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According to Emanuel Swedenborg, who is the man Jesus, born of a woman, who died and then was resurrected?
The title is a question recently asked on the website Christianity StackExchange, here. After several quotations from Swedenborgian sources, the questioner asks: Did the Lord (God Almighty) incarnate as a human in the body of Jesus of Nazareth? Does this…
Tagged with: Emanuel Swedenborg, glorification, God, Jesus Christ, redemption, salvation, Swedenborg, the Bible, the Incarnation, The Virgin Mary
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
Swedenborg’s Solution to the Fermi Paradox
“Where is everybody?” That is the question physicist Enrico Fermi asked several of his fellow physicists over lunch one summer day in 1950. And that’s how the Fermi paradox got its name. What is the Fermi paradox? Here’s the short…
Tagged with: aliens, cosmology, Earths in the Universe, Enrico Fermi, extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrials, fermi paradox, life on other planets, Other Planets, SETI, Swedenborg, UFO
Posted in Science Philosophy and History
Posted in Science Philosophy and History
What is an Angel of Death?
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
Posted in The Afterlife, The Bible Re-Viewed
Who is Emanuel Swedenborg? Did He Start a New Church?
Dear Readers, Since Annette and I began this blog in 2012, we have received many expressions of surprise and excitement about the beliefs and ideas presented here. Perhaps it would be helpful, then, to provide more specific information about the…
Spiritual Insights Volume 1: God and Creation, by Lee Woofenden
Volume 1 of articles reprinted from Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life is now available in paperback and Kindle formats: This hefty 507 page tome offers a selection of 53 articles organized into three parts: Part 1: Who is God? Part 2:…
Tagged with: books, Christianity, Creation, doctrine of the Trinity, Emanuel Swedenborg, God, Jesus Christ, Swedenborg, the Bible, the Holy Spirit, the problem of evil
Posted in All About God, Books and Literature
Posted in All About God, Books and Literature
Why Isn’t Paul in Swedenborg’s Canon?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Luca: Paul’s letters have a central role in Christian doctrine, yet Swedenborg does not mention them. Why? Thanks. Thanks for the good question, Luca.…
Tagged with: biblical canon, Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, faith alone, Jesus Christ, Paul, spiritual meaning, Swedenborg, Swedenborg's canon, the Bible, the Epistles
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
What Does it Mean that Jesus was “Glorified”?
In a comment here, a reader named Duane asked: What do you mean by “the process of glorification”? This article is an edited version of the next few questions and answers in that thread. When Jesus said to Thomas (not…
Tagged with: Emanuel Swedenborg, exinanition, glorification, God, Immaculate Conception, Jesus Christ, Mary, salvation, Swedenborg, the Bible, the Divine Humanity
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
How did the Incarnation Change God’s Relationship with Us?
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
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
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The Tree of Life, by Louis G. Hoeck – A Swedenborgian Commentary on the Bible
I am pleased to bring back into print a classic Swedenborgian Bible commentary by the Rev. Louis G. Hoeck, originally published in four saddle-stitched volumes in 1940. Though the text is freely available online at various websites, this is the…
Posted in Books and Literature, The Bible Re-Viewed