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Isaiah 45:6

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6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Heaven and Hell #126

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126. Light and Warmth in Heaven

People who think solely on the basis of nature cannot grasp the fact that there is light in the heavens; yet in the heavens there is so much light that it is vastly greater than noonday light on earth. I have seen it often, even during our evenings and nights. At first I was amazed when I heard angels saying that our world's light was nothing but shadow in comparison to heaven's light, but now that I have seen it, I myself can bear witness. Its brightness and brilliance are beyond description. What I have seen in heaven I have seen in that light, and therefore more clearly and distinctly than what I have seen in this world.

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