DLord 65 - "Behold, I make all things new."

DLord 65

In the Revelation occur the words,

A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH;

and afterwards,

BEHOLD I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW,

which mean nothing else than that

in the church now to be set up anew by the Lord

THE DOCTRINE WILL BE NEW.

This doctrine did not exist in the former church,

the reason of which is that if it had,

it would not have been received,

because the Last Judgment had not then been executed,

and previous to that Judgment

the power of hell prevailed over the power of heaven,

so that if the doctrine had been given before,

even from the Lord's mouth,

it would not have remained with men;

nor does it at this day remain

except with those who approach the Lord alone,

and acknowledge Him as the God of heaven and earth.

This same doctrine had indeed been given in the Word;

but as not long after its setting up anew

the church was turned into Babylon,

and afterwards, with others, into Philistia,

that doctrine could not be seen from the Word,

for the church sees the Word

from the principles of its religion and from its doctrine,

and in no other way.