This is a time that dredges up deep and dark feelings, and also a time of great joy. Swedenborg, from 'True Christian Religion': "At the time of the Lord's first coming the hells had increased to such a height as to fill the whole world of spirits,
All lines of meaning lead to the moment of the resurrection. The resurrection bursts like a sun on the timeline of history. It is a universal principle that the moment of union is a transcendent pinnacle of light, passion and perception. The resurrection is the
There is an equilibrium between good and evil in the universe, and this is true in every detail and particular. For every good society in heaven there is a counter and opposite evil society in hell. Both heaven and hell have innumerable gradations and each
The correspondence in the star that the kings followed is a good example of how holiness is the marriage of the natural and the spiritual. With God being born on earth, a great conjunction was restored between heaven and earth. God was physically entering the
It is important now to take a look at the corruptions of the protestant or reformed churches. In The Bible just as Babylon referred to the declined state of the Catholic Church, the Dragon refers in general to the violations of the Protestant church at
