243 - To Find the Lost
Da Jonathan S. Rose
Title: To Find the Lost
Topic: First Coming
Summary: Jesus came into the world to seek us by inspiring us to long to find Him.
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References:
Luke 9:10; 15:1
Acts of the Apostles 17:30
2 Peter 3:9
Luke 15:7-8, 11
Deuteronomy 22:1
1 Samuel 9:1-10
Psalms 119:176
Jeremiah 50:4
Ezekiel 34:1-6, 11, 16
John 12:32
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Arcana Coelestia #1262
1262. From this it now becomes clear that 'the earth' here also means the Church; for when the earth is mentioned, one's only perception is of the nation or people there, and when a nation or people is envisaged one's only perception is of their character. Consequently 'the earth' means nothing other than the Church, as shown already in 662, 1066.
