The Divine Providence

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Cosimo, Inc., 1. jan. 2005 - 292 sider
Written at a time of intense theological debate on the nature of God's governance of the world, The Divine Providence deals with a world so troubled that the loving hand of God is often hidden from our sight and brought into question. This companion work to Divine Love and Wisdom shows how divine nature governs human life and creation and describes how individual human freedom is inherent in creation and empowered by a God-given ability to understand and decide. This original and thought provoking work suggests that only divine love and wisdom can provide us with the accountability that gives meaning to our lives.EMANUEL SWEDENBORG (1688-1772) was a Swedish scientist, inventor, philosopher, and mystic. At the age fifty-six, his main focus shifted from science and philosophy to theology, as a result of, first, dreams and later visions of a spiritual world where he conversed with angels and spirits, including Moses and Jesus, who guided his interpretation of the Scriptures. He spent the last decades of his life publishing eighteen theological titles that draw on the Bible and his own spiritual experiences.

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THAT THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE IS THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DIVINE LOVE
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That that which is in good and at the same time in truth
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THAT THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE OF THE LORD IN ALL THAT IT DOES
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That an image of what is infinite and eternal exists in the angelic
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THAT IT IS A LAW OF THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE THAT A MAN AS FROM HIM
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THAT IT IS A LAW OF THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE THAT A MAN SHOULD
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THAT IT IS A LAW OF THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE THAT A MAN SHOULD
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PERCEIVE AND FEEL ANY THING OF THE OPERATION OF THE DIVINE PRO
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That there are several kinds of profanation of what is holy
152
THAT THE LAWS OF PERMISSION ARE ALSO LAWS OF THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE 234
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That every worshiper of self and of nature confirms himself against
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When he thinks according to his perception that victories declare
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When he considers the religions of various nations and that there
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Because among those who profess the Christian religion there
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Because heretofore it was not known that in every particular
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THAT THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE IS EQUALLY WITH THE WICKED AND
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THAT SELFDERIVED PRUDENCE IS NOTHING AND ONLY APPEARS AS IF
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That the affections of a mans lifes love are led of the Lord by
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THAT THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE HAS RESPECT TO THINGS ETERNAL AND
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That things temporary and eternal are separated by man but
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THAT A MAN IS NOT ADMITTED INTERIORLY INTO THE TRUTHS OF FAITH
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THAT THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE APPROPRIATES NEITHER EVIL NOR GOOD TO
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THAT EVERY MAN MAY BE REFORMED AND THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING
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THAT THE LORD CANNOT ACT AGAINST THE LAWS OF THE DIVINE PROVI
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Side 173 - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Side 173 - And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely : for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
Side 60 - But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things : but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed : so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
Side 82 - Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets ; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham : but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him. If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Side 82 - I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house : for I have five brethren ; that He may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Side 107 - Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
Side 183 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Side 188 - For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity : to acknowledge every Person by himself to be God and Lord; So are we forbidden by the Catholic Religion : to say, There be three Gods, or three Lords.

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The son of a Swedish Lutheran pastor, professor, and court chaplain, Emanuel Swedenborg first became a scientist and mining engineer. Of brilliant intellect and wide-ranging interests, he explored many areas of nature, doing pioneering work in several fields. In 1743 he began to experience a series of visions of the spiritual world. Over subsequent years he maintained that he held conversations with angels, the departed, and even God, and that he had visited heaven and hell. Swedenborg penned a lengthy series of writings inspired by these encounters, based on the concept of a spiritual cosmos as model for the physical, an educative view of the afterlife, and the allegorical interpretation of Scripture. In 1774 the small Church of the New Jerusalem was founded explicitly on the basis of his revelations. Swedenborg's influence has been much wider than its membership. His teachings entered American culture generally through the popularity of several of his books and his impact on Spiritualism and the New England Transcendentalists.

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