Everything You Need to Know about the Second Coming
The Second Coming is a big subject, but I will try to boil it down so that one can see how it is that the Second Coming has already happened.
As in the times of both Noah and the incarnation, the Second Coming is a time of imbalance in the equilibrium between heaven and hell. It has to do with the decline of the Christian Church that the Lord started when He was on earth. Over the course of nearly 1,800 years, this church became corrupted, became external, and was in jeopardy of destruction.
By witness from heaven, Swedenborg declares that the Second Coming occurred in 1757. He provides a cosmic view of the development and the decline of mankind and religion from the beginning of time until the Second Coming. But he did it in a way that continually appeals to the reason of the reader because he knows people are meant to form their beliefs in freedom.
During life, it is up to each person to will and choose their way as they are exposed to the influences of heaven and hell. Thus, freedom is the very means of salvation, and it is also the cause of hell. It is the cause of hell because freedom of will is total and complete, which means, therefore, the consequences of freedom are real. Otherwise, freedom would not mean anything and life would not be real.
The structure of the whole universe is based on this equilibrium between heaven and hell.
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