In Revelation 19:12, this symbolically means that what the Word is like in its spiritual and celestial senses, no one sees but the Lord, and the person to whom He reveals it. (Apocalypse Revealed 824)

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Traditional Christianity asserts that we're all born doomed because of what Adam and Eve did thousands of years ago. While we don't believe that to be true, there is some truth in it. This week we'll take a look at Swedenborg's concept of "hereditary evil" and note just how hard it is to change what we've been born into.

(Referenser: Arcana Coelestia 4818, Genesis 38; True Christian Religion 521)