"these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away" - The Last Judgment in the Spirit World and Newton's Prediction in 1700's

 

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The Last Judgment in the Spirit World and Newton's Prediction in 1700's

A mystery of Swedenborg (1688-1772), a Swedish pluralistic-Christian theologian, scientist, philosopher and mystic who claimed that he saw the spirit world, Heaven, and the hell while living in this world, is that he witnessed the Last Judgment in 1757:

One of Swedenborg's lesser-known works presents a startling claim: that the Last Judgment had begun in the previous year (1757) and was completed by the end of that year and that he had witnessed it. According to The Heavenly Doctrine, the Last Judgment took place not in the physical world but in the World of Spirits, halfway between heaven and hell, through which all pass on their way to heaven or hell. The Judgment took place because the Christian church had lost its charity and faith, resulting in a loss of spiritual free will that threatened the equilibrium between heaven and hell in everyone's life. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Swedenborg)

After 1757, the French Revolution occurred; the Industrial Revolution occurred; and WWI and WWII happened.   With advancement of science and technology, the world is still going on in the 21st century.

One thing looking relevant to Swedenborg's claim is that influence of Christian churches, especially the Vatican, has been lost more and more since 1757.  On the other hand, material power and wealth the mankind acquired have drastically increased through the Industrial Revolution and WWII.  Today the world is completely a different place than that in the 18th century where there were no TV sets, smart phones, other home electronics, cars, jet planes, other modern machines in addition to the Internet.

Isaac Newton who died in 1727 predicted that the end of the world might start in 2060.  Both Swedenborg and Newton died in 1700s and left their words concerning the end of the world, although their contents are very different.  But, they seemed to have some pessimistic views on the future of the world before the start of modern material civilization.

Now, it is 300 years after the era of Swedenborg and Newton.  If the Last Judgment had been really ended and the fate of the mankind had been decided 300 years ago and the mankind had continued their sinful way of living till the 21st century, the end of the world might come at any time.  And, this corona-pandemic must be taken from this spiritual point of view, although it seems that nobody thinks that this pandemic will lead to the end of the world.

Our solus will continue to live in the spirt world after death in this world.  But, it is so sad that our civilization will end sooner or later.  Due to overwhelming majority of the mankind who have sold their sols to Satan, our civilization might be ended according to Swedenborg's Last Judgment and Newton's prediction made 300 years ago.  It means that there will be no 22nd century for the mankind.

However, if we repent in this pandemic to turn to the God, He might allow us to continue to live, say, even in coming 2000 years.  

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Luke 8, King James Version
11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.