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True Christian Religion #791

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791. NOTE

After the completion of this book, the Lord called together His twelve disciples, who had followed Him in the world; and a day later He sent them all forth throughout the spiritual world to preach the Gospel, that the Lord God Jesus Christ is king, and His kingdom shall be for ever and ever, as foretold by Daniel (Daniel 7:13-14) and in Revelation (Revelation 11:15):

Blessed are they who come to the wedding supper of the Lamb, Revelation 19:9.

This happened on the nineteenth of June in the year 1770. This was meant by the Lord's saying:

He will send his angels, and they will gather together His chosen people from the bounds of the heavens on one side as far as the bounds of the heavens on the other, Matthew 24:31.

  
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Revelation 19:9

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9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

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True Christian Religion #108

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108. As a further confirmation of this I shall report a fact known to me, because I have seen and can bear witness to it. This is that at the present time a new heaven of angels is being established by the Lord, drawn from those who believe in the Lord God the Saviour, and approach Him directly; all others are rejected. So if in future anyone from the Christian part of the world comes into the spiritual world, as everyone does after death, and does not believe in the Lord and approach Him only, and if he is then unable to accept this teaching owing to the wicked life he has led or the false beliefs he has adopted, he is rebuffed on taking the first step towards heaven. His face is turned away and directed towards the Lower Earth; so he departs to that place and associates with its inhabitants, who are those meant in Revelation by 'the Dragon and the False Prophet.' Every person henceforth from Christian countries, who does not believe in the Lord, goes unheard. His prayers are in heaven like foul smells or belches from a diseased lung. Even though he thinks that his praying is like the odour of incense, still it reaches the heaven of the angels only like the smoke of a fire, which is blown back in his eyes by a squall coming from above, or like the odour from a censer under a monk's robe. This is the fate from now on of all expressions of piety which are directed to a divided Trinity, not a united one. It is the leading theme of this book that the Divine Trinity is united in the Lord.

At this point I will add a piece of news. A few months ago the twelve apostles were called together by the Lord and sent out into the whole spiritual world, as they were once into the natural world, with instructions to preach this gospel. Each apostle had his own zone assigned to him. They are now following out their instructions with all eagerness and dedication. But a more detailed account of these events will be given in the last chapter of this book, which will deal with the ending of the age, the Lord's coming and the new church.

  
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