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Genesis 1:25

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25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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#99 Each of Us Is a Spiritual Battleground

By Jonathan S. Rose

Title: Each of Us is a Spiritual Battleground

Topic: Second Coming

Summary: The nuances of the battle that rages on inside each of us are discussed.

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References:
Isaiah 9:6-7
Numbers 21:15, 27
Luke 16:24
Romans 7:14, 15, 19, 22-25
Ephesians 6:12; 4:22-24
Galatians 5:17
2 Corinthians 10:3-6
1 Corinthians 2:3, 14
James 4:1-10
Revelation 12:7
Genesis 1:1, 6
2 Timothy 2:3, 15, 25
Judges 7:1
1 Samuel 13:5-7; 14:1, 5
Ecclesiastes 11:3
1 Samuel 14:11-15, 23, 52; 17:45
2 Samuel 3:1
Revelation 3:8
Hebrews 12:26
Matthew 15:7, 9, 23, 25-28
Revelation 22:11
Isaiah 9:6

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Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 7/11/2012. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com

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The New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Teachings #11

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11. Goodness and Truth

All things in the universe that are in accord with the divine design 1 go back to goodness and truth. There are no exceptions to this in heaven or in the world, because everything good, like everything true, comes from the Divine, which is the source of everything.

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1. The phrase "the divine design" (the Latin term used here is Divinus ordo, literally, "divine order") refers to a divinely ordained arrangement of things in relation to each other both in physical space (or spiritual state) and in physical time (or spiritual sequence). On humans as images of the divine design, see note 4 in Last Judgment 9. On the similar phrase "the design of heaven," see note 1 in Other Planets 51. [JSR]

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