The Bible

 

Genesis 1:10

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10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Commentary

 

Resurrection, the first

  

'The first resurrection,' mentioned in Revelation 20:5, 6, does not mean a first resurrection, but the essence and primary part of resurrection, which is salvation and eternal life. There is only one resurrection to life. A second does not happen, and is not mentioned anywhere in the Bible.

(References: Apocalypse Explained 6; Apocalypse Revealed 851; Revelation 20:5-6)

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Marriage #60

  
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60. On the agony those from hell suffer as the result of an influx of conjugial love

Every influx from heaven causes the inhabitants of hell agony. Therefore hell is distant from heaven, and is shut up all round, so that no influx may be felt. The reason is that they are in the opposite love, and just as infernal love causes the inhabitants of heaven agony, so heavenly love does the inhabitants of hell. But the heavenly influence is the stronger; hence hell is kept as far away as possible. This is meant by Abraham's statement in the Gospel that there is a gulf which cannot be crossed.

  
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