PROVIDENCE (pt. 3)

The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine
Emanuel Swedenborg
• Doctrinal Series •
PROVIDENCE
(pt. 3)

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They who think from worldly things concerning the Divine Providence, conclude from them that it is only universal, and that the particulars appertain to man. But they do not know the arcana of heaven, for they form their conclusions only from the loves of self and of the world, and their pleasures; wherefore, when they see the evil exalted to honors, and acquire wealth more than the good, and also succeed in evils according to their arts, they, say in their heart, that it would not be so if the Divine Providence were in each and all things; but they do not consider that the Divine Providence does not regard that which soon passes away, and ends with the life of man in the world, but that it regards that which remains to eternity, thus which has no end.

What has no end, that is; but what has an end, that respectively is not.

Let him who can, think whether a hundred thousand years are anything compared to eternity, and he will perceive that they are not; what then are some years of life in the world?

(The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 269)

PROVIDENCE (pt. 2)

The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine
Emanuel Swedenborg
• Doctrinal Series •
PROVIDENCE
(pt. 2)

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The Divine Providence of the Lord extends to the most minute things of a man's life; for there is only one fountain of life, which is the Lord, from whom we are, we live, and we act.

(The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 268)

PROVIDENCE (pt. 1)

The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine
Emanuel Swedenborg
• Doctrinal Series •
PROVIDENCE
(pt. 1)

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The government of the Lord in the heavens and in the earths is called Providence; and because all the good of love and all the truth of faith, from which is salvation, are from Him, and nothing at all from man, it is evident therefrom that the Divine Providence of the Lord is in each and all the things which conduce to the salvation of the human race. This the Lord thus teaches in John:

I am the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6)

and in another place:

As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it shall abide in the vine, so neither can ye, unless ye shall abide in Me; without Me ye cannot do anything. (John 15:4, 5)

(The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 267)

THE SACRED SCRIPTURE, OR THE WORD (pt. 6)

The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine
Emanuel Swedenborg
• Doctrinal Series •
THE SACRED SCRIPTURE, OR THE WORD
(pt. 6)

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The Word in the letter cannot be understood, but by doctrine from the Word drawn by one who is enlightened. The sense of its letter is accommodated to the apprehension even of simple men, wherefore doctrine from the Word must serve them for a lamp.

(The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 254)

THE SACRED SCRIPTURE, OR THE WORD (pt. 5)

The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine
Emanuel Swedenborg
• Doctrinal Series •
THE SACRED SCRIPTURE, OR THE WORD
(pt. 5)

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No others understand the genuine sense of the Word but they who are enlightened; and they only are enlightened who are in love to, and have faith in, the Lord; for their interiors are elevated by the Lord into the light of heaven.

(The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 253)

THE SACRED SCRIPTURE, OR THE WORD (pt. 4)

The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine
Emanuel Swedenborg
• Doctrinal Series •
THE SACRED SCRIPTURE, OR THE WORD
(pt. 4)

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The Word, because it is a revelation from the Divine, is Divine in each and all things; for what is from the Divine cannot be otherwise.

What is from the Divine descends through the heavens even to man; wherefore in the heavens it is accommodated to the wisdom of the angels who are there, and on earth it is accommodated to the apprehension of the men who are there.

Wherefore in the Word there is an internal sense, which is spiritual, for the angels, and an external sense, which is natural, for men.

Hence it is that the conjunction of heaven with man is effected through the Word.

(The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 252)

THE SACRED SCRIPTURE, OR THE WORD (pt. 3)

The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine
Emanuel Swedenborg
• Doctrinal Series •
THE SACRED SCRIPTURE, OR THE WORD
(pt. 3)

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Since man lives after death, and then lives to eternity, and a life awaits him according to his love and faith, it follows that the Divine, out of love towards the human race, has revealed such things as may lead to that life, and conduce to man's salvation.

What the Divine has revealed, is with us the Word.

(The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 251)