Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) makes no claim that his descriptions of the afterlife are drawn from the Bible. On the title page of his best-known book, Heaven and Hell—a book in which he provides a comprehensive description of heaven, hell, and…
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Is there a Biblical Basis for Swedenborg’s Teaching on What Happens After Death?
Tagged with: Emanuel Swedenborg, heaven, Heaven and Hell, hell, Jesus, judgment, physical body, spiritual body, the afterlife, the world of spirits
Posted in The Afterlife, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Afterlife, The Bible Re-Viewed
Which Body Will Trans People Have in the Afterlife?
A reader named Steve S. recently submitted a Spiritual Conundrum to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life asking a series of questions about the spiritual side of the transsexual issue, focusing especially on this one: I am truly interested in whether…
Tagged with: cross-dressing, gender, gender dysphoria, material world, sex, sex change, spiritual world, the afterlife, trans, transgender, transsexual
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Afterlife
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Afterlife
A Psychological and Spiritual Review of Many Lives, Many Masters, by Brian Weiss
Recently a reader named Steve asked for my perspective on Dr. Brian Weiss’s book Many Lives, Many Masters. Specifically, he asked about the “past lives” of Dr. Weiss’s pseudonymous patient “Catherine.” This is my response after reading the book. (Note:…
Tagged with: Brian L. Weiss, Brian Weiss, Many Lives, Many Masters, past life regression, past-life therapy, reincarnation, spiritism, spirits, spiritualism, the spiritual world
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Afterlife
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Afterlife
Can I Ask God to Extinguish My Consciousness?
We are created so that our inner self cannot die. We can believe in God and love God, which means we can have a relationship with God through faith and love. And having a relationship with God is living to…
Tagged with: angels, animal afterlife, animals, annihilationism, death, eternal now, eternity, heaven, hell, the afterlife, time and space
Posted in The Afterlife
Posted in The Afterlife
Can We Trust Anything Near-Death Experiencers Say?
Not long ago a reader named David submitted a Spiritual Conundrum to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life asking about near-death experiences (NDEs), why they’re so contradictory, and whether we can trust anything near-death experiencers (NDEers) say. He is also struggling…
Tagged with: angels, Christian beliefs, Emanuel Swedenborg, hell, hellfire, near-death experiences, reincarnation, spiritualism, the afterlife, the spiritual world, the world of spirits
Posted in The Afterlife
Posted in The Afterlife
Will We Remember Loved Ones Who Go to Hell?
What if someone we love goes to hell? Will we still remember them? Won’t that kind of suck? That is the essence of some questions that a reader named Max asked in several recent comment threads here on Spiritual Insights…
Tagged with: abusive relationships, family, friends, heaven, Heaven and Hell, hell, love, memory, the afterlife
Posted in The Afterlife
Posted in The Afterlife
Will We Meet Christ In the Clouds?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Olakunle Ilori: For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of…
Tagged with: angels, clouds of heaven, Emanuel Swedenborg, end of the world, end times, faith, God, heaven, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Paul, The Ascension, the Bible, the Rapture, the Second Coming
Posted in The Afterlife, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Afterlife, The Bible Re-Viewed
Mats “Ibelin” Steen: Heaven in a Video Game
On November 18, 2014, Mats “Ibelin” Steen ceased his daily thirty-minute run through the villages, fields, forests, hills, and valleys of a virtual world. From then on, he could do his daily run through the villages, fields, forests, hills, and…
What’s the Difference Between Time in Heaven and Time on Earth?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Carl McGuire: What’s the difference between time in heaven and time on earth? Here on earth, the events of our lives unfold against a…
Tagged with: atomic clocks, clocks, heaven, psychological time, spiritual time, the afterlife, time, time and space, time in heaven
Posted in The Afterlife
Posted in The Afterlife
Are Angels Sexless Beings?
In traditional Christian mythology, angels are sexless beings. The Bible disagrees with that mythology. In the Bible, angels are described as men. Not as generic, sexless human beings, but as men: male human beings. And if there are male angels,…
Tagged with: angels, biblically accurate angels, female angels, gender, heaven, male and female, male angels, sex, sexual reproduction, the Bible
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Afterlife
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Afterlife
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