Three Events - Blessed New Church Day!

The Last Judgment

LJ 45
. . . the Last Judgment does not exist on the earth,
but in the spiritual world . . ..
This Last Judgment was commenced
in the beginning of the year 1757,
and was fully accomplished at the end of that year.

The Second Coming

TCR 115 (i)
. . . since the Lord is today also
carrying on the process of redemption,
which began with the accomplishment of
the Last Judgment in 1757.
This redemptive process has continued
from that time down to the present.
The reason is that today
the Second Coming of the Lord is taking place,
and a new church is to be established,
something which could not happen
unless the conquest of the hells
and the ordering of the heavens had taken place first.


Ecclesiastical History of the New Church  1 [7,8]
When BRIEF EXPOSITION was published (1769)
the angelic heaven,
from east to west and from south to north,
appeared purple colored with the loveliest flowers.

'The Coming of the Lord' was written
on all the books in the spiritual world;
by command I therefore wrote this
in the same place in two copies in Holland.


The Establishment of the New Church

TCR 108
. . . at the present time
a new heaven of angels is being established by the Lord,
drawn from those who believe in the Lord God the Savior,
and approach Him directly . . ..

A few months ago
the twelve apostles were called together by the Lord
and sent out into the whole spiritual world,
as they were once into the natural world,
with instructions to preach the gospel.
Each apostle had his own zone assigned to him.
They are now following out their instructions
with all eagerness and dedication.


TCR 791 - Note
After the completion of this book,
the Lord called together His twelve disciples,
who had followed Him in the world;
and a day later He sent them all forth
through the spiritual world
to preach the Gospel,
that the Lord God Jesus Christ is King,
and His kingdom shall be for ever and ever,
as foretold by Daniel (7:13,14)
and in Revelation (11:15):

Blessed are they
who come to the wedding supper of the Lamb.
(Revelation 19:9)

This happened on the nineteenth of June in the year 1770.
This was meant by the Lord's saying:

He will send his angels,
and they will gather together His chosen people
from the bounds of the heavens on one side
as far as the bounds of the heavens on the other.
(Matthew 24:31)