Excerpt from The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine: As Revealed From Heaven; Translated From the Latin Doctrine not only teaches this, but innumerable things beside, of which not a thousandth part is known at this day. The whole sacred scripture is nothing else than the doctrine of love and charity, which the Lord also teaches, saying, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God from thy whole heart, and in thy whole soul, and in thy whole mind; this is the primary and great commandment; the second is like unto it; thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: on these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Matt. Xxii. Verses 37, 38. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The New Jerusalem, and Its Heavenly Doctrine: From Things Heard Out of Heaven; To Which Is Prefixed Something Concerning the New Heaven and the New Earth Concerning the New Heaven and the New Earth, and What is Meant by the New Jerusalem. It is said in the Apocalypse, "I saw a New Heaven and a New Earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. And I saw the Holy City, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a Bride adorned for her Husband. And the city had a wall great and high, which had twelve gates; and on the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, in which were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. And the city itself lay four-square, whose length was as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with a reed, twelve thousand furlongs; and the length and the breadth and the height of it were equal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine as Learned From Heaven: To Which Is Premised Some Information About the New Heaven and New Earth 8. That there is the end of a church when there is no faith because there is no charity, has been shown in the small work on The Final Judgment and the Destruction of Babylon (n. 3 3 - 39, As the churches now in the Chris. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.