Commentary

 

The End is the New Beginning

By Junchol Lee


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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.

(References: Habakkuk 3:17)

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Scriptural Confirmations #70

  
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70. 2. Be ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only. The state of him who is a hearer only is described (James 1:22-25).

Of faith without works, what it is, from James. See Faith.

Whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet fall away in one matter, is made guilty of all (James 2:10-11).

What the works done by the Scribes and Pharisees are, and yet they impose them upon men to do them (Matthew 23:2-7).

Everyone who doeth evil deeds hateth the light, lest his deeds should be reproved (John 3:19-21).

They that have done good shall come forth unto the resurrection of life; they who have done evil unto the resurrection of judgment (John 5:29).

  
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