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Revelation 22

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1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.

9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.

10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.

11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst Come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

   

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Canons of the New Church #6

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6. CHAPTER III. THE INFINITY OF GOD

1. Because God existed before the world, thus before there were spaces and times, He is infinite.

2. Because God is and exists in Himself, and all things in the world are and exist from Him, He is infinite.

3. Because God, after the making of the world, is in space apart from space and in time apart from time, He is infinite.

4. Because God is the All in all things of the world, and especially the All in all things of heaven and the Church, He is infinite.

5. The Infinity of God, in relationship to spaces, is termed Immensity; and in relationship to times, termed Eternity.

6. Although the Immensity of God is in relationship to spaces, and His Eternity is in relationship to times, still there is nothing of space in His Immensity, and nothing of time in His Eternity.

7. By the Immensity of God is meant His Divinity in respect of Being (Esse), and By His Eternity, His Divinity in respect of Existing (Existere); each in itself, or in Him.

8. Every created thing is finite; and the infinite is in finite things as in its receptacles.

9. Because angels and men are created and therefore finite, they cannot comprehend either the Infinity of God, or His Immensity and Eternity, such as these are in themselves.

10. Nevertheless those who are enlightened by God can see as through a lattice that God is Infinite.

11. Indeed there is an image of the Infinite stamped upon varieties and propagations in the world; upon varieties, in that there are never two things identical; and upon propagations, animate and inanimate, in that there is the multiplying of one seed to infinity, and its prolification to eternity; besides many other things. 1

12. According to how far and in what way a man and angel acknowledges the Unity and Infinity of God, he becomes, if he lives well, a receptacle and image of God.

13. It is useless to think about what there was prior to the world, or what there is outside of it, for prior to the world time did not exist, and outside of it space does not exist.

14. By thinking about these things a man can become crazy if he is not partly withdrawn by God from the space and time idea, for this is inherent in each and all things of human thought, and it clings to each and all things of angelic thought.

Footnotes:

1. Marginal Notes:

There are certain forms-the squaring of the circle, the hyperbola, series of numbers tending to infinity, the diversity of human faces, and of minds also; then too, the angelic heaven of light can be increased without limit, [and] the starry heaven, etc.

  
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From Swedenborg's Works

 

Arcana Coelestia #8309

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8309. 'In Your strength You have brought them to the dwelling-place of Your holiness' means that the Lord's Divine power has raised them to heaven, to the Divine there. This is clear from the meaning of 'leading in strength', when used in reference to being raised into heaven by the Lord, as being raised by Divine power, 'strength' meaning power, as is self-evident; and from the meaning of 'the dwelling-place of holiness' as heaven, where the Divine is. For holiness is an attribute of the Divine Truth that emanates from the Lord, 8302, and this Divine Truth makes heaven.

[2] The truth that Jehovah's or the Lord's 'dwelling-place' is heaven, and also good, because good has heaven within it, is clear from the following places: In Moses,

Look from the dwelling-place of Your holiness, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel. 1 Deuteronomy 26:15

In Isaiah,

Look out from heaven, and see from the dwelling-place of [Your] holiness and of Your glory. Isaiah 63:15.

In David,

Surely I will not give sleep to my eyes, until I find a place for Jehovah, the dwelling-places for the Mighty One of Jacob Behold, we heard of Him in Ephrathah; we found Him in the fields of the wood. We will enter His dwelling-places. Psalms 132:4-7.

[3] The truth that Jehovah's, that is, the Lord's, 'dwelling-place' is within good may be seen in Zechariah,

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Zion! Behold I am coming in order that I may dwell in Your midst. Many nations will cling to Jehovah on that day and will be My people; for I will dwell in you. Zechariah 2:10-11.

And in Ezekiel,

I will set My sanctuary in their midst forever, so will My dwelling-place be among them. Ezekiel 37:26-27.

'Sanctuary' is where Divine Truth having Divine Good within it resides.

Footnotes:

1. The Latin means bless the people of Israel but the Hebrew means bless Your people, Israel.

  
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