Divine Providence #133
Topics covered:
- The effect of miracles in the case of good people is different from that in the case of evil people
- Good people do not wish for miracles, but they believe the miracles that are in the Word
- Moreover, if they hear of some miracle, they pay no attention to it other than as a minor proof that confirms their faith; for they form their thinking from the Word, thus from the Lord, and not from any miracle
- In order that these may break out of their prison of piety, the evil eventually call the miracle a fake or a trick or a natural phenomenon
- One who goes back to his evils after worshiping profanes the truths and goods of worship, and the lot of profaners after death is the worst of all
From Chapter 6, “It is a Law of Divine Providence That a Person Not Be Compelled By External Means to Think and Will, Thus to Believe and Love, Matters Having to Do with Religion; but That a Person Bring Himself to Do So and at Times Compel Himself”
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Angelic Wisdom regarding Divine Providence is a work of the Heavenly Doctrine penned by Emanuel Swedenborg. First published in the Latin language in 1764. Translated by N.B. Rogers for the General Church. Used with permission. Read by the Rev. Judah Synnestvedt.
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