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και ερειτε τι οτι ουκ ελαβεν την αδικιαν ο υιος του πατρος αυτου οτι ο υιος δικαιοσυνην και ελεος εποιησεν παντα τα νομιμα μου συνετηρησεν και εποιησεν αυτα ζωη ζησεται
Ezekiel 18:19
253 - The Mystery of Salvation
By Jonathan S. Rose
Title: The Mystery of Salvation
Topic: Salvation
Summary: Scripture says there are higher and lower heavens and higher and lower hells, and when we die we are gathered to our people. Yet God is forever the same and shows no partiality. So what determines where we go?
Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.
References:
2 Corinthians 12:1-2
Revelation 21:10
Psalms 86:13
Deuteronomy 32:22
Mark 12:38
Matthew 5:43
Acts of the Apostles 10:34; 17:28
1 Peter 1:13-17
Genesis 25:8, 17; 35:29; 49:29, 33
Numbers 20:24; 27:13
Deuteronomy 32:50
Isaiah 14:4-15
Luke 16:19-31
Psalms 100:3
Matthew 10:19-20
Luke 21:30
John 7:16-18, 28; 8:28, 42, 44; 12:49; 15:4
2 Corinthians 3:5
Matthew 13:37-43
1 Timothy 2:1-4
Deuteronomy 30:10-19
Ezekiel 18:31-32
Revelation 3:19-20
Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 2/17/2016. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com
Heaven and Hell #87
87. THERE IS A CORRESPONDENCE OF ALL THINGS OF HEAVEN WITH ALL THINGS OF MAN
At the present day it is not known what correspondence is. There are several reasons for this. The chief one is that man has withdrawn himself from heaven by the love of self and the world. For he who loves himself and the world above all things regards only worldly things because they are pleasing to the external senses and gratify his inclination, and he does not regard spiritual things because they are pleasing to the internal senses and gratify the mind. Therefore he casts these aside, saying that they are too high to think about. The case was different with the ancient peoples. To them the knowledge of correspondences was the chief of all knowledges. By means of it they also derived intelligence and wisdom, and, by means of it, those who were of the Church had communication with heaven, for the knowledge of correspondence is an angelic knowledge. The most ancient people, who were celestial men, thought from correspondence itself, like the angels. So they also spoke with angels, and so the Lord was frequently seen by them and instructed them. But at the present day, that knowledge has been so completely lost that it is not known what correspondence is. 1
Footnotes:
1. [Swedenborg's footnote] How far the knowledge of correspondences excels other knowledges (Arcana Coelestia 4280).
The knowledge of correspondences was the chief knowledge of the ancient people; but at the present day it is wholly forgotten (Arcana Coelestia 3021, 3419, 4280, 4749, 4844, 4964, 4966, 6004, 7729, 10252).
The knowledge of correspondences flourished among the Orientals and in Egypt (Arcana Coelestia 5702, 6692, 7097, 7779, 9391, 10407).
