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Warnings from Newton and Swedenborg
Swedenborg (1688-1772) who saw the spirit world or the afterlife while living in this world in the 18th century reported that he saw the spirit of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) in the afterlife and praised his sincerity.
Swedenborg wrote about the Last Judgment being conducted in the spirit world in 1757. And he expected that this Last Judgment in the spirt world should affect the human society in this world centuries later. On the other hand, Newton predicted after years of study on the Bible that the end of the world might start after 2060.
The 18th century is the time when the Scientific Revolution had already started and the Industrial Revolution is happening in England. Swedenborg often traveled to England from Sweden to learn science and write his books on spirit matters. His original writings are now kept in the British Museum.
According to Swedenborg, there have been the Last Judgment three times in the history both in the spirit world and the human world. The fist happened when the Great Flood that Noah experienced occurred. The second was when Christ Jesus first came to this world. And the third occurred in the spirit world while Swedenborg was spiritually observing it. Each Last Judgment was conducted to purify the spirit world and save good spirits from evil spirits. They influenced the human world, too, although the human beings have not been exterminated.
Anyway, the modern human society is supported by modern science and technology started with Newton and other scientists since the middle of the 17th century. While science and technology has developed drastically without interruption to date, effect and influence of the Vatican, Protestant churches, etc. has dwindled. In this environment, people have come to stick to material desires and forget spiritual matters. People have come to regard everything spiritual and religious as superstition or a moral lesson. But when near-death experiences were studied and reported publicly by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Raymond Moody, etc. after WWII, their books received a great response from public, since their works reminded them of importance of the spirit world and the afterlife apart from teachings of traditional religions.
Swedenborg and Newton were credible and responsible persons. And, the human world today looks no better than a faithless world with so many people brainwashed by money and chasing material happiness in this world without regarding salvation of their souls in this world and the afterlife. Therefore, the spirit world or the afterlife must be full of evil souls to whom greedy people have turned to after their deaths in this world. As so many evil souls have come to the spirit world or the afterlife from this human world, the God should execute the Last Judgement sooner or later in this world like the way He conducted in the spirit world. This Corona pandemic must be a warning to it.
According to Swedenborg, in the first Last Judgment, evil spirits that had come to emerge in the spirit world after the era of Adam were wiped away, and in the second Last Judgment the spirit world with full of evil spirits and Satan causing confusions there were suppressed by Christ Jesus. In the third Last Judgment, it is said that bad influences from rotten and degraded churches and priests were cleared in the spirit world.
As today's worship of money and rampancy of materialism driven by modern capitalism and commercialism can be thought as a result of rotten and degraded churches and priests, the third Last Judgment is really needed in this world like it happened in 1757 in the spirit world.
We may see the result around 2060 as Newton predicted even if the human history is not ended due to the third Last Judgment. As for my opinion based on inspiration, the near future will not be so tragic, but the remote future of the mankind looks dim.
Nonetheless, if we are accepted in Heaven through the spirit world after death in this world, we can get eternal life regardless of whatever status this human world will be in, according to Christ Jesus.
Matthew 11, King James Version
10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.