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Communing with God
Tagged with: Abraham, baptism, bible, Communion, divine love, divine wisdom, God, Holy Supper, Isaac, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Sarah, the Bible
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth
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
A Covenant with God
Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.” (Genesis 17:9) One of the things I love about Emanuel Swedenborg’s view of the Bible is…
Tagged with: Abraham, bible, circumcision, contracts, covenant, faith, friendship with God, God, inner self, Jesus, Jesus Christ, relationship with God, relationships, the Bible
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
A Critical Question
The angel of the Lord said to Hagar: “You are now with child, and you will have a son. You shall name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard of your misery. He will be a wild donkey of a…
Tagged with: Abraham, Abram, bible, compassion, criticism, Genesis, God, Hagar, Ishmael, Jesus Christ, Sarah, Sarai, the Bible
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
What are “Temptations”? How Bad Do They Get?
Right after Jesus was baptized, he went out into the desert, fasted for forty days, and was tempted by the Devil (Matthew 4:1–11; Mark 1:9–13; Luke 4:1–13). In these temptations, the Devil tried to get Jesus to act wrongly. It…
Tagged with: bible, faith, Gethsemane, God, heaven, inner struggles, innocence, Jesus, Jesus Christ, spiritual battles, spiritual rebirth, temptation
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth
Darkness at Home
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. (Genesis 15:12) Sometimes even when we’re doing the right thing, and going in the right direction, things get worse instead…
Tagged with: Christianity, God, inner struggles, Jesus Christ, spiritual rebirth, spirituality, temptation, the Bible, the promise
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth
A Promise and a Mission
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the…
Tagged with: bible, faith, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, our mission, spiritual battles, spiritual children, spiritual warfare, temptation, the Bible, the promise
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Was There a Reason Jesus Came at the Time He Did?
Though this answer is based primarily on the Bible itself, it comes from a perspective outlined in the theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772). Human spiritual ages start pristine, then fall, and finally end in corruption and destruction In the…
Tagged with: Ages of Man, bible, Christianity, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, spiritual history, the Bible, the Incarnation
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History
How Can Every Eye See Jesus When He Returns? Is the Earth Flat?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named JoRena: Hello, Lee. I’ve been reading on your website for a few years since my husband of 47 years went to Heaven. And I…
Tagged with: Christianity, clouds of heaven, eyes, flat earth theory, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, land, planets, Revelation, sky, the Bible, the Second Coming
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History, The Bible Re-Viewed
Jesus Was Not White
Jesus was not White. He wasn’t Black, either. Jesus was Middle Eastern. Biblically, he was descended, not from Japheth, nor from Ham, but from Shem. Historically, he lived, not in Europe, nor in Africa (though he did spend some time…
Tagged with: Christianity, Historical Jesus, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Joseph, Mary, race relations, Shem Ham and Japeth, the birth of Jesus Christ
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
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