March 28, 2019

HEAVEN AND HELL (pt. 4)

The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine
Emanuel Swedenborg
Doctrinal Series
HEAVEN AND HELL
(pt. 4)


They who receive heaven from the Lord are they who have heaven in themselves, for heaven is in man, as the Lord also teaches:
Neither shall they say, The kingdom of God, lo it is here, or lo there, for the Kingdom of God is in you (Luke 17:21).
(The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 233)

March 27, 2019

HEAVEN AND HELL (pt. 3)

The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine
Emanuel Swedenborg
Doctrinal Series
HEAVEN AND HELL
(pt. 3)



Heaven is with every man according to his reception of love and faith from the Lord; and they who receive heaven from the Lord while they live in the world, come into heaven after death.
(The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 232)

March 26, 2019

HEAVEN AND HELL (pt. 2)

The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine
Emanuel Swedenborg
Doctrinal Series
HEAVEN AND HELL
(pt. 2)



Love to the Lord and love towards the neighbor constitute heaven; and also faith, so far as it has life from those loves.

And because both the love (and the faith thence derived), are from the Lord, it is evident that the Lord Himself constitutes heaven.
(The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 231)

March 25, 2019

HEAVEN AND HELL (pt. 1)

The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine
Emanuel Swedenborg
Doctrinal Series
HEAVEN AND HELL
(pt. 1)



There are two things which constitute the life of man's spirit, namely, love and faith -
• love constituting the life of his will
• faith the life of his understanding 
The love of good and the faith of truth thence derived, constitute the life of heaven; and the love of evil, and the faith of falsity thence derived, constitute the life of hell.
(The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 230)

March 24, 2019

THE RESURRECTION (pt. 6)

The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine
Emanuel Swedenborg
Doctrinal Series
THE RESURRECTION
(pt. 6)



FROM THE WORK ON HEAVEN AND HELL

It is unnecessary here to adduce anything from the Arcana Coelestia, since the things concerning the resurrection and the life of man after death have been fully treated in the work on Heaven and Hell, where they may be seen under the following articles:

I. Every Man is a Spirit as to His Interiors (n. 432-444).

II. Of Man's Resuscitation from the Dead, and His Entrance into Eternal Life (n. 445-452).

III. After Death Man is in a Perfect Human Form (n. 453-460).

IV. After Death Man has every Sense, and all the Memory, Thought, and Affection, which He had in the World; and that He Leaves Nothing but His Terrestrial Body (n. 461-469).

V. Man after Death is Such as his Life had Been in the World (n. 470-484).

VI. The Delights of Everyone's Life are Turned into Corresponding Things (n. 485-490).

VII. Of Man's First State after Death (n. 491-498).

VIII. Of Man's Second State after Death (n. 499-511).

IX. Of Man's Third State after Death, which is a State of Instruction for Those that Come into Heaven (n. 512-520).

X. That Heaven and Hell are from the Human Race (311-317).

Concerning the Last Judgment, see the work on The Last Judgment, and Babylon Destroyed, from the beginning to the end; where it is shown that the Last Judgment will not be attended with the destruction of the world.
(The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 229)

March 23, 2019

THE RESURRECTION (pt. 5)

The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine
Emanuel Swedenborg
Doctrinal Series
THE RESURRECTION
(pt. 5)



That man lives after death, the Word teaches; as that:

• God is not the God of the dead, but of the living (Matt. 22:31).
• Lazarus after death was carried into heaven, but the rich man was cast into hell (Luke 16:22, 23 seq.).
• Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are there (Matt. 8:11; 22:31, 32; Luke 20: 37, 38).
• Jesus said to the robber, Today shalt thou be with Me in paradise (Luke 23:43).
(The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 228)

March 22, 2019

THE RESURRECTION (pt. 4)

The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine
Emanuel Swedenborg
Doctrinal Series
THE RESURRECTION
(pt. 4)



The life of man after death is the life of his love and the life of his faith; hence such as his love and faith had been, when he lived in the world, such his life will remain to eternity.
With those who loved themselves and the world above all things, it is the life of hell; and with those who had loved God above all things, and the neighbor as themselves, it is the life of heaven.
The latter are they who have faith; but the former are they who have no faith. The life of heaven is called eternal life; and the life of hell is called spiritual death.
(The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 227)