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Genesis 1:16

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16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

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Divine Love and Wisdom #13

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13. We may gather how important it is to have a right concept of God from the fact that this concept is the very core of the thinking of anyone who has a religion. All the elements of religion and of worship focus on God; and since God is involved in every element of religion and worship, whether general or particular, unless there is a right concept of God there can be no communication with heaven. This is why every nation is allotted its place in the spiritual world according to its concept of a human God. This [understanding of God as human] is where the concept of the Lord is to be found, and nowhere else.

We can see very clearly that our state after death depends on our avowed concept of God if we consider the opposite, namely that the denial of God, and in the Christian world, a denial of the Lord's divinity, constitutes hell.

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

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#160 Another Breach: The Bible Seems Crude, Archaic, Irrational and Unscientific

Durch Jonathan S. Rose

Dili Bay with Jesus statue

Title: Another Breach: The Bible Seems Crude and Archaic, Irrational and Unscientific

Topic: Second Coming

Summary: We look at how Scripture is viewed from a "scientific" standpoint, and ponder the future of religion and science.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Exodus 4:24-26
Matthew 11:7-9
Esther 8:11
Genesis 1:26
Matthew 27:3-6
Acts of the Apostles 1:16
Isaiah 19:23-25
Ezekiel 29:1-ff

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Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 11/13/2013. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com