"This parable spake Jesus unto them" - The Last Judgment in 1757 to the Start of the End of the World in 2060

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The Last Judgment in 1757 to the Start of the End of the World in 2060

Swedenborg (1688 – 1772) wrote in Experiences in the Afterworld that he saw the Last Judgement in the spirit world in 1757.  But, he thought its effect would appear in the human world or in this world hundreds years later.

The reason for the last judgement having been made in 1757 in the spirt world is, according to Swedenborg, that there was great confusion among spirits in the spirit world, so that spirits in the lower level of Heaven and those in the upper level of the hell were mingled in the spirit world.  This state of spiritual disorder had been caused due to turmoil in faith among Christians influenced by the Church of Rome and followers of Martin Luther.

Swedenborg wrote that he saw both Popes in Rome and Martin Luther in the hell.  The former had been rotten, and the latter had launched a wrong creed that only faith could lead men to Heaven without good conduct to achieve justice.  Christians who had followed the Catholic Church of Rome or Martin Luther had brought confusion in the spirit world.  Therefore, the God decided to clean up the spirit world.  And thus, the last Judgment was carried out in the spirit world to separate good spirits from bad spirits.  Its effect did not immediately appear in the human world or in this world.  

However, it should be noted that the United States achieved independence in 1776, namely nine years after the last judgment in the spirit world observed by Swedenborg.  The U.S. has not fully accepted the Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran Church but developed various Christian denominations, while growing and developing to the super power after WWII. 

It should be also noted that after the 19th century spiritualism came to be widely accepted by some Americans and Europeans.  Seances or meetings for evocation were often held to communicate with spirits in the spirit world.  In the 20th centuries, some people had out-of-body experiences into the spirit world to experience similar events as have been reported by Swedenborg in the 18th century.   And after WWII, human attitudes toward death and the afterworld have been significantly changed due to works by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Raymond Moody, etc.

Furthermore, it should be noted that Isaac Newton (1642 – 1727) who died about 50 years earlier than Swedenborg wrote that the end of the world would not begin till 2060.  Therefore, we had better think that the influence of the judgment carried out in the spirit world observed by Swedenborg in 1757 should appear around 2060.

By the way, Swedenborg wrote that he had seen Newton in Heaven but not in the hell like Martin Luther, many popes, St. Paul, etc. 


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John 10, King James Version

10 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.