AE 731 - "Prepared by God"; Our Dwelling Place; AE 732 - The Growth of the New Church

AE 731 [1, 2]

. . . the meaning of "prepared by God,"
as being to be provided by the Lord,
for what is done by man is prepared,
but what is done by the Lord is provided.

. . . the quality of every one is known
from the place where he dwells,
and where he dwells is known from what he is . . ..

AE 732 [3]

. . . the New Church on the earth grows
according to its increase in the world of spirits,
for spirits from that world are with people,
and they are from such
as while they lived on earth
were in the faith of their church,
and none of these receive the doctrine
but those who have been in the spiritual affection of truth;
these only are conjoined to heaven where that doctrine is,
and they conjoin heaven to people.
The number of these in the spiritual world
now increases daily,
therefore according to their increase
does that church that is called the New Jerusalem
increase on earth.