"But rather seek ye the kingdom of God" - Christianity of Swedenborg's Version

 

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Christianity of Swedenborg's version

In 1745 Swedenborg saw the Lord Christ Jesus, which should be trusted.

In 1745, aged 57, Swedenborg was dining in a private room at a tavern in London. By the end of the meal, a darkness fell upon his eyes, and the room shifted character. Suddenly, he saw a person sitting at a corner of the room, telling him: "Do not eat too much!". Swedenborg, scared, hurried home. Later that night, the same man appeared in his dreams. The man told Swedenborg that he was the Lord, that he had appointed Swedenborg to reveal the spiritual meaning of the Bible and that he would guide Swedenborg in what to write. The same night, the spiritual world was opened to Swedenborg. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Swedenborg)

When he saw the man in his dream, he said to Swedenborg that He is the God, the Creator of the world, and Christ.  And, immediately afterwards, he was allowed to see the spirit world.  Following this event, Swedenborg started to write many books on his spiritual experiences till his death in 1772.

So, just before the establishment of the United States and the French Revolution, Swedenborg had met Christ Jesus and wrote thousands and more pages on the spirit world, Heaven, and the hells.

If Swedenborg had been insane, it must have been impossible for him to continue to write the issue of the spirit world and spiritual matters in a logical, consistent, and high-integrity manner for about 30 years.  And, from the contents of his books, it is apparent that Satan did not guide him.

However, Swedenborg wrote that St. Paul and King David were in the hells, which must be the reason for Vatican's negligence of Swedenborg's works.  

But, more significantly, it should be noted that Swedenborg wrote that he had seen some rich men in Heaven, which seems to be opposite the words of Christ Jesus.  Christ Jesus clearly said that the rich should fall into the hells but the poor would be accepted in Heaven.

However, it was before the Industrial Revolution, the French Revolution, and the Independence of the United States.  Some rich men in the era of Swedenborg should be different from the rich in the world in the later periods or today.  And, Swedenborg himself was an elite rich man, since he was close to the Swedish royal family.

Yet, poor men in Europe in the 18th century must not have had the ability to write thousands pages on his experiences of seeing Heaven and the hells, even if they were allowed to see the spirit world while living in this world.  Christ Jesus must have had no choices but choosing Swedenborg as a reporter of the spirit world.  However, some internal human elements or characteristics of Swedenborg should affected his writings.  We may think about the Gospel writes in the same way, although they must have been under God's guidance.

Anyway, after Swedenborg's experiences and writing books on Heaven, the hells, and spiritual matters in the 18th century, modern times fully started with the establishment of the United States, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, etc.  And after the era of Swedenborg, the Holy Mary appeared in Her apparitions to children and youths in France, Portugal, Spain, the Balkan Peninsula, etc. to deliver warnings on the end of time.          

Swedenborg himself wrote that he saw the last judgment being conducted in the spirit world to clean up the situations there as the forces of the hells had notably invaded into the spirit world and mingled with other entities in the spirit world.  And, this state in the spirit world would be realized in the human world after a few centuries.  And, as it was the late 18th century that the last judgment was made in the spirit world, it can be made in the human world at any moment now in the early 21st century.   

It can be summarized as follows:

Swedenborg's observation of the last judgement in the spirit world in the late 18th century=> Start of the modern times (drastic increase in wealth) => Apparitions of the Holy Mary => WWI/WWII, and other wars and tragedies => Repeated warnings by the Holy Mary => Further expansion of human wealth => Realization of the end of time with great tragedies in the human world in the 21st century   

Put simply, from a standpoint of Christianity of Swedenborg's version, the human world is all the more proceeding to the great tragedy at the end of time (since the late 18th century when Christ Jesus appeared to Swedenborg).  However, any individual who is to die during this process can live, as a soul, in the spirit world according to Swedenborg.  So, we should not be afraid of our death to come in future.

Yet, only poor men can be accepted in Heaven, but rich men fall into the hells, according to Christ Jesus.  We have to become poor before we die in this world prior to the end of time, so that we can be accepted in Heaven.  Otherwise, we will be exterminated with Satan in the hells by the God so as to become nothingness. 

 
In the spirit world, those who fall into the hells should meet a more terrible fate of complete death in the spirit world.  After this death in the spirit world, there will be nothing for them.  Even Satan will be killed there by the God, according to Christ Jesus.

The mankind (that is, offspring of people who live now) should be happy if they can survive the 21st century.

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Luke 12, King James Version

28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.