DP250-254 - Short Gems

DP 250 [3]

. . . the Lord's kingdom is a kingdom of useful endeavors,
and where there are but few
who are performing useful services
for the sake of useful service,
He causes worshipers of self
to be raised to higher positions of authority,
in which each is spurred by his love to render good service.

DP251 [1, 3, 6]

. . . if evils were not permitted to break out,
a person would not see them,
and therefore would not acknowledge them,
and so could not be brought to resist them.

. . . all wars, though occurring on the civil plane,
are representative of states of the church in heaven,
and are corresponding parallels.

Everything flows in either from heaven or from hell --
from hell by permission,
from heaven by providence.

DP 252

Spirits of hell attack,
and angels of heaven defend themselves.

DP 254 [3, 6]

. . . everyone who enters into heaven
enters into his heart's highest joy.
He can bear no higher one,
since he would be suffocated in it.

. . . because the Lord wills the salvation of all,
He has also provided that it be possible for everyone
to have some place in heaven
if he has lived rightly.