Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 446

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446. It is the nature of angels not to believe anything at all, not even the smallest detail, that does not come from God the Messiah; hence, What peace is

I also experienced while I was writing today, that an angel was guiding the things I was writing, and in fact, in such a way as to cause me to realize that there was not even the tiniest occurrence that was not under the auspices and guidance of God the Messiah, because [directed] toward the best purpose. From this experience I was able to deduce what the angelic quality is, and hence what peace is, because it yields [to God the Messiah] in every single, most minute particular. 1748, the 5th day of January.


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