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Does “Us” in Genesis 1:26, 3:22, and 11:7 Refer to the Trinity of Persons?

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Lee — 8 Comments

Then God said, “Let us make humans in our image, according to our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the…

Marriage in Heaven: A Response to Tom Wenig

Posted on November 2, 2021 by Lee — 29 Comments

Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Deeply Wounded: Hi Lee, it’s me again. I am still struggling with how I am single and alone. I saw this article and found…

What is an Angel of Death?

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Lee — 2 Comments

Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Mpho Montsho: Let me share a question I was asked. It will be good to have you answer it on my behalf in depth:…

Tagged with: abaddon, angel of death, angels, apollyon, death, evil spirits, Satan, Swedenborg, the Bible, the Devil, the spiritual world
Posted in The Afterlife, The Bible Re-Viewed

How does God Speak to Us, Before and After the Incarnation?

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Lee — 17 Comments

This is the first of a series of articles following up on the previous post, “How did the Incarnation Change God’s Relationship with Us?” In the comments on that article, several readers asked questions that led to some fairly detailed…

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

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Lee — 40 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 — 89 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 — 43 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 — 4 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 — 24 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 — 92 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

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