About the Lord, that He was almost rejected in the Christian world

It was heard that spirits were creating disturbances. Among them there were those who in the world had frequently gone to Churches and listened to the preaching every Sunday, so that it scarcely could be believed that they were like this. It was asked what the disturbance was, and it was clearly seen that they were furiously asking where the Lord is. And when it was thought that He was there or there, they rushed there and dragged out any spirit from there whom they believed to be the Lord and then mercilessly attempted to abuse him, wanting with all their might to butcher Him. They did this furiously and for a long time. And after this they then asked where anyone was who would acknowledge the Lord, and the one who said he did, they wanted to butcher. In this way they went from one to the other. This testified to the fact that at the present day Christians are worse than the Jews were. They were the Benzelstiernas and many others.