Heaven in Emanuel Swedenborg’s View

Subject Areas : Christianity

habib  bashirpour ¹ (teacher in shahid behshti university)
Shahram  Pazouki ² (yes)

Received: 2020-02-04 Accepted : 2020-02-04 Published : 2019-08-23

Keywords: Heaven, heavenly societies, angels, love of God, the kingdom of heaven,

Abstract :

Although in cultures and religions, the living conditions of the righteous after death in heaven is explained in different ways, but common to all of them is that heaven is a place of comfort and convenience. Swedenborg who is a Protestant Christian, depicted paradise structure based on his intuition and in accord with Christian concepts. His heaven is based on love to the Lord. In the afterlife, the better qualities from the Lord in his inside, more of the light of God will benefit. We were created to become an angel, and the Lord creates Paradise for those who are in heaven and angels and all the blessings of love and wisdom God gives them. Lord is man and heaven is his image; the angels are like human beings. The inner side of man is form of heaven to the extent that the inner qualities of love and faith is; but different from humans with angels is that the the outer layers of man is form of this world, and to the extent that we engage in charitable and good, world into us becomes a paradise.

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