317 - Close That Gate
Napsal(a) Jonathan S. Rose
Title: Close That Gate
Topic: Salvation
Summary: There are two gates to the city of our mind: one toward hell, and one toward heaven. Over time we figure out which is which and close one of the gates.
Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.
References:
Genesis 22:15-17
Galatians 3:16
Genesis 24:60; 28:17
Deuteronomy 16:18; 28:52
Joshua 2:5-7
2 Samuel 10:8; 18:24
2 Kings 19:32-34
Nehemiah 6:10; 7:1-3; 11:19
Psalms 69:9
John 2:17
Psalms 69:9-12; 118:18-20; 127; 147:12-14
Proverbs 14:19
Isaiah 26:1-2; 28:5-6
Ezekiel 11:1-4; 46:1-2
Zechariah 8:16-17
Matthew 16:15-18
Revelation 3:19-20; 21:24-25
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.
Arcana Coelestia # 3206
3206. 'And the servant said, He is my master' means acknowledgement, that is to say, by means of the Divine Natural, meant here by 'the servant'. This becomes clear without explanation. For introduction is effected by means of the Divine Natural, see 3192, also good acknowledges its own truth, and truth its own good, 3179.