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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

By Junchol Lee


Ut pergas pasco dum audis, audi in fenestra nova.

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.

(Notae: Habakkuk 3:17)

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #7665

Studere hoc loco

  
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7665. 'And he said to them' means mockery. This is clear from the actual words that Pharaoh uses, 'So Jehovah will be with you when I send you and your little children away!' These are words of mockery.

7665a 1 'So Jehovah will be with you when I send you and your little children away!' means As though the Lord would be with them if they were left alone! This is clear from the meaning of 'So Jehovah will be with you!' as As though the Lord would be with them! ('Jehovah' being the Lord, see just above in 7664); from the meaning of 'sending away' as leaving; and from the meaning of 'little children' as those who make up the father's family or house, for the 'little children' here are those called 'children', 'sons', and 'daughters' in the verse immediately before.

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1. The whole of this paragraph found in Swedenborg's rough draft was omitted from the first Latin edition.

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