AC 10287 [2 & 4]
The state of the man who commits profanation is
that he has communication with the heavens
and at the same time with the hells;
by truths with the heavens,
and by falsities of evil with the hells;
from this in the other life there comes a tearing asunder,
whereby everything of interior life perishes.
After this tearing asunder such persons barely appear as men,
but as burnt bones in which there is but little life.
That "strangers" denote those who do not acknowledge the Lord,
and are unwilling to acknowledge Him,
whether they be out of the church or within it,
thus who are in evils and in the falsities of evil . . .
is evident from many passages in the Word.
It is said "those who do not acknowledge the Lord,
thus who are in evils and the falsities of evil,"
because those who do not acknowledge the Lord
must needs be in evils and the falsities of evil;
for all good and the truth of good are from the Lord,
and therefore those who deny the Lord are in evils and the falsities of evil;
according to the words of the Lord in John:
Unless ye believe that I am, ye shall die in your sins.
(John 8:24)
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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