Customer Reviews

APOCALYPSE REVEALED 1 (REDESIGNED STANDARD EDITION)

5 star:		(0)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Swedenborg, divinely inspired, lays out the meaning of the Book of Revalation (or the Apocalypse) one chapter, one verse, and often one word at a time. The Book of Revalation suddenly becomes important to our lives again.

Swedenborg claims that the entire Book is a spiritual vision that John had while on the Isle of Patmos. This vision was of the fall and end of the First Christian Church which occured at the time of the Last Judgement and the institution of the New Christian Church by God. (Swedenborg asserts that the Last Judgement was a spiritual judgement or reordering and has already taken place.)

The Book of Revalation teaches through correspondences of the dangers of the Doctrine of Faith Alone, how that Doctrine ultimately destroyed the First Christian Church, and how critical the union of Faith and Charity is in our spiritual development.

Apocalypse Revealed (two volumes) was followed by Apocalypse Explained (six volumes) which is the full work on this subject. Although both works are useful, skip Apocalypse Revealed and head straight to Apocalypse Explained.

(See author's long work entitled Arcana Coelestia for a similar treatment of the Books of Genesis and Exodus.)