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How did the Incarnation Change God’s Relationship with Us?

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Lee — 21 Comments

In a comment here, a reader named “Seeking to understand” asked some questions about the change in God’s relationship with us from before to after the Incarnation: God “becoming flesh” as Jesus Christ. These questions boiled down to three basic…

Tagged with: angels, Christianity, glorification, God, Jesus Christ, mediator, Swedenborg, the Bible, the Incarnation
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed

Do God and Spirits Influence People and Things in the Physical Universe?

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Lee — 27 Comments

Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named AJ739: Dear Lee, Your website has massively helped me overcome my anxiety that was brought on by the New Age Movement and their beliefs,…

Tagged with: angels, evil spirits, freedom, fundamentalism, Gibeon, God, miracles, science, spirits, the Bible, the Exodus
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History

Response to a Christian Universalist: Is There an Eternal Hell? Wouldn’t an All-Powerful God Save All People?

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Lee — 24 Comments

Christian universalism is the belief that all people will eventually be reconciled to God and be saved, and that there is therefore no eternal hell. It is not the belief that salvation is available to all people if they choose…

Death and Rebirth, Chapter 4: Our Third Stage After Death

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Lee — 2 Comments

For Chapter 3, click here. Near-death experiencers who meet the being of light say that this being emphasizes love and learning as the most important things in life. The love must come from within, but much of our learning comes…

Death and Rebirth, Chapter 1: The Experience of Dying

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Lee — 12 Comments

For the Introduction, click here. There is a difference between Swedenborg’s experience and the experiences of people who have come close to dying and have returned. When Swedenborg described the spiritual world and the process of dying in Heaven and…

Is There Sex in Heaven?

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Lee — 32 Comments

Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by “Heart broken and worried”: Hi Lee I recently lost my fiancé a month ago we just got engaged on Christmas Eve. We were together for 6yrs and…

Tagged with: angels, heaven, love, marriage, sex, sexual intercourse, sexuality, soulmates, Swedenborg, the Bible
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Afterlife

Is Your Spirit Rounded or Angular?

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Lee — 6 Comments

As I was browsing headlines the other day, this title at LiveScience.com caught my attention: “A Politician’s Name & Face: Why a Good Match May Win Votes” How does someone’s name match their face, I wondered? As it turns out,…

Marriage in the Resurrection: The Deeper Meaning

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Lee — 23 Comments

Are you in a happy marriage that you hope will continue forever in heaven? Has your beloved husband or wife died, and you hope and pray that you will be able to rejoin him or her when it comes your…

Didn’t Jesus Say There’s No Marriage in Heaven?

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Lee — 53 Comments

Contrary to popular belief, Jesus did not say that there’s no marriage in heaven. What he did say is that people who achieve eternal life don’t get married in the afterlife. There’s a big difference! Further, marriage in Jesus’ day…

What is the Source of the Belief that the Deceased become Angels?

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Lee — Leave a comment

In Heaven: A History (1995: Yale University Press) the authors, Drs. Colleen McDannell and Bernhard Lang, state that Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) had a pivotal role in bringing about a changed view of heaven, including the idea that angels are humans who have died and…

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