The Washington herald., 1921-09-26
The Swedenborgian Greed.
the Editor. The Washington Herald:

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
The only person who has given
the world definite, systematic In
formation about the spiritual world.
was Emanual SwedenborG, who was
born in Sweden 1858 and died 1872.
aged 81.
He was a noted scientist and
voluminous writer, author of many
works, both scientific and theologi-
cal, doctrinal and explanatory OF
the Sacred Scripture or Word Of
God, in whom Is a Divine Trinity
of Divine Love, Divine Wisdom and
Divine Power or operation of the
two former. called in the Word,
Father" son" and Holy Spirit"
and that the only true and saving
faith is to believe in Him, and at
the same time keep His command
mcnts, according to Rev. XIV. IL;
MI. II: XIII. -.
He said that the Lord opened his
spiritual senses when he was 81
years of age G745), and that he
was in continual conscious COM
munication with the people of the
spiritual world from that time till
his death-that is for twenty-seven
years
His Call and Mission.
He tells us how he came to be
so introduced. II was the time OF
the ending of the Old. First or
primitive" Christian Church. We
read in the Gospels-Matt NNIV,
Mark XIII and Luke XVII and XXI,
under the figure of the Destruction
of the Temple, and also in the
Epistles and Revelation. how that
the First Christian Church would
be destroyed by the man Of sin.
that is, the natural man without
spiritual, so that il (the church)
would no longer hear sound doc
trine. (See Tim. ", 81
1t was disclosed to Swedenborg,
therefore, that the time of the end
ing OF the First Christian Church
and OF the beginning of the New or
Second Christian Church, was close
at hand in his day, and that the
last general judgment on the old
and dead church, predicted In the
sixth, nineteenth and twentieth
chapters of Revelation. which was
to end the old and make ready for
the new dispensation. represented
by the New Jerusalem in chapters
twenty-one and twenty-five, was 10
take place in the spiritual world In
his day; and he says II actually did
take place in that world in the year
1857, and that he saw 1t occurring
as an eye witness, and that II was
entirely finished in that year.
though individual judgment of
every man and woman after death
would always continue to take
place as before. (See Eccles. XII.
II; Hebrews TX, 27).
The Second Coming Of the Lord.
What then and when is the
Second Coming? II Is not an out
ward coming with observation:
the Lord warned the disciples about
that. He said that the Kingdom Of
God is within you" (See Matt
NN11, 2D. and therefore His coming
was to be internal, and as spiritual
light or Divine truth to all having
any good from the Lord. but NOT
permanently to those In the dying
church, represented by lightning
enlightening the whole sky from
East to West. but quickly disap-
pS'hs' anu ds TIC Sdlu on dhONhS'
occasion. "I am come a light into
the world" and now He comes as
new light, or Loeos or Divine
truth. So the Holy City, New Jeru-
salem. has the "glory of God" with
a steady and constant light most
precious" (see Rev. XXI, 5. III.
Paul and some of the other
apostles thought the Lords coming
would be In his day and literal-in
this world. but Swedenborg shows
how this was an error or mistake
that 1t COULD not take place here.
but in the spiritual world where
all are together.
As to the time when II would
take place: IL was to be when the
church had come to an end as to
love and faith. represented by the
sun and moon being darkened. ana
the stars falling from Heaven. This
has come. and Is past. New open
ing of the Word and Of the minds OF
men have occurred. Now, there
fore. IL the time Of the Second
Coming, evidenced by the new
light itself. both spiritual and In
science. discovery and invention
all most wonderful-the light Of the
New Christian Age. when men long
TO end war. and usher in, II posi-
BILE, universal peace.
First, in regard to Heaven: He
shows that Heaven is in man
primarily. and not in space. In &C,
cordance With what the Loro