AR 502 - Sodom and Egypt

AR 502

Sodom symbolizes, in the spiritual sense,
a love of ruling springing from a love of self . . .
and Egypt symbolizes, in the spiritual sense,
a love of holding sway
from a conceit in one's own intelligence . . ..

These two loves are present in the church
where there is not one God
and where the Lord is not worshiped,
and where people do not live
in accordance with the Ten Commandments,
because people are born with these two loves,
and they come into them as they grow up.
Nor can these loves be removed
except by God the Savior
and by a life in accordance with His commandments,
and God cannot remove them
unless people turn to Him,
and neither is a life
in accordance with His commandments possible
unless a person is led by Him.
Actually it is possible,
but not a life that contains anything
of heaven and so of the church.

A life like that is possible only from Him who is life.