22. Moreover, it will be proved in its own article in what follows, that the passion of the Lord's cross was not Redemption, but the means of the inmost union with the Divine of the Father, from which He came forth and into which He returned. In the work, THE TRUE CHRISTIAN RELIGION (n. 132, 133), of which this volume is the Appendix, I set out to show that the passion of the Cross being believed to have been Redemption itself, is a fundamental error of the present Christian Church; and that this error, together with the error concerning three Divine Persons from eternity, has perverted the whole Church to such an extent that not a vestige of spirituality remains in it. This will also be further shown in the following pages; and, that these two falsities and delusions have been comparatively like mating butterflies flying about in a garden, which produce the eggs whence are hatched the caterpillars which entirely consume the opening leaves of the trees therein; and further, that they have been like the quails from the sea sent down upon the camp of the Israelites, owing to which, while they were eating, a great plague fell upon the people; and this because they loathed and spurned the manna from heaven, by which, in the highest sense, is meant the Lord (Num. 11:5-6, 32-35; and John 6:31-32, 49-51, 58). And, further, these two errors have been like two drops of black paint, or shoemaker's blacking, dropped into generous wine, and shaken about in the wine-glass; in consequence of which all the brightness, delightful fragrance and fine flavour of the wine are changed into blackness, stench and nauseousness.

Title: To Raise the Dead

Topic: First Coming

Summary: Is there more than one kind of deadness from which the Lord can raise us?

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Matthew 11:2; 9:18, 23, 25
John 11:1, 4, 11, 14, 20, 24-25, 32, 35, 41, 43-44; 12:9, 18-19
Luke 15:24
1 Kings 17:17, 21-22, 24
2 Kings 4:18, 32, 36; 13:20
Matthew 10:1, 8
Acts of the Apostles 9:36; 20:7, 9-10
Genesis 1:2-3
Jeremiah 4:22-23