The apocalypse revealed : in which are disclosed the mysteries there foretold : being a translation of his work entitled Apocalypsis revelata / by Emanuel Swedenborg.

  • Emmanuel Swedenborg
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1890
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Credit: The apocalypse revealed : in which are disclosed the mysteries there foretold : being a translation of his work entitled Apocalypsis revelata / by Emanuel Swedenborg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the Apocalypse: “ Ihere came unto me one of the seven angels, and talked with me, saying. Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife, and he shewed me that great city, the ]ioly Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God” (xxi. 9,10). And in another place: Let us be glad and rejoice, for the mar- riage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready, blessed are they which are called unto tlie marriage supper of the Lamb” (chap. xix. 7, 9). Tliat there will be a new Heaven, and that from it will descend a new Church upon earth, is evident from the following words, in the same book: '' I saw a new heaven and a new earth: and I saw the holy city. New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband; and he that sat upon the throne said. Behold, I make all things new; and he said unto me. Write, for these words are true and faithful” (chap. xxi. i, 2, 5). The new Heaven is the new Heaven of Christians; the New Jerusalem means a new Church upon earth, which will make one with that new Heaven; the Lamb is the Lord as to the Divine Humanity. To this something shall be added by way of illustration. The Christian heaven is below the ancient heavens. Into this heaven were admitted those who, from the time of the Lord’s abode in the world, worshipped one God under three Persons, but did not at the same time entertain an idea of three Gods; and this, for the reason that the doctrine of a Trinity of Persons was received throughout the whole Christian world. Those, however, who entertained no other idea of the Lord’s Humanity than as of the humanity of another man, could not receive the faith of the New Jerusalem, which is, that the Lord is the onlv
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