Excerpt from The Golden Reed: Or, the True Measure of a True Church Christians in the world of spirits, who had, from the commencement of Christianity, formed to themselves an imaginary heaven in that world, and one, there fore, which could not be permanent. It was an asso ciation of professed Christians, based upon a certain agreement in externals all, while in this external state, imagining themselves to be in heaven. But, inasmuch as they were internally very dissimilar in character, therefore, when their interior or ...
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Excerpt from The Golden Reed: Or, the True Measure of a True Church Christians in the world of spirits, who had, from the commencement of Christianity, formed to themselves an imaginary heaven in that world, and one, there fore, which could not be permanent. It was an asso ciation of professed Christians, based upon a certain agreement in externals all, while in this external state, imagining themselves to be in heaven. But, inasmuch as they were internally very dissimilar in character, therefore, when their interior or higher, their real life is unfolded and made manifest, their association must be broken up, and thus their im aginary heaven must pass away. And at the same time, and in consequence of this event, a higher or more interior, because more spiritual life is Opened to the View of Christians on earth; a higher, truer, more permanent, because more real and spiritual ground of union among Christians is disclosed and a higher, or more interior and spiritual sense to the Sacred Scriptures, is revealed - a sense, which, rest ing upon the latter as the sunlight upon the clouds, exhibits the marvellous and hitherto almost hidden glory of the divine Word - a sense, which, when it comes to our understandings in all its glory, and to our hearts in all its power, reveals to us the true meaning of that predicted second appearing of the Lord, which was to be upon the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. This higher Spiritual sense of the divine Word, which was to be, and has been, unfolded, shows us what is an internal, genuine, and therefore permanent church, and what is an ex. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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