Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 303

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303. Those who are the innermost are as bases and as multiple centers, like the stars in the heavens, to which all other things relate, as to their centers

That the Kingdom of God the Messiah is most perfect order, and perfection itself, and consequently form itself, can be evident to anyone. So because it is most perfect form, it must also have its centers, or its bases, spiritually understood. Those who are innermost and most of all under the mercy of God the Messiah, are such centers - likened to the stars of the heavens [Dan. 12:3], in which there is a reflection of the Kingdom of God the Messiah, as there is in all and the least things of nature. But the arrangement among these centers I cannot find out, still less describe, because this goes beyond the human understanding, which is deeply ignorant of heavenly forms. 1747, the 5th day of December.


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