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John 5:25-29 : The End is the New Beginning

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25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

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The End is the New Beginning

Po Junchol Lee


Za nastavak pregledavanja dok slušate, pustite zvuk u novom prozoru.

We use a calendar that has 12 months and 365 days in it. As it nears December 31st, we feel as though something is getting close to an end, and yet on January 1st it feels like a new beginning. Our life is composed of many endings and beginnings. We may live one life, but within this one life we have many different journeys.

(Reference: Habakkuk 3:17)

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Arcana Coelestia #10829

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10829. Loving the Lord consists in leading a life in accord with His commandments. The truth that this is what constitutes loving the Lord is His own teaching in John,

If you love Me, keep My commands. He who has My commandments and does them, he it is who loves Me. If anyone loves Me he will keep My word; but he who does not love Me does not keep My words. John 14:15, 21, 23-24.

And the truth that they are saved who receive the Lord and believe in Him, but not those who are immersed in evils and resulting falsities, since they do not receive Him and believe in Him, is declared in John,

As many as received Him, to them He gave power to be sons of God, to those believing in His name, who were born, not of blood 1 , nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man (vir), but of God. John 1:12-13.

'Of blood, of the will of the flesh, and of the will of man' means being immersed in the evils of self-love and love of the world and in resulting falsities. 'Being born of God' means being regenerated.

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1. literally, bloods

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