After I lost my dearest husband, my soulmate I was devastated, but Swedenborg's writing about marital love brought much comfort to my heart. For a future when we meet again and go on into eternity. I prayed to the Lord for answers and He brought into my life Swedenborg's writings. I am thankful and love your presentations. You are doing a great job bringing difficult topics alive in a very sensible and caring way.
Ida Ruch, I'm so glad Swedenborg has brought you such hope and comfort. I'm sorry you and your husband are separated for now, but glad you know you will be together again! We're so grateful to hear your thoughts!
Curtis, you make learning so much FUN! There is no other that is so 'down-home' with their thoughts, and kindness expressed! Learning about Swedenborg would NOT be as enjoyable without your presence and explanations! You touch so many hearts with your expansive work! Thank you, for being YOU!!
Thanks for another warm and encouraging affirmation, ronald! Curtis's fondest hope was that these ideas would be helpful to people all over the world, and it seems to be true! Thanks for your vote that we're on the right track with this channel, and for your appreciation of our fearless leader!
After my son died, I prayed that God would send me a sign that he had arrived in Heaven. Months passed with no sign, but on August 13, 2022 I heard from my son. I was the first one to wake up that morning when I heard my son say, “Mom”. I made a note on my calendar. Some time passed before I realized that I had been contacted on my father’s 105th birthday. Shortly before he died, my son told me that he really missed his grandaddy - my father. And so I got my sign. It made me really look forward to going to Heaven.
Thank you Curtis, this episode is very comforting and very well touched on marriage/conjugal relationship here and hereafter. I read Swedenborg first when I was in Senior Secondary School and later the Bible. I am now retired. I very much appreciate your depth of understanding and your intrinsic style of delivery and video broadcast. Keep it up Bro.✝
Thank you so much, Subhashish, for this warm affirmation. We're delighted to know that the ideas in Swedenborg have felt meaningful to you, and that our "style" at OTLE works for you! We'll be starting a new series on "Heaven and Hell" in the new year. Thanks for your encouragement, and blessings to you!
I lost my best friend husband lover , you name it I think we traveled over many lifetimes as partners in many forms. After his shocking unexpected passing , Aaron came through and told me he would wait for me , we will cycle much faster next time and we will recognize each other much sooner! ! I believe it’s true and it gives me great peace.
I lost my baby dec 31st 2023 I miss my beautiful wife of 29 years soooo much. lam so depressed and lonely I cry for her all day. 😭we always told each other how much we loved each other a 1000 times a day. my friends would always ask me to do something with them like hang out, I always made an excuse not too so I could go home to with my precious baby. I go to sleep thinking about her and wake up the same way. I really believe I was born to protect, love and keep her safe. I want to be with her forever. I kissed her on her noggin so much her hair was receding. I bet I got in over a trillion kisses on that head. her name is Michele she was 67. I love you so,so,so much my precious beautiful wife I will be with you very soon my love.
What a beautiful thing to share here, Tim. So glad you have a strong faith that you WILL be with her again and your love story carries on! It's been such a short time since she "graduated" -- we wish you much love and growing peace as you walk through your grief journey. Blessings to you!
Your videos have brought me a lot of comfort. I lost my wife nearly 7 months ago through her taking her life and she is the only woman that i have even been with. I am 35 and we have a 4 year old son together and i just hope and pray that she waits for me and we can be happy together again.
Oh Mark -- my heart goes out to you as you navigate this extremely painful and difficult time! As "time" does not operate in the spiritual world the way it does in this world, we believe the "timing" will work out just right for you and your wife. Love draws people together in the spiritual world, and perhaps you can sometimes still feel her spirit near you and your son, even with her on the other side. I'm so glad you have found some comfort in these ideas, and we wish you and your son every blessing as you carry on in this world and look forward to an eventual reunion. Sending prayers for peace and healing!
William Blake's wife Catherine was, apparently talking to him constantly after his death and, as you all will probably know, William Blake was a great admirer of Swedenborg, himself seeing visions, Thank you for this
Blake did study Swedenborg but gradually got kind of mad at the Seer, because he didn't like the idea of being restricted to one mate in heaven. Maybe he worked it out with Catherine once they both got there.
You're very welcome, Sonja! I'm so glad you enjoyed this topic. As Charlotte indicated, Blake's feelings about Swedenborg went back and forth. It will be interesting to learn how that all turned out in the afterlife!
@@sonjawhite5815 I'm so terribly sorry, Sonja. Earthly relationships are never perfect, but that doesn't mean there isn't love underneath it all. Swedenborg witnessed that when in the afterlife, married partners are able to love each other more tenderly than before. You can still work on your relationship with your husband now, if you feel moved to do that. There can continue to be progress in forgiveness and understanding and love.
I have mixed feelings about this. I'm sure my parents loved each other when they married, but several years afterwards, and before I was born, somehow my mother began showing signs of Paranoid Schizophrenia. My father just thought she was just acting 'odd', and so did I once I came to the age of reason, but as time passed my mother, through no fault of her own but the fault of her condition, made both our lives rather miserable. We moved around a lot because we eventually wore out our welcome with neighbors and landlords because of my mother's antics. Neither my father or I had many friends, and even close relatives eventually shunned us. My father should have had her diagnosed immediately, but there was such a stigma in those days around admitting you or someone you loved had a mental illness, that it was common for the immediate family to just 'suck it up' and deal with it the best they could. Eventually my mom died first, after she ran away from my efforts to have her treated, and about 20 years later my father died at 95. My Dad requested "NOT" to be buried next to her or even in the same cemetery with my mother, and I honored his wishes. I always wondered if they got together in the afterlife, and, hopefully 'released' from his anger, bitterness & frustration, and her 'mental illness', they would come back to that 'first love' they had for each other; or, did they purposefully remain apart because of their past worldly experiences with each other. I hope and pray that the former happened, and that their love grew, unimpeded by the 'baggage' of mental illness and resulting negative feelings toward it. I also hope that they still love and watch over me.
Oh Miriam, my heart aches for you. That must have been so hard to live with that condition, for all of you involved. Schizophrenia is such a hard thing to be around or in! Understatement, I know. I have no idea whether your parents are together or not. I am sure they were able to meet and remember the good times, and I know that they are both with a partner that is meant for them. Your mother's suffering would be over, and she would be able to be her authentic self, probably very different from what tortured her on earth and what made their lives so difficult. Your father would probably be able to see the woman he used to love. Even if they aren't together though, you can take comfort in the fact that they are with people they truly love and belong with. And you can always admire your father's strength and devotion in taking care of her, in trying to help her as best he could when the medical practices and social stigma of the time would have made life very hard for her. I'm sure she would be grateful for that, and they could have a good healing conversation together - and I'm sure they will again when you arrive! I bet they can't wait to show you how happy they are, and how much they love you. They are definitely watching over you and wishing you the best, I have no doubt. Sending you love, Miriam. Thank you for your honesty and bravery in sharing your story with us.
This video was so uplifting as my late husband and I loved each other dearly..and, part of me died, too..and, he visits me, hugs me, too...just awaiting the day we meet up again!! Besides, he owes me big time...LOL...he was my hottie. ♥️
Aw... your comment really touches my heart. Sending much love to you and your dear "hottie." 😊💕 I'm glad you're aware of his presence sometimes, and that you believe in a joyful reunion in your future!
Looking forward to seeing this video.. My parents were married for 55 years and my dad just recently passed away, two years this May 9th. Mom mom has been keeping it together for the most part, probably cuz she has such a full house ... My husband and I and our 19 year old son... My mom asked us to move back here and move in with her,so we left Sonora Ca to move back to Desert Hot Springs Ca... Then my daughter, husband and two sons all followed us back to Desert Hot Springs California and are living with us as well .. My mom has been very active with help raise her two great grand babies .. So they have been keeping her going on for the most part... She dearly misses my dad and can’t understand why his spirit hasn’t yet come to visit her ..? Maybe this video can help her understand everything.... She needs to know if he’s crossed over or if he’s stuck somewhere else, she had him cremated but has not released his ashes , she’s wondering if that’s could possibly be the reason why he has not come to her in spirit form ....?
My heart goes out to you and your dear mom. Please assure her that a lack of an obvious visitation does not mean that your dad is stuck, or that something is wrong. It's just not easy for communication to cross the veil. Encourage her to pay attention for more subtle signs that her husband is with her -- thoughts, feelings, memories, coincidences. There is no doubt that he stays near her in love and in spirit. In case this discussion would help, here's our episode "Why Don't Those Who've Died Communicate With Us More?" ua-cam.com/video/pPxPFCmHngE/v-deo.html God bless!
Our situation is almost the same, Michelle. Our darling Dad died last May 21st and, after 66 years of marriage, Mum is adrift. She is managing, but not interested in much. I think she would willingly pop off too, except that she is scared of death (who isn't, really?). My daughter and I have moved in with her as she was not physically coping well and barely eating, except quick, sugary rubbish. None of us, including Mum, have had any kind of sign. I don't know what Mum makes of that, as she can't bring herself to talk about matters much; but my daughter and I have now accepted that's just how it's going to be with Dad (at least for now) and we have started to come through the despair of that and are trying to cling on to the hope that it's "all true" and that Dad does go on, much better and much happier than his last 7 years on earth.
The concept of having a soulmate would suggest that you would want to be with that person forever. If you were unhappy with them then obviously you wouldn't want to be. The Universe is less complicated than we make it.
Thank you for sharing. Swedenborg never married in this life, still he believed in the Eternal Love between men and women who seek it in their hearts, minds and soul. Perhaps Swedenborg's "soul mate" was not in this world at the time he lived. "Separation" from those who truly love is always very painful. Those who are blessed with a soul mate will never desire to leave one another and both will ever wish to grow together now and forever. Many have told me that my great grandmother McAllister would not even look at another man after her husband died. She was still a young, attractive woman but chose to raise their four young children alone. She told my cousin Charlotte that he was her one true love and she missed him everyday. When I attended LDS church for a couple of years , I did hear them say we could have "spiritual" children in Heaven and perhaps so. I never met my "soul mate", but I find it a most beautiful idea. Their inner thoughts, desires, intentions, interests, values etc must be very close indeed, thus they would have the best friendship ever.
@Joseph Marton Earthly life is very short compared to your eternal story, Joseph! Anything you were deprived of in this life can be healed and fulfilled in the next life -- love, marriage, family, health, and satisfying activity. Just do the best you can with what you've got in this life, and trust that your life after death will be much more expansive: "Life Isn't Fair... Or Is It?" ua-cam.com/video/42BEBqN0H3Y/v-deo.html Also, read the story of Helen Keller. She had severe limitations (blind, deaf, mostly mute, and never married) and yet she found joy in seeking ways that she could help and inspire others in spite of her limitations. Wishing you all the best, Joseph! Your life does matter, and you are loved! "Does My Life Matter?" ua-cam.com/video/33FfPQsf_zU/v-deo.html
@Joseph Marton Again, I'm sorry for what you've been through. But don't let any wrongs from the past continue to control you right now. You deserve to be free of the past. "Life" and "love" are the same thing in spiritual reality. If you look for something positive to care about right now, no matter how small a thing, life can begin right now for you. Time does not exist in the afterlife. You can "go back in time" and experience things you missed -- everything and as much as you want. Try to let go of hatred and resentment. It is only robbing you of more in this life. Please start to look for something good about life right now, for your own sake, and your own healing. I've heard from many, many people who have suffered horrendous things in the past, and yet they chose to be freed from the control of the past, and forge a new and positive present and future for themselves.
Such an interesting subject. I was widowed 6 years ago, and I loved him fierce. How I found you...and as I have said many times I give this channel a fair amount of credit for helping me over the worst years of trauma and grief. Then two years ago...I met someone extraordinary and am astonishingly lucky to find myself, in spite of being sure I would never love another, deeply in love with the kindest man I have ever known. My late husband, who has been in unmistakable contact since his death (trust me on this.)..has now gone quiet. I very much wonder how this will all work out. They are radically different people, and I love them both....but value different things now, than I did then. I ...sigh...I do think about this a lot. I just want everyone to be very happy, which I am sure will happen, but I do wonder...how it will manifest.
Perhaps your first husband went quiet in order to give you space and permission to be happy in a new relationship! There is no need to worry at all about this. It's wonderful that you have found new love and happiness, and once you cross over into the afterlife, it will become clear which of these two wonderful men is your eternal partner, and which one is a dear friend who will find his own eternal partner.
As a widow for 1.5 yrs I've wondered similar ideas and agree this channel has helped me. Before he left we each had agreed that was our marriage. I still feel my husband near me periodically. However, for a few months he was suddenly gone. Nothing had changed in my life, but I started wondering if he had met someone else up there. Then just as quickly as he left, he came back. Wish I knew what happened. Personally I can't imagine reconnecting with my soul mate in heaven & then have him leave to go live with a deceased earthly ex to verify she is to remain an ex. That doesn't seem like a very heavenly idea. The idea of greeting an ex when they enter the spiritual world is understandable & seems "socially appropriate" but live together?!
I find it comforting in a sense because I want to be reunited with my husband and live back together again in the spiritual world. But I am only afraid that by the time I die, he may have had a change of heart and not want me anymore. He has been dead now, 1 year and 1 month and still he has not given me a dream visit like all of my other family has done. My greatest fear is never being back together with him anymore.
There is no need to fear! Real love is not affected by time. It can seem that way on earth, but especially in the spiritual world, where there is no linear time, a passage of earthly time makes no difference. The lack of a dream does not mean that your husband isn't with you. Sometimes with the people who are grieving the most, an obvious visitation can't get through. Look for more subtle ways to notice your husband's love and presence -- a thought, feeling or memory that comes to you, or a meaningful coincidence. Your dear husband's presence might be registering on a deeper level than is easily noticeable! Sending much love to you, Azraelina. One year is still very early in the grief process.
The best dream I ever had was four months after my mother died I dreamt of her as a younger woman walking and she met up with dad who also was younger. They hugged each other and I woke up. So very beautiful!
Hello Curtis, I have always trouble fining the right person to marry or be in a relationship with for any length of time. It's just one part of life that never seems to work for me here. It give me great comfort to know that in the afterlife God will help me work through my relationship troubles and find the person I was truly meant to be with in life. Thank for giving me hope. All The Best. Have a good week. My Friends.
My wife recently took her own life. I am beyond devastated. We were best friends, soulmates, playmates, we did absolutely everything together. I didn't want to go for a drink after work with colleagues because all I wanted to do was get home to my beautiful wife. She was my world. I am 34 years old. I have a difficult time ahead of me in this world. All I want to do is be with my wife but I know that is not an option for me right now. Do you have any advice for me or any videos you can direct me to, to help my healing? ... She was the most kind, vibrant, selfless, playful, fun spirit I have ever met. She would dance in the street when we were even walking to the supermarket, she was amazing with children (although we didn't have any).. Because I am so young, I'm confused about what is the next step for me. Do I start another relationship (at some point) Will this be cheating?
Mark, I am profoundly sorry to hear of your devastating loss. Your wife sounds like such a wonderful person, and I have no doubt she is thriving now and healing whatever wounds she had that lead to her departure. You being left behind is so hard, because for her, time is irrelevant. She will see you soon, and knows that you have bliss ahead of you! But as for the next steps on earth, that's a very personal choice. You might marry again, and that doesn't take away from how much you loved your wife. You will still have the opportunity to meet again in the next life, and find out if you are soulmates. It sounds like this was very recent, and I think the decision to move on with someone else will take some time, and you shouldn't rush it. If there's someone else who is right for you, you will meet her when you are ready, and you will know in your heart that it's the right decision. It will not hurt your wife - she will understand, and if you are soulmates, remarrying here wouldn't ruin that for you, and whoever you marry next would find her soulmate in the next life as well if you weren't the one. You can still have a beautiful, meaningful loving friendship/partnership with someone else. It wouldn't be the same experience. Here are some episodes about loss, reunions in the afterlife, and marriage in the afterlife that I hope bring you some comfort as you move through your grief. Go easy on yourself - you do not need to have all the answers. As the cliche goes, take it day by day, friend. And please let us know if these resonate, if there's anything more you want to know, or if something comes up that we can help with. God be with you! Short clips: "Using Gratitude to Survive a Tragic Loss," ua-cam.com/video/WPkSGv4yDEw/v-deo.html "Angel Visits Grieving Father," ua-cam.com/video/f0O30exC05Y/v-deo.html "Is God Fair?" ua-cam.com/video/UIMfRE0wmOA/v-deo.html Full Episodes: "What the Afterlife Feels Like," ua-cam.com/video/okZJmD2dDYc/v-deo.html "What Does It Feel Like to Die?" ua-cam.com/video/hWU0PA-PDDo/v-deo.html "Why Don't Those Who've Died Communicate With Us More?" ua-cam.com/video/0mViA5rOF5E/v-deo.html "Will We See Our Loved Ones in the Afterlife?" ua-cam.com/video/9gdngWOvKas/v-deo.html "Spiritual Marriage" ua-cam.com/video/K7Nyz6EvR18/v-deo.html "What Married Love Is" ua-cam.com/video/_C9CJQlZDD4/v-deo.html
I know you have an especially personal interest in this topic, Tom. You and your dear wife have a bond of love that will most certainly continue after death! You two have much to look forward to.
@@offTheLeftEye Thank you! That is what I hold on to and what gets me through each day. I am so glad I found (or was lead to) the staff of offTheLeftEye and the writings of Swedenborg. Karin has been particularly helpful. You have always been unbelievably responsive to questions and your videos are expertly done with the right balance of instruction and humor, or maybe I should say Love and Wisdom.
@@zepman38 Your kind words mean so much to us, Tom! And we're so glad to have you here in the audience. We are actually going to use a recent question you submitted for our next "Swedenborg and Life Live" show, about that Bible verse that talks about whatever is bound on earth is bound in heaven, and loosed on earth is loosed in heaven.
I'm so sorry, Angie. One year is still very early in the grief process, and I know that missing him is very painful. If this video was able to bring a little hope and comfort, I'm deeply glad. Sending much love to you!
offTheLeftEye your videos are what keeps me going to know I’ll see my soulmate when I leave this world when it’s my time. He always said I’m sure this is a beautiful tree in heaven I’ll sit there and wait on you but take your time
@@angiefontenot9008 Wow, such a beautiful, loving message from your soul mate! We are so glad to have you here in our online community, Angie. God bless!
Curtis you made everything perfectly clear and understanding for me! I grew up confused about God thinking that he was this hard non forgiving entity that wanted me to be this mistake free, perfect individual. I was really afraid of God till I started watching Swedenborg and Life…and even felt guilty about that because it was not a nondenominational or denominational church. I though when I died God would just send me to hell! I have always love the Lord God and His son Jesus Christ and believed that Jesus died for us all. I also have gone to church most of my life and have been deceived by these preachers that preached doom and gloom about God. That I am not supposed to love my husband as much as I do. He passed away February 3 of 2021 and I miss him so much! I am so happy to know that I will see my husband, Melvin and be with my him in heaven for eternity still married! I look forward to that beautiful time for us. When my time comes to be with Jesus my Lord and Savior and Melvin. thank you guys for the truth! I really enjoy Swedenborg’s understanding on the afterlife, heaven, hell and most of all the Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father and what is considered evil. You have showed me the true Go and Jesus! This teaches me to love my fellow brothers and sisters even more! Also, caring and doing for others! I want to know more, I will continue to watch, learn and donate to Off the Left Eye! Thank you so much! Cathy Gaither of Atlanta, Georgia.
Such a moving testimonial, Cathy -- thank you so much for sharing it! There seem to be so many wounds that people need to be healed of, in regard to how they've conceived of God. We rejoice that you have come to see God as Love Itself, ready to help you on your journey and not condemn you for it! We are grateful for your support, both monetary and spiritual, and wish you blessings and peace!
I also want to thank you for guiding me through this journey of grief for my husband Melvin. We have been married for 38 years and together for 40. We’ve raised three beautiful children and we were heading for our golden years. Since his passing, I have been through some ups and downs with my health. A heart surgery this past June and a stroke in August of this year. I am now in the process of healing from these journeys. After viewing your programs from off the left eye, I have come into enlightenment and a awakening about who I truly am in Christ. How God deeply and truly loves us all and have a purpose for everyone. I think differently about my Father in heaven is pure love and comfort in knowing that all that we go through is apart of God’s plan for us all. I no longer fear death here in this life for it is a gateway to life with the God and the ones we love. Thank you. 🙌🏿
My apologies, I Cathy Gaither wrote the piece from my husband Melvin Gaither’s cell phone one hour ago attempting to respond to your reply you sent to me. That message is meant for off the left eye. Thank you for understanding.❤️
@@chattycathie2010 I figured that was you! (= I am so sorry for your loss, my friend, and to have health struggles on top of it is so much to bear! I am so glad you're on a journey of physical healing - and spiritual healing - and have found meaning and connection in your relationship with God! I am so happy the fear has lifted, and I have no doubts, at all, that God loves you deeply and indeed has a plan for you and is always with you! We have a number of episodes about marriage in the afterlife, I'd like to share them in case they interest you! Perhaps you've already seen them... Shortest: Soulmates Will Be Together in the Afterlife ua-cam.com/video/_Q8FkkLBwbk/v-deo.html Will Earthly Spouses Still Be Married After Death? ua-cam.com/video/l3QQfBDVq18/v-deo.html Didn't Jesus Say There's No Marriage in Heaven? ua-cam.com/video/Nfy6JNC4BwQ/v-deo.html Spiritual Marriage is a Gradual Process ua-cam.com/video/bWApNfC8kQc/v-deo.html Mutual Consent is Essential for Genuine Spiritual Marriage ua-cam.com/video/J5oWFpmRwLg/v-deo.html Longer: The State of Married Couples After Death ua-cam.com/video/V_iEjrqEA9s/v-deo.html Only Some Married Partners Stay Together After Death ua-cam.com/video/q_dSS7vsxI8/v-deo.html How You Will Find Your Soulmate After Death ua-cam.com/video/7l1MNNNhitk/v-deo.html “2 Become 1 In a Twin Flame Relationship” ua-cam.com/video/3KaqTwpY27A/v-deo.html “There Is A Union of Minds In A Twin Flame Relationship” ua-cam.com/video/0mnbwQtcZ7M/v-deo.html “What A Twin Flame Couple Looks Like” ua-cam.com/video/LW0PudFWrfg/v-deo.html Longest: Will We Be Married in Heaven? Yes. ua-cam.com/video/GZ2zs94piDM/v-deo.html "Marriage Love" ua-cam.com/video/dSB0jaCnJ3c/v-deo.html "Spiritual Marriage" ua-cam.com/video/K7Nyz6EvR18/v-deo.html What Married Love Is ua-cam.com/video/_C9CJQlZDD4/v-deo.html Soul Mates - Swedenborg Live! (Q&A Show) ua-cam.com/video/p7f8M8KpaM4/v-deo.html Marriage in Heaven - Swedenborg Live! (Q&A Show) ua-cam.com/video/Q9vyvxOL3tc/v-deo.html Thank you so much for sharing your story with us, we are so honored to be part of your journey, and wish you comfort, healing, and peace at this next stage of your life. God bless you, Cathy!
I’ve never been married or had any children myself. ( possibly from my upbringing) But I look at Jesus and he was single also. I suppose it really doesn’t matter as long as you keep learning to be a better individual and love your neighbor. I just wanted to say it must be very difficult to stay married today with the high divorce rates I alway hear about. . Those who can stay together here must have some special type of bond between them that I am not familiar with. But if God grants you that privilege of mutual love , I would definitely make the best of it.❤️👍🏻🙂🌸
Julian Bristow from what I’ve researched, there seems to be strong evidence that Jesus was/is in a divine union with Mary Magdalene, as twin souls. ❤️❤️
Julian, the concept of genuine marriage love, and how to achieve it, has been messed up for a long, long time here on earth. So yes, it's something that many people really struggle with. But God promises that everyone who has any desire for a true bond of love with a soul mate will be granted that in the afterlife, if they're not able to find that here on earth. The important thing is simply to learn how to love others, whether you do that in a marriage relationship or in other kinds of relationships and interactions. That will allow God to lead you to many forms of deep love and friendship in the afterlife.
offTheLeftEye ...I see and thank you for that. Not having any family background ( any brothers or sisters , father ) I have seen everything from the outside. It’s never easy going through life alone, where most people are strangers. But yes, love and compassion is important single or married. I look to God with ❤️ love. 🙂
cloverbee3. It could be. With so many different opinions these days, it’s difficult to find the truth. I suppose looking to the Bible and reading the disciples notes will give me some clues, Thank you! ❤️👍🏻
My husband just recently died (January 21st, 2024) and today (February 17th, 2024) would have been our 40th anniversary. We met and became friends four years before we actually married so have known each other for 44 years. I am lost. It was completely unexpected. He got sick and ended up in the hospital then died 3 weeks later of aspiration pneumonia. I kept thinking he would get better and come back home with me. Now I am terrified that I will never get to be with him again. What if I end up being sent to Hell but he's in Heaven? What if he just doesn't want to be with me even if I do go to Heaven, too? I know he loved me here in this life but what if I live another 10 or 20 years and in the meantime he has met and fallen in love with someone else that's already there? I don't want anyone else but him. But I also don't want him to be lonely and unhappy while waiting for me. Oh God, why couldn't you have just taken us together?
Simsane, that is such a heartbreaking thing to go through. We are very sorry that you are lost without him. It is a blessing to have found your real partner, but it is painful to lose him too soon. You are connected with love, and that will be the way you are reunited. We want to assure you that you will indeed be together again, and your love will still be strong. He has things to do and learn and enjoy while he is in heaven before you join him, but that does not mean he will forget you. You are still here, and perhaps there are things you need to learn and strengthen in yourself before it is your turn to be in heaven. God takes the timing of these things very seriously, and has not forgotten you. Here is a playlist of videos about marriage if that might bring you comfort. studio.ua-cam.com/users/playlistPLgtFTXGqZdSnVm6megbrsgDh8sMPeW9Bo/edit
With my illness advancing, I've been thinking about this a lot. If I leave my partner behind so soon in our lives, I'm not sure what that will do to his long-term faith, and I also don't know where to begin thinking about what would occur on the other side if he moved on from me. It's such an easy subject in 18th century Sweden where lifelong marriage, regardless of quality, was a given. It's too complex now.
Hi War Hawk, I'm sorry to hear of your illness. That leaves you with so much to contemplate, and it sounds very hard to process it all. I can't say how your partner would react to your loss, or if he will find someone else eventually or not. But the truth is, you will both be with whoever you are truly meant to. Perhaps a new partner would fill a longing and provide a profound friendship to your partner, but that doesn't take away from the love you two have, or mean you won't still be together in heaven. If your partner find someone else on earth, they may part ways as dear friends in the next life and you two will reunite, or, and I'm not sure this is comforting, but you might find someone else and realize your partner here was a dear friend. Whoever you both end up with will be unequivocally the RIGHT person for you, and you will experience a blissful connection with that person. My advice is, don't worry too much about the specifics, but instead focus on love in general, how much you can love this person and how much love you both have to offer, and focus on gratitude for that love. Remember that no love is ever wasted, and no love ever truly disappears. Even if it changes shape, the love always exists and was always a good experience. I think that's what matters. I hope that helps, and I promise, it will all work out the way it's meant to! Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. I'm sure this is an experience many can relate to.
I'm sure God will work things out to you liking and all will be well with your partner here as well. You will be praying in heaven if you leave this realm first. And God will watch over your partner. Once we are in heaven we will understand things better and be happy with and blessed by the results. Do not rule out that you may be reunited again after death. There were a lot of remarriages back in the 18th century because many women died in childbirth. Just trust God to do what is best when He blesses you.
I found out recently that my son and his significant other for lack of a better term miss-carried a baby. My husband passed in December so I’m hoping he gets to be the grandpa he never got to be. Just a thought. Great episode.
What a sweet and beautiful thought, Violet. I'm so sorry for these losses your family has been experiencing, but glad if any concepts in this episode could offer a little comfort. God bless!
I agree fully with everything said in Swedenborg's viedo. Since I have been communicating with my spirit husband, I found when life ends , including marriage, as we feel it has, it really all continues on the other side as though it never ended. I'm not sure I heard correctly, but the reason we have this life is to grow a spirit, we are only soul when we enter a fetus, but very quickly begin growing a spirit, without a spirit, we cannot have a spirit life.
How beautiful that you have direct experience showing you that your marriage really does continue! Wonderful. And yes, I agree with what you're saying about the soul and spirit. I think of the "soul" as part of God's life, one of God's feelings, entering a fetus. But then we have to gradually grow a "spirit", which is an individual consciousness, an individual mind, that can make its own decisions. That is what our spirit is that survives physical death.
I saw my parents smiling together and then going off together to further dimensions in a dream after they reunited They looked young and beautiful, not the frail elders they were when they left the world
I had the same experience (of seeing my parents walking together, arm in arm) They were both young, in their 30'a. This was a waking vision, ocuring the night my Dad died.
Thank you for that. My parents were utterly beautiful in their youth. I crave for them to be that way again. Maybe Dad is right now. He's not long gone on.
@@offTheLeftEye Curtis you are doing a great job. It's just so much to digest spiritually. I guess that the beauty of it. Swedenborg's teachings are so exciting.
This video helped but we will be together, it seems god gives you choices to stay together, the love we have for 47 years, is something special I think god would bless this and keep us together, am I right about this?
Yes, Steve! But it's not up to God -it's up to you! If you want to be together - and it sounds like you do - then you certainly will be! How wonderful you have found the right person!
Although my husband was married before me and I also feel that he’s happy with he’s first wife who had died a few years before we got married. I hope I will join them and have a Loving heart like I do on this earth. I know how much he loved her. I have love in my heart.
I hear acceptance and hope in your tone! Swedenborg says that each of us is being led to where we will be the most connected and the most happy, forever. Whether that is with your husband or with another partner, you are being led, my friend.
Thank you for independent thinking and not just following "the church" like a pied piper. The relationship of a man and woman is a fundamental part of God's creation. To say that goes away is like saying God is abolishing the masterpiece of His creation.
No dude, Bible says your be completely fulfilled by Jesus alone…..even tho that’s found no where I history LOL but I mean that’s what…..*CHURCH* tells us🤣
Thank you so much for this video. I lost my husband a few months ago and have always had a spiritual connection to him. I could think of him when he was away from me and he could always sense it. From the time of his passing I have felt his spirit and received many signs from him. This started my spiritual journey on researching the afterlife and have been very distraught with the question if we would be together in heaven. Your video on this subject just confirmed what I knew in my heart. Thank you for helping me find a little peace.
Hi Janet, I'm so sorry for your loss and so glad our channel has been helpful in bringing you some hope and peace! Amazing how the truth hits us intuitively - how you know in your heart you will still be together! And still are, though separated. You might also like our episode, "Spiritual Marriage," ua-cam.com/video/K7Nyz6EvR18/v-deo.html I'm glad you are still so close to your husband and send you love during this very difficult time. God bless.
After I lost my Love I use to say that I did not want to be here without him there is a pain that stays with you that you just can't describe I still Love Him and I want to be with him
I'm so sorry for your loss, Catherine! Grieving a loved one is a painful process. But he is still with you, and you will see him again. Your life here is meaningful, even though it feels so hard. I hope you feel how loved and how wonderful you are, and that you have so much to contribute! Check out our episode, "Does My Life Matter?" ua-cam.com/video/33FfPQsf_zU/v-deo.html And here are some more about marriage and true love in the afterlife: Soulmates Will Be Together in the Afterlife ua-cam.com/video/_Q8FkkLBwbk/v-deo.html Will Earthly Spouses Still Be Married After Death? ua-cam.com/video/l3QQfBDVq18/v-deo.html Didn't Jesus Say There's No Marriage in Heaven? ua-cam.com/video/Nfy6JNC4BwQ/v-deo.html Spiritual Marriage is a Gradual Process ua-cam.com/video/bWApNfC8kQc/v-deo.html Mutual Consent is Essential for Genuine Spiritual Marriage ua-cam.com/video/J5oWFpmRwLg/v-deo.html Longer: Only Some Married Partners Stay Together After Death ua-cam.com/video/q_dSS7vsxI8/v-deo.html How You Will Find Your Soulmate After Death ua-cam.com/video/7l1MNNNhitk/v-deo.html “2 Become 1 In a Twin Flame Relationship” ua-cam.com/video/3KaqTwpY27A/v-deo.html “There Is A Union of Minds In A Twin Flame Relationship” ua-cam.com/video/0mnbwQtcZ7M/v-deo.html “What A Twin Flame Couple Looks Like” ua-cam.com/video/LW0PudFWrfg/v-deo.html Longest: Will We Be Married in Heaven? Yes. ua-cam.com/video/GZ2zs94piDM/v-deo.html "Marriage Love" ua-cam.com/video/dSB0jaCnJ3c/v-deo.html "Spiritual Marriage" ua-cam.com/video/K7Nyz6EvR18/v-deo.html What Married Love Is ua-cam.com/video/_C9CJQlZDD4/v-deo.html Soul Mates - Swedenborg Live! (Q&A Show) ua-cam.com/video/p7f8M8KpaM4/v-deo.html Marriage in Heaven - Swedenborg Live! (Q&A Show) ua-cam.com/video/Q9vyvxOL3tc/v-deo.html May these bring you some comfort and help you feel the presence of your beloved!
Before im watching this video, ill say this No matter what, in that afterrealm, I'll sing my songs and look for my Eurydice who went before me And when she hears of my singing, she'll know my voice and sit with me again
I really need to know if Heaven exists? I've lost three loved ones in just two years. My Aunt just died Monday of Bladder Cancer. I need definite proof that an afterlife exists. This life is cruel, and basically sucks. It's just full of pain and suffering. There better be a world that exists without it after this sucky life ends.
Vicky, I'm so sorry to hear about your losses. I'm happy you found our channel at such a difficult time, I hope we can bring you some peace and hope! Life is very hard - but it can be wonderful, too! And you will be happy again, grief doesn't keep us down forever. On this channel, we believe that heaven definitely exists - and that it's a state you can even experience in this life. Here are some episodes that you can check out that I think may ease your pain a little! "What if Feels Like to Die," ua-cam.com/video/hWU0PA-PDDo/v-deo.html "What Happens Immediately After You Die," ua-cam.com/video/H9D2hr0WWh0/v-deo.html "Will Your Body Look The Same When You Die?" ua-cam.com/video/JX9BaMr7UyU/v-deo.html "Will Life Be Different When You Die?" ua-cam.com/video/u67AUEiaFE0/v-deo.html "The Heaven Project," ua-cam.com/video/pjc1OO0wkWI/v-deo.html Sending you love during this tender time, Vicky. I'm so sorry for your pain. Let me know how these resonate and if you have any questions!
No worries, Anna! As Erin said, Curtis was just jokingly acknowledging that some viewers, after watching this, might choose to never watch another OTLE video. :) But we have no plans to stop! Video production in our studio is going strong, and we're so glad to know you want us to keep going!
So I still have the question, are we still married? I lost my husband of 33 years January 2024. Is he watching over me,with me and when I pass away, will we still be married? Have a house together, the house we are taught? Are I and my husband still married? My heart is broken and long to be with him. My heart searches for him. Longs for him . When he passed away he took apart of me with him.
My heart goes out to you, Stacey -- such a fresh state of grief! Swedenborg says that when married partners truly love one another, the spirit of the deceased partner continues to dwell with the spirit of the partner still on earth. I'm sure every widow/widower experiences that differently, but love is like a spiritual magnet, and pulls loved ones together in spirit. Swedenborg says that on the other side, we meet the person we were married to on earth, and if we are genuine partners, we stay together. If not, we move on and find our true partner. And yes, Swedenborg describes married partners sharing a house and a life together. Sounds to me like you still feel married to your husband in your heart. I think that's the answer. Sending prayers for peace and healing, until your joyful reunion with your husband!
Swedenborg did see some "marriages" in hell, but they were really awful. Each person tried to dominate the other, and there was a lot of stubbornness and fighting and violence until one finally gave in and became subservient. So, it would be about domination and control and possession rather than love and kindness.
I have a few questions about those who are divorced, and it was not on amicable terms. If they fully understand why the marriage ended and let go, do they still meet? What of those that remarry either after divorce or death of a spouse? Can there be multiple spouses in Heaven? What if a person never meets the love of their life on the Earth plane? Can there be a possibility of meeting someone (for the first time) in the state of Heaven? Or does it have to be a prior soul mate. Some good questions for you I hope. I'm curious! Thanks for all the great videos on this complicated subject...
Great questions, Marilyn! If people felt very clear on earth that they do not belong together, there would be no need to meet, unless there is something further to clear up. Regarding your second question, there are not multiple spouses in heaven, but everyone can meet with each person they were married to on earth in order to clearly feel out which person they truly belong with in an eternal marriage relationship. The others will find their own true soul mates. And yes, absolutely, a person who never found a soul mate on earth will find their partner in heaven! Swedenborg learned that God will provide a soul mate for everyone who wants that kind of deep, heavenly union.
I worry about what would happen if my husband or I remarry here on earth if one of us passes. He is my soul mate and I want to spend eternity with him. My fear is someone coming between us in death 😔
You don't have to worry at all, Erica. You will be with the one that your heart has truly bonded with. God makes sure of it. Have you watched this episode yet? "How You Will Fin Your Soul Mate After Death" ua-cam.com/video/7l1MNNNhitk/v-deo.html
OK, the next question is if a married couple still has dependent children, and we will say they are all killed in a horrible accident ~ or when the Rapture happens and all are taken to Heaven at once, are they still united as a family??? My inclination as a Born Again Christian is to say yes. The God I know is all about love and wouldn't have it any other way. I won't get into the other family dynamics such as disfunction within the family. A straightforward happy family is enough.
Sandra starting with the trust in an all loving God is a marvelous place to begin. Yes all that God does is reflected in that deep love, even if the path along the way includes suffering. Families can and do spend time with each other in the next life, and share what they enjoy about being together. Then if their loves move them to enjoy new things, that is all part of the progress of becoming an angel. Here is a playlist about heaven that you could explore. ua-cam.com/play/PLgtFTXGqZdSngp4_pz7VaYnlWzl2-tEcS.html
You've probably addressed this before so I'm sorry for asking you guys to repeat something you've likely already discussed, but could you expand on the comment Curtis made about "we all have to begin in the physical". My question would be, why? Does it have to do with free will? Why is the physical necessary, I guess is the question when we're usually told how unimportant it is because it's temporary and deceptive (i.e. smthg can 'look' good but not be good or sound good etc.). The physical just seems like hard work.
Yes, Swedenborg did learn that starting out in the physical level is crucial for get us started as eternal beings. Earthly life can be thought of as the soil that we puts roots into before sprouting up into the afterlife. Starting out here gives us the "roots" of an eternal identity that can then keep growing and flourishing forever. Earthly life can also be thought of like the shell around a seed, again, crucial for getting that plant started, but not the real life of the plant. Here's a short clip that might also help, called "What's the Point of Having a Physical Body?" ua-cam.com/video/LXj8Q2VuPfs/v-deo.html
I am sorry for the pain you're in, Cynthia. You must love him very much! Your love does not go unnoticed in the other world, as your spiritual connection is still very much alive.
@@cynthiahofstee9940 One year is still very early in the grief process, so it's normal that it still feels so very hard. Be gentle with yourself, and just take one day at a time, paying attention each day to what you need to get through. Your beloved stays very near you in love and spirit, and I'm sure he is right there with you as you gradually recover and find a way forward. Wishing you healing and peace, dear Cynthia!
My late wife watches over me ut she never actually comunicates unless she feels its important. You should find the most suprising info is usually the function of your 3rd eye oposed to the chatter in your mind. Seperating imagination from psy function is the hardest thing. Me and my wife were very close. We will be reunited on the other side. If you want to hear from your loved ones crossed over then ask them to come into your dreams often they will ablighge. I find praying out loud is more well heard than praying just in the mind. Nevermind paper vows. You know if you love each other. In fact we were never legally married. She wore my ring and i called her wufe she called me husband. Often sheeple gave me a hard time about that. God knew we were so close the bond would have lasted into our 80s and 90s if she had made it past age 24. We knew that. I found it harder to lose my wife Brittany Janvier harder than anything i could imagine. If my entire blood family from both sides passed suddenly that wouldn't have effected me 1% as much as Brittanys passing affected me. I would have given my own life in a second if i could have traded my own life so she could live. I still feel guilt for living while she cannot plus i was ten years older than my wife. I'm 40 she'd be 30 now... love you for eternity Brittany. She does hear that.
What a powerful testimony about your bond with your beloved Brittany, fergal farrelly. I hope you can come to some sense of trust that you are each on your own spiritual journeys, and hers involves leaving this world at age 24, while yours involves staying in this world for a while longer. There is no guilt. She is alive and vibrant in the spiritual world, and given the bond you speak of, you will definitely meet again in the other world when it's your time to go -- love is like spiritual magnetism, and you will be drawn together. Blessings to you as you continue to live on in this world without her physical presence. You are blessed to be able to feel her spiritual presence sometimes!
Swedenborg witnessed that people who had become very attached to the idea of celibacy are permitted to stay single in heaven. But most people come to realize how much happiness can come from a relationship of genuine, heavenly marriage love, and gladly enter into a relationship with their heavenly partner.
Can you please tell me which videos address that you are not a spirit or born in spirit form prior to human life. I would like to listen! Thank you again....love you guys!
Jillian, here's a clip where we explain Swedenborg's take on why we are born into a physical body: “What’s The Point of Having a Physical Body?” ua-cam.com/video/LXj8Q2VuPfs/v-deo.html Swedenborg also discusses the idea of humans being "an desire of God" before birth - we talk more about this (and other things) in "Does My Life Matter?" ua-cam.com/video/33FfPQsf_zU/v-deo.html I hope that's what you were looking for, Jillian, let me know how that resonates! Love you too!
I think we can't conceive of the fact that "time" in the spiritual world does not work like it does here, user-vo1. In the other world, it's all about changes of state (mental and physical), not about the passage of days and years due to the movement of earth and sun. So what might feel like a long time to us, may be a blink of an eye for our spouse. Swedenborg asserts that we do get together with our spouses on the other side, and then we see if we are eachother's true match. Nobody gets cheated out of their marriage because of a glitch in timing. God guides the process very carefully, says Swedenborg. Reassuring!
Yes, Anthony! Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), a Swedish scientist and theologian, claimed to have had spiritual experiences -- comparable to NDEs or OBEs -- over a span of thirty years. He was the first to admit that people would find this hard to believe! And we honor that everyone has to run this kind of info past their own rationality and intuition to see what resonates as true for them. If you're interested in learning more about this 18th-century scientist and devout Bible scholar, here's a short video: ua-cam.com/video/HEa0e8AcS78/v-deo.html A full length episode on why we trust Swedenborg: “Was Swedenborg Crazy?” ua-cam.com/video/HEa0e8AcS78/v-deo.html and a full length introduction episode called "Swedenborg 101: The Basic Nature of Everything." ua-cam.com/video/3Q14EcEwQVQ/v-deo.html Let me know what you think, and if you have any questions!
Hi MISSJENNYSHERE, I am so sorry for your loss! I'm glad you got to feel his presence. I think the nature of communication and connection between ourselves on earth and those we love in the next world changes a lot over time, and though he is still with you, his presence may not be so obvious. You will have to look for him in the details, such as a bird that reminds you of him or some say they feel their loved ones in a particular gust of wind...whatever it is will be unique to you. Check out, "Why Don't Those Who've Died Communicate With Us More?" ua-cam.com/video/0mViA5rOF5E/v-deo.html for more on that idea! Sending you love and support, MISSJENNYSHERE!
Swedenborg tells how everyone will spend time with their partners on earth, after they die. They will have a chance to discover whether they are a good match. It will be a mutual decision, no animosity or broken hearts. Then each person will live with the one person they truly belong with. In the meantime Katherine we can each work to be a loving and loyal partner. That part goes with us.
This is what Eternal Marriage is in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Couples and their children are sealed together for time and all eternity and will have the right to eternal increase of children in the highest or Celestial kingdom. Families will be linked together thru the ages. These ordinances are performed in the temples. This work is also done by proxy for everyone who has passed on who did not receive it in this world.
Sandy C, that's a really interesting similarity! I wonder if you'd like this short clip, "Family Reunion in the Afterlife," ua-cam.com/video/CbZxxQKvuHU/v-deo.html about families being together again!
I thought this bf of mine was my soulmate but we ended it on rather extremely bad terms.it was a emotional roller coaster ride throughput. Sad part is he refused to even acknowledge his mistakes. Do u think he might realize it in heaven?
Shrishti, yes, that's possible. He may even realize it on earth. But you deserve someone who loves you in a healthy way, who can grow with you - that means the humility to admit mistakes, to apologize. We can't grow and change with someone who won't acknowledge their faults, and we can't grow and change ourselves unless we can acknowledge our own faults and mistakes. Marriage (or any committed relationship) is hard work, and it can only be done by two people who are willing to be humble so that they can grow and change together! I think we can have many true love connections that we learn and grow from. Even if they don't work out in the long term, that love will always be there and was always real. Even if you find someone else, something less chaotic, you will always love your boyfriend too, but in a different way. But know that your heart and your soul are worthy of a love that transcends petty mistakes and rises above the nitty gritty - a love that puts love before pride. If you know you are worthy and already always loved, you will find the right love for you (and if he can learn to love you that way, maybe he will, but don't ever short change yourself for something that causes you more pain than love!).
@@offTheLeftEye that's so sweet Curtis. U know I came across Swedenborg when my grandma passed away.it. was a difficult time for me .I used to get anxiety and panic attacks but I tried not to trouble him or my mom but I believe he was really affected by my sadness that time.moreover according to Swedenborg ,one has to be loyal to his / her partner only then the relationship grows in this world and the next .I wanted to help him in his addictions and anger .he depended on me for that but I myself grew weak that time and couldn't support him .it's true I am scared that I might not love anyone that way .he was my first love in the age of 20 .I would always wish best for him and truly hope.one day he may forgive me and we become good friends in the future. We both are in the same college and we avoid each other now.But I have no choice but to wish him well from a distance and be Thankful for the time he was with me.
@@offTheLeftEye and u are very much right I had to break things in the end because his pride was more important than me.and initially I was attracted to this damn care attitude but I couldn't take handle it anymore. I believed so because I believe in God and had been reading Swedenborg's views of a committed relationship which has to be with one partner forsaking all others .it's just difficult to hope for that kind of love on earth. Do u think that once we figure out our true soulmate in heaven do we get seperated over there?
@@EloraSelah I know of several couples who split up for many years, and yet later came back together and stayed together. In those cases, each person had some important work they needed to do within themselves, and in their own lives, before they were ready to be a couple again. You are keeping your heart open to the possibility of getting back with this man you love, so that means it's possible that your story together is not yet over! I think you were wise to separate for now, in order to give space for him to find ways to deal with his addiction. It sounds like he was depending on you too much, and he will need to find other ways that would not drain his partner. Have patience, and keep wishing him well from afar. Who knows what the future will bring? Just focus now on developing yourself as a person, and that will get you better prepared for your future soulmate, whoever that might be. In heaven, it will be very clear who you are meant to be with. On earth, all we can do is do our best to learn how to love in healthy ways.
@@offTheLeftEye u give very sound advice .I know God loves us no matter what. This life is a test and we undergo trials. Thank you for being so kind and taking out ur precious time
Two things I think 🤔 wish you and your family well Curtis, and I think 🤔 If you get Divorced in the world then it is extremely unlikely that you will be soulmates with a person you divorced in the afterlife, but swedenborg says you may not even meet your soulmate in this life at all, I think 🤔 I met mine her name is Mandy lol 😂 ok have a great day and hope for your next show.
I actually know two couples who got divorced, and then years later got remarried! So I guess you never know. The important thing to remember that who you end up with in the afterlife has everything to do with genuine love. You will be with the person that you are deeply in love with. It's true that many don't find their soul mate in this life. And like you, Swedenborg knew a woman that he believed would be his soul mate in the afterlife, even though he was not able to marry her on earth!
I certainly hope to see you in New video. If you leave the programe would not be the same. Also I do believe it would send the wife completely around the twist.
It's wonderful that you feel your connection with your late husband! That is what Swedenborg describes -- that people who have genuine marriage love are still together in spirit, even when one is in the afterlife and one is still on earth. Can you describe how you know that this is real and lasting?
@@offTheLeftEye of course! Sometimes I see him float by me, sometimes he called my name, out loud, then there are all the dream visitations, and wow the adventures we have are fantastic! He once told me, this is a short separation, and we will always be together. I cherish each one! Lately my youngest granddaughter, who never met him has been having conversations with him, she says his name, and has pointed to pictures of him to my daughter.🤗
@@jodistlouis3303 Wow, so very beautiful! Thank you for being willing to share this. Wishing many blessings to you and your husband, and your eternal love!
My was my Godly Soul Mate! We had so much in common! We truly believed GOD wanted us to meet, fall in love, get married, and had such a peaceful lovely, Godly marriage with 3 fantastic children. We lost him 3 years ago! The left side of my nose scratches just letting me know he is there watching me when I am alone or with company. Our beautiful daughter scratches the right side of my nose when she is checking me! I miss him terribly. Our precious daughter died from cancer 13 years ago. GOD bless you.😊
I believe "no children but produce spiritual offspring" may correspond to the love and wisdom the couple offer into the world to specific individuals though divine interactions producing a "templating" of sorts to raise anothers consciousness to pure divine love and wisdom, truth and faith. Similar to a surrogate parent...
Wow, beautiful. I love the idea of love and wisdom being put to use as specific learning opportunities for others -- whether for people on earth or others in the spiritual world! Is that what you mean, Stephanie?
In heaven I’m aware that there are houses and we will have our home, but will we share houses with our spouses? That will be nice to come to the afterlife to. You know lol :)
What if that person was your soul mate in the world and it didn't work out, and you and that person were twin flames, in the after life will you get back together ?
Karen, I think this is a definite possibility! This morning I read in Swedenborg's book Heaven and Hell that each of us must undergo transformation in this world (and the next), which includes what he calls shattering experiences. Shattering experiences are a shedding, or sloughing-off process, as he explains it. I imagine that two human beings whose souls are deeply connected may be temporarily separated by all the muck that is present in the transformation process. But, like the way depleted soil is transformed by [apparently icky, garbage-laden] compost, I can see in my mind's eye the beauty of the healthy flowers and fruit that come out of the rich soil that emerges at the other end of the transformation process!
It might be somewhat a problem when visiting Hell if we are attached to another with a contract. The thought of Eternity is starting to worry me. I might have to pass up on that beautiful smile in Heaven when she insist to put a ring on it. ha, I have to remind myself this board might not have a sense of human humor. To each their own. Just don't come complaining to me with the why did I say yes before walking through Hell first. ;) I am amazed at how people think the Spirit will be lacking in the next stage. Or why they think one soul mate is all that is present. There are no limitation unless we think that way. Once a Union with Christ comes forth, the way we deal with Eternity is quite different than here on earth. If you have found that one Love, hey go with what works for yah. There's just a few to many places I am headed too, to think in those terms. Yet God does know how to make 'em so I am holding the open mind concept.
Hi, Jim! Did you notice that you addressed your own concern? :) Earlier in your comment you mentioned the concept of eternity worrying you, and then later you expressed a reflection from another angle: "the way we deal with Eternity is quite different than here on earth." Quite right, my friend! Swedenborg says that we can make a start here, practicing becoming receptive to instruction, and in the other life that capacity to receive will be enhanced -- to eternity!
@@offTheLeftEye Yes I do know, yet I can only laugh at my self when I look in the mirror. There is no better response with self examining, Let me ask you a question. Are you aware my community is soul mating with your community :) ? Also are the board members of OTLE here now, aware we are soul mating together in Jesus Christ ? Our Spirits are One. This Spirit is the Life Force of Our Father and Mother Life Bearing Goodness Essence. Jesus Christ (Truth) is our Bond. We are connected my friends. :)) This Free Gift of Love Flowing out from the Father its self is Greater than any Human brain bond here on earth. We do Love each other as we are the Closet Thing were ever going to get toward God its self. So with that in Mind....yes we are soul mates. :) This Love IS of the HIGHEST Order. It is to Serve. Secret: Us Angels do not have a 50/50 Relationship as on Earth. We all strive to make it a 100 percent one way competition. For We Know You are God in the Flesh.
It's so painful to feel that separateness, Sarah. But that is not a defining measure of your spiritual connection -- it's just evidence that the earthly level and the spiritual level are not the same, even though they depend on eachother!
Many people do not find their soul mate until later, in the afterlife. But don't worry, there is somebody special for you, and God will lead you to that person when the time is right!
Hey 👋 Curtis question for you since you love being a host on swedenborg and life and it is said that there are many more jobs, in the spiritual world what would to do if you had to make a correspndence between an warthly job and a your spiritual one ☝️ lol 😂 ok take care love ya peace ✌️
Hi Michael! Yes, assuming that that communication of helpful ideas of some kind (like I try to do here on OTLE) really is the thing I can do best to contribute, it is fascinating to think of what people in that line of work would actually do on the other side. Swedenborg talks about individual spirits serving to express the ideas of whole communities, and since that distillation and communication is what we try to do at OTLE, maybe something in there? Really hard to say :) but I would hope I have something to do with giving people tools to make their lives better--thanks so much for the question, and hope all is well!
Pam, I'm glad you asked! No, these partings that Swedenborg describes all happen in the "world of spirits," the realm between heaven and hell that people first go to after death. That is where people who had been married on earth can evaluate whether their relationship is a deep connection that will continue, or not. People who find their partners in heaven will never get divorced. At that level of awareness, there are no mistakes about who will be together or not. Marriages in heaven are based on a very clear perception that those two belong to each other, joined by God. I hope that clears it up!
offTheLeftEye swedenborg is probably right, about angels having sexual love in heaven also, but all 2000 years we’ve been living in a sort of amputation of sexuality thanks to Church, I personaly belive Jesus said more about integration of sexual energy but apostoles didn’t wrote it down , that frustrates me, there is some good points in apocrific gospels, however, somebody needs to say sorry for last 2000 years of wrong or not full interpretation on sexuality in wertern civilization. To be honest, the bigest results I have been always getting from practicing spiritual purity like church and christianity sugests, But i knew there is a giant gap towards integration
@@igorcukrovofficial3777 I understand your frustration! Jesus couldn't tell people much about spiritual sexuality back in those days, because marriage was viewed in such a materialistic and worldly way, as a contract, with the wife as property of the husband. When Swedenborg received a vision of Jesus Christ, he learned that the time had come in which people could comprehend a higher level of marriage, love, and sex. Would you be interested in reading Swedenborg's whole book about marriage love? In it, he writes about a new way to understand the concept of "chasitity" -- not as abstinence from sex, but as using sex to express genuine, committed love rather than self gratification. Here's a link to a low-cost e-book of one of the translations of that book: swedenborg.com/?s=love+in+marriage Or, you can read "Marriage Love" online in a number of different translations on this website: newchristianbiblestudy.org/exposition/translation/conjugial-love-chadwick/contents/10
0h I really hope I dont have to run onto my ex husband when I cross over ..he was an awful abuser ..took me years to get away from him ...God Help me ..xo
Edith, you will only see people who it is USEFUL for you to see. If you did see your ex, it would only be if you wanted to, and I would imagine he would not be able to hurt you. But if it's not want you want, it won't happen and you can let that thought go! If you had to be with people who hurt and tortured you, it would hardly be heaven! You will be safe and loved there, and if you were in an abusive marriage, you certainly won't be forced to endure that in the next life. You will be with someone who loves you, and who you love just as much. God bless you, I'm so glad you are free!
In heaven there is no more procreation. But when there is a new heaven and a new earth, things will start again. So it is possible that procreation will begin again later in this aspect of eternity. Just as in Noah's time, the Scriptures state that people "married and were given in marriage until the day Noah entered into the ark." (Luke 17: 26-27) They went about their lives, but the end was coming with the Flood. So the end came and people had to start all over again. When the "Son of Man" (Luke 17:26) comes there will be another ceasing of marriage when the world comes to an end. I believe all those who are destined for heaven will exist in a spiritual form for some period of time and marry, then, at the Resurrection, receive glorified bodies, just as Christ did and Moses and Elijah in the Transfiguration. At the Resurrection, marriage will cease momentarily again, just as in Noah's time with the Flood. After the new heaven and earth are created, then we will return in glorified form and begin again. Our bodies will be renewed and functioning again, only better, glorified and eternal. So procreation cannot be completely ruled out for all eternity just because it does not exist in heaven . I guess what I am saying is that marriage seems to be correlated with these three times when a type of ending or transition comes. The Flood. The End of the World. The Resurrection. These three things halt marriage but not permanently. Whatever Swedenborg may have seen of heaven, it does not seem that he was given any vision of what the new heaven and new earth will be like. No one knows that except God.
Interesting thoughts, Roz! Thank you for sharing them! Swedenborg thought that the Bible was written in spiritual parable, what he called the language of correspondences, and that everything within it has an inner, spiritual meaning. Here is a clip we did about that phrase - "given in marriage" - "Did Jesus Say There's No Marriage in Heaven?" ua-cam.com/video/Nfy6JNC4BwQ/v-deo.html As for what Swedenborg saw of a new heaven and earth, he interpreted this as spiritual truth too - he believed this new heaven was actually created, but the new earth is a new spiritual era. Here are a couple of episodes about that: "How Soon A New Spiritual Era is to be Expected" ua-cam.com/video/7fnIXRkX_cs/v-deo.html "The Spiritual Future of the Human Race" ua-cam.com/video/wN0c1q_Ca2M/v-deo.html See also, "End Times and Jesus Christ," ua-cam.com/video/x65SXTNlhTo/v-deo.html and "The Last Judgment" ua-cam.com/video/1aatSnt0ahc/v-deo.html Hope those are useful to you, thank you so much for sharing your perspective and your wisdom with us! Blessings!
@@offTheLeftEye I agree that there will be marriage in heaven both before and after the Resurrection and have watched the first video you list. I am always watching more of your videos to get a better understanding of Swedenborg. But where I think I am differing in comparison to his thinking is that I believe the new heaven and new earth will not be only a spiritual world but a world of both and eternal spiritual world and an eternal PHYSICAL world permanently united with the spiritual world. I say this because of how I am understanding the duality of existence. I preface my remarks here by stating that I studied for my doctoral degree in English Romanticism, specifically Shelley's poetry. I also went to seminary. In traditional Christianity, Christ is described as having dual natures, being 100% God and 100% man. He is not a man that the Holy Spirit later descended onto, a doctrine known as Arianism. Neither is He God who only appeared to have flesh but is purely Spirit, a doctrine known as Gnosticism. Paul referred to Christ as "the firstborn among many brethren." (Romans 8:29) in describing Christ thusly, Paul is stating that Christ resurrected both spiritually and physically. Therefore, His existence is both physical and spiritual and this is an eternal state, an state to which we, as the "many brethren" will follow. Therefore, physical reality and physical existence will at some point return to the state it was in in the Garden of Eden. Eternal, both physically and spiritually. Some of the reason for this preoccupation with the spiritual being the absolute highest form of existence comes from the belief in matter or the physical world as being corrupt and that only that which is unseen and spiritual is pure. These ideas go back to Platonism. But according to God at the time of creation, all matter that he created was described by Him as good. Therefore, I think that a lot of what Swedenborg says about everything in the world he sees beyond this one being all spiritual and that everything has spiritual correspondences leads me to believe that he conceived the physical world as being unable to exist in a state of perfection and that therefore, everything must be spiritual in order for it to be perfect or uncorrupt. I believe that because God incarnated Himself as the Second Person or manifestation of the Trinity (note: the Second Person always existed, just not in incarnate form), God demonstrated to us that physical matter was once perfect and can be perfect throughout eternity. That is why I believe the new heaven and new earth are not just spiritual realities but will also be physical realities. For this reason, then, it is possible that procreation may still occur just as it was to occur in the Garden of Eden before the Fall. There is nothing in the Scriptures to indicate there is a set number of humans that will exist. Only that a third of the angels fell, indicating that angels have a limited number of beings. But not people.
@@rozchristopherson648 fascinating, thank you for taking the time to share all of this with us! I love this idea, of a perfect spiritual AND physical reality. And agree with you that Jesus is both fully Divine and fully human, which connects with the Bible's repeated assertion that we humans are made in God's image - that of the Divine human! So Jesus' life was this process of making his physical human fully divine, through his work on earth, his death, and his resurrection. For more on Swedenborg's view of this process, see "Why Did Jesus Suffer and Die?" ua-cam.com/video/VqsbY9gRXxo/v-deo.html Or, see Swedenborg's book that explains this in detail through Scripture, "The Lord," available for free download here: swedenborg.com/product/lord-nce/ We have more episodes about the life of Jesus but I think I've already given you too many! So let me know if you ever want more of those (or you can just search "Off The Left Eye Jesus" too). We believe the Trinity is three aspects of one being, just as the soul, the body, and the actions they produce are all part of what make a single human. (Here's the link to our episode on that idea, if that interests you: ua-cam.com/video/-YbEHk2N884/v-deo.html) But back to the idea of all things being good, and all things returning to good - I like this idea, personally (Melissa here). And while Swedenborg thought we would move - or could move - into an age where genuine love of the Lord and each other could open up incredible possibilities, such as speaking directly with angels and spirits as he claims ancient people were able to do, I'm not sure he thought we'd ever be perfect. Free will is a large part of his theology, and how he understands our relationship with God. This would mean that there always has to be an alternative to good in order for our choice to have meaning, and in order for us to have freedom. So, if we are bound by Swedenborgian theology, we have to accept that things won't ever be perfect, and we won't all be good - but it's my personal belief that the "alternative to good" we could experience could be significantly less harmful than what the average human lives through to day. People experience so much pain, isolation, fear, and darkness in their lives today - but I believe we experience less than those that came before us, overall. And I believe we can continue in this trajectory of being more considerate of each other, maybe one day even actively loving everyone as God asks us to, and then what would evil look like? Would it be the hard things people live with today - murder, abuse, etc. - or would it be mild indifference, a slightly bad mood or a nagging doubt we ultimately resolve? How evil would we let ourselves get, once we have worked our way back to good and know how wonderful it is by comparison? So those are some thoughts, and I hope they make sense! I think I agree with you, that things will be very different, humans will be very different, and our world will be so much better for everyone someday! What do you think, does that resonate with you, Roz? It's such a pleasure to get to learn all you have studied in your own spiritual journey, thank you for taking the time to share it with us! Blessings!
@@offTheLeftEye Hello Melissa and thank you for your wonderful and thoughtful response to my comment. There is so much for me to digest so It will take me a few times revisiting your response. I hope that is ok. For now, i would like to address one of the points you made concerning Swedenborg's theology. You stated that free will is part of his theology and that in order for good to mean anything and for our choices to mean anything, there must be the presence of both good and evil or good and bad. I agree that this is part of our existence. It seems to have been a part of our existence from the Garden of Eden and the creation of the first man and woman. Adam and Even were told what not to do. Do not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. They were told to eat from anything else there but not from that tree. However, they chose not to follow God's command. Now, humans exist in a state where they must operate according to that choice to not follow God's command. I don't think that can be fully described as simply a choice. Not the original command. Accepting the original command to not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was really the will to obey. After the Fall, then there was the desire for good and evil. Afterward, God removed Adam and Eve from the Garden so that they could not eat from the tree of life, which is Christ, because then they would have been eternally in a fallen state. Note, however, that eating from the tree of life was not forbidden until they disobeyed God's command. What I am saying is that we cannot really judge life with God in heaven or in the new earth and heaven by what we consider freedom of choice here in our fallen world or even describe what happened to Adam and Eve as freedom of choice. In the case of the Fall, there was disobedience to a command. The angels decided to follow God or Satan and one third fell and were kicked out of heaven. But we are not told that Satan has the power of choice anymore or that the good angels can still chooses to do bad things and follow Satan. No. Their fate is sealed on both sides. Likewise, once we go through with life here and the Resurrection and glorification of our new bodies, our fate is sealed like that of the angels. We have made our choice to desire God. We do not need to be in a dilemma of choosing between good and evil anymore, vacillating back and forth. We are eating from the tree of life--Christ--and are eternal beings with God after that. So the theology of good vs. evil and freedom of choice, etc. is effectively over at that stage in the game. We want to be with God for eternity. We are not ever going to be God Himself, so that type of perfection will not exist. But we will be perfect as God intended us to be. We won't have to strive to choose Him or to be better. As it is stated, we will be like the angels in heaven. From that point onward, we are sealed with the will to desire God and only God and that is the whole point of the Incarnation and Christ's sacrifice on the Cross.
@@rozchristopherson648 yes, I think Swedenborg would agree with you! He says that once in heaven, the Lord protects us from temptation - from the desire to do evil, and the Lord does this for us because we want that, and we chose it. The same could be true on earth, if we want it! I know I've already linked so many videos, but there's just so much to share! We have an episode about this protection from hell; "Evil Rejects God's Protection From Hell" ua-cam.com/video/NGGvOYLHiHc/v-deo.html Also, Swedenborg also believed that angels are not a separate race, but in fact are humans who have died and gone to heaven, and devils are humans who have died and gone to hell; check out this short clip: "Were Angels and Demons Once Human?" ua-cam.com/video/8HWqUZSOcNI/v-deo.html. He does talk about "devils" and "satans," but doesn't believe in a being called The Devil - rather, the term "The Devil" for him refers to the collective energy of hell. If you're curious about his perspective, here are some full length videos on that: "Is the Devil Real?" ua-cam.com/video/ljR4_gs0Tek/v-deo.html "Was Lucifer Really An Angel Who Fell From Heaven?" ua-cam.com/video/V7JMUhYqgHs/v-deo.html I am so fascinated by what you point out about us being like angels in heaven - wanting to be with God - and not having the same dilemma and fight with evil on this earth that we do now. I love that idea and hope that is indeed the way we are headed, where people are naturally in a more spiritual state, and more connected to God and heavenly things! Sounds wonderful, and thank you for sharing that! I do feel like, in spite of all the hardship, that is the direction we are headed. I think people are overall more loving to each other now, and striving for more understanding and connection, than ever before in recorded history! I think we are on the right path, but it may not be a quick journey. As always, what we share on this channel is from Swedenborg's theology and perspective - it's always an invitation to look deeper; an offering; but never an obligation! So explore what feels right to you! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts!
Any loving thoughts and feelings directed toward someone can have a supportive impact. But there is no need for intercessory prayer, because God and angels love everyone more than we can image, and are doing everything possible to help them. You might enjoy this article: "The Magical Power of Prayer" swedenborg.com/the-magical-power-of-prayer/ or our episode "What Does Prayer Do?" ua-cam.com/video/0SYjFnJogJU/v-deo.html
There are many kinds of love and in Earth biology fuels romantic love. In spirit what would fuel romantic love and what harmonizes these kinds of relationships? In the physical we can high sexual attraction to a person but not be romantically compatible and vice versa... can scenarios like these exist in spirit? Relationships are complicated and I just wonder if that carries over in the afterlife.
Rick, great questions! Swedenborg tells us that we still experience romantic AND sexual connection in the afterlife, and that it can be even better than it is on earth. The principle difference is that sex does not lead to reproduction, as it does on earth, but to "spiritual offspring" that Swedenborg seems to liken to a spiritual renewal. I think romantic love on earth is only a fraction of what we can experience of love, in this life and the next. Attraction will be more direct, because part of the process we go through when we arrive in the spiritual world is shedding our external layers and appearances and attitudes that don't reflect who we truly are. Once we become our most authentic selves, "dating" would be much easier - because there's no hiding anything anymore. Attraction, therefore, would be more powerful and it would be hard to mislead anyone. Swedenborg describes spirits who were married on earth meeting again in the next world and "living together for a time," getting reacquainted. Some of them stay together, but others decide to move on. Some go peacefully, some fight and realize they need to separate. But I think they come to an agreement and wish the other well, and then find a partner they're better suited to. So in other words, it varies from person to person or couple to couple, but I do think that on the whole, it's much less complicated there than here because we are more ourselves. And we have lots of love to look forward to as well!
@@offTheLeftEye Thank you for the reply and harmony is what I was expecting. Like how the outer nature reflects the inner nature in Heaven. The strength of desire corresponds to the strength of attraction so there is no confusion or competing desires. Unlike in Earth where outer attraction like that in biology can conflict with inner truthful desire.
Not necessarily, Anne. Although Swedenborg says that those who have died look back on their time on earth as a blip on the radar, so it doesn't feel so long as it did here!
Great question, TheLackstar. Swedenborg barely mentions homosexuality at all, which is notable in itself. Jesus, also, did not speak out against homosexuality. Instead, Jesus spoke out against adultery and lust. So, rather than focus on external forms of sex, Jesus pointed to paying attention to how sex is used. Adultery is using sex to betray a commitment to someone. Lust does not mean just sexual desire (which is a good thing as a part of a loving and committed relationship), but instead means using sexual desire for selfish self-gratification, using people instead of loving people. Jesus was constantly working to steer people away from judging things according to outward appearances or circumstances, but instead look at the deeper things, like goals and intentions and motivations. Swedenborg echoes this in his writings. He states that adultery and lust are the things that can lead a person in the direction of hell, because they are selfish and opposed to heavenly love toward others. (Swedenborg listed 4 kinds of hellish lust: the lust to deflower, the lust for variety, the lust of rape, and the lust to seduce innocents.) So again, a focus on how people are *using* sex. He learned that God and heaven are not concerned with people's outer actions, but instead are concerned with their inner motivations and intentions. God is looking at people's hearts and minds, and all that they are dealing with. If a person is doing the best they can, no matter what external and bodily situation they are dealing with, to become more genuinely kind and useful toward others, then they are on a path to heaven. All people are beloved by God, and God is the only one that can know what each person is dealing with in their heart and mind, and help them to sort it all out after death. If you read the stories about how Jesus acted, he always ignored the judgmental nature of society and the religious leaders who were wanting to condemn people for not externally living in a certain way. Instead, Jesus took each person as an individual instead of part of a "category", reached out to people that society considered in the wrong or outcasts, and looked at their hearts in order to see the best and most wise and loving way to help and heal and guide. And he spoke the most criticism toward those who self-righteously condemned others! Swedenborg emphasizes that it is not our place to make spiritual judgments about others, because we cannot know their hearts and minds. So, there are some thoughts. I hope that helps!
@@offTheLeftEye my inner heart and mind tells me this is "spot on"! the question is: why do people choose to condemn and/or judge others on issues that don't affect or cause problems for others? who do these kinds of people think they are, anyway? God?
So we can believe Swedenborg about marriage, or Jesus Christ. We have this guy Curtiss and some man who lived over two hundred years ago calling god a liar. Jesus warned us about false prophets to come. Be careful who you follow. If there really is marriage in heaven, why didn’t Jesus say so during his earthly incarnation?
Because Jesus could not speak plainly about heavenly things when people were so earthly-minded. He had to speak in parable: “All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them.” -Matthew 13:34 “These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.” -John 16:25 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now” (John 16:12). “If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?” (John 3:12). The people asking Jesus about marriage in heaven thought of wives as a piece of property that would be passed from brother to brother. So Jesus could not talk to them about the spiritual union of hearts and minds that is heavenly marriage. We address the deeper meanings of Jesus's words in this short clip: "Did Jesus Say There's No Marriage In Heaven?" ua-cam.com/video/Nfy6JNC4BwQ/v-deo.html
In other words you can maybe answer a serious question for me - you are saying with this video that we still can & do make love in Heaven. NOT talking about LUST!!!
We are what we love. If children are core to what you love (who you are), you will be blessed with the presence and care of children in the afterlife! "Children in Heaven" ua-cam.com/video/dVJDMaXaafk/v-deo.html
Christian, my loved one. Wife & bride. Proverbs 3:18 She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her; those who hold her fast will be blessed. Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who is wise saves lives. Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 15:4 The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit. Isaiah 49:18 Lift up your eyes and look around; all your children gather and come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the Lord, “you will wear them all as ornaments; you will put them on, like a bride. Isaiah 61:10 I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. Isaiah 62:5 As a young man marries a young woman, so will your Builder marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you. --John 2:9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside John 3:29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. Revelation 19:7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Revelation 21:2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life. Isaiah 25:8 he will swallow up d/eat/h forever. The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. The Lord has spoken. 1 Corinthians 15:54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “D/eat/h has been swallowed up in victory.” ---2 Corinthians 5:4 For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Psalm 45:2 You are the most excellent of men and your lips have been anointed with grace, since God has blessed you forever. Proverbs 3:22 they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck. Proverbs 4:9 She will give you a garland to grace your head and present you with a glorious crown.” Isaiah 26:10 But when grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and do not regard the majesty of the Lord. John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. Acts 15:11 No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.” ----Romans 15:15 Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me 2 Corinthians 1:2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. 2 Corinthians 6:1 As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. 2 Corinthians 8:7 But since you excel in everything-in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you-see that you also excel in this grace of giving. 2 Thessalonians 2:16 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, Timothy 1:9 He has saved us and called us to a holy life-not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, -----Titus 2:11 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. Hebrews 10:29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? 1 Peter 1:10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, 1 Peter 4:10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 2 John 1:3 Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love. Revelation 22:21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen. John 4:23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. --- ---John 14:17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. John 16:13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 1 John 5:6 This is the one who came by water and blood-Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. Proverbs 18:21 The tongue has the power of life and d/eat/h, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 19:8 The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper. Proverbs 21:21 Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor. John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. --- - ---Galatians 5:13 [ Life by the Spirit ] You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. James 1:12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him. 1 John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death. Jude 1:21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. Psalm 120:6 Too long have I lived among those who hate peace. Psalm 122:8 For the sake of my family and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.” Proverbs 14:30 A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones. Lords Chosen,Covenant messenger, Troy aka Life
Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:7 Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this. Isaiah 32:17 The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever. Isaiah 48:18 If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like the waves of the sea. Ezekiel 37:26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever. Malachi 2:5 “My covenant was with him, a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him; this called for reverence and he revered me and stood in awe of my name. Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
John 14:23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Ephesians 2:14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Isaiah 66:2 Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?” declares the Lord. “These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word. Hebrews 2:11 Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters. Hebrews 8:13 By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear. Hebrews 10:14 For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy. --1 John 4:12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. Isaiah 62:5 As a young man marries a young woman, so will your Builder marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you. Ephesians 2:15 by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, Revelation 19:7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Matthew 25:5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep. Galatians 3:15 [ The Law and the Promise ] Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. Isaiah 54:5 For your Maker is your husband- the Lord Almighty is his name- the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth. ---Hosea 2:16 “In that day,” declares the Lord, “you will call me ‘my husband’; you will no longer call me ‘my master.’ Titus 2:5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God. 1 Peter 3:7 Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers. Revelation 21:2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 1 Corinthians 15:45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. 1 Corinthians 15:46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. 1 Corinthians 15:44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. ----Ephesians 4:4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 1 Thessalonians 5:23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 8:2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. 1 Timothy 6:13 In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you 2 Timothy 1:10 but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. Daniel 2:44 “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. Ephesians 3:9 and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
Hello, my friend! Is there a line of scripture in your list that you care to elaborate on? I'd love to know which one has special meaning to you in your life.
@@offTheLeftEye They all do. I DO said both bride and the brides-groom, and the delay all these years of the turning away in the knowledge they forsake- as witness to my wife Christian and to life for the message is and was and is to be. In the light of life and the knowledge it provides within my accepted seed in truth faith and deed.
Christian, my loved one wife & bride. Ephesians 2:14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, Matthew 19:5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? 1 Corinthians 1:10 [ A Church Divided Over Leaders ] I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought. Ephesians 5:31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” Colossians 2:2 My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, Luke 14:17 At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ Revelation 19:7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. --Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life. Revelation 22:1 [ Eden Restored ] Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb Revelation 21:6 He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. John 4:14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 7:38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” Jeremiah 17:13 Lord, you are the hope of Israel; all who forsake you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust because they have forsaken the Lord, the spring of living water. Song of Songs 4:12 You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride; you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain. ---Ephesians 4:15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. Ephesians 4:16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. Colossians 2:19 They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow. Ezekiel 37:5 This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. Matthew 19:17 “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.” Revelation 11:11 But after the three and a half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. -- --Revelation 21:27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life. Malachi 3:2 But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap. Ephesians 5:26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, Proverbs 3:18 She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her; those who hold her fast will be blessed. Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who is wise saves lives. Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 15:4 The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit. -- - --Revelation 2:7 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God. Revelation 22:2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. Revelation 22:14 “Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. Revelation 22:19 And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll. Revelation 21:22 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. Revelation 21:23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. Revelation 22:3 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. Chosen, helper, Troy aka Life
It is our longing for eternal love that we remain married to our spouses in Heaven in perfect union with God. But I as Jesus said to the Sadducees in Matthew 22:23-30: “The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother: Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. And last of all the woman died also. Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.”
Hi, atgred! That passage is indeed misleading in its literal sense. The mission of our channel is to share the works of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), a Swedish scientist and late-in-life theologian, who was also a scholar of the Bible. Swedenborg began to have spiritual experiences and visions that he claimed were directly revealed from Jesus Christ and the afterlife, and spent the remainder of his life recording what he learned and publishing his works. This lasted for almost thirty years. Swedenborg was raised a Lutheran, and read and loved the Bible. But he also wrote that the Bible contains hidden inner meanings that he was shown to share with the world, meanings the Bible tells us are there, “All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them.” -Matthew 13:34 If you want to learn more about Swedenborg, check out our short clip here, "Who Was Swedenborg?" ua-cam.com/video/HEa0e8AcS78/v-deo.html If you'd be at all interested in hearing how the ideas in this show are grounded in the Bible, I recommend the recorded episodes of this Bible study: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com/or Here is how Emanuel Swedenborg interprets the particular passage you shared in your comment, atgred: from the book "Conjugial Love," on the passage quoted in Matthew 22: "There are two things which the Lord taught by these words: First, that man rises again after death; and secondly, that in heaven they are not given in marriage. That man rises again after death He taught by saying that, 'God is not the God of the dead, but of the living,' and that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are alive. He also taught the same in the parable of the rich man in hell and Lazarus in heaven (Luke 16:22-31); secondly, that in heaven they are not given in marriage, He taught by the words: 'They that shall be accounted worthy to attain the other age neither marry nor are given in marriage.' From the words which immediately follow, that they cannot die anymore, because they are like the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection, it is very evident that no other nuptials are meant here than spiritual nuptials. By spiritual nuptials conjunction with the Lord is meant, and this is effected on earth; and when it has been effected on earth it has been effected in the heavens also; and therefore, they are not married and given in marriage again in the heavens. And this is also meant by the words, 'The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, but they that are accounted worthy to attain the other age neither marry nor are given in marriage. They are also called by the Lord sons of nuptials' (Matthew 9:15; Mark 2:19); and here angels, sons of God, and sons of the resurrection. That to be married is to be conjoined with the Lord, and that to enter into marriage is to be received in heaven by the Lord, is clear from the following passages: - The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man, a king, who made a marriage for his son, and sent forth servants and invited to the nuptials (Matthew 22:1-14). The kingdom of heaven is like unto ten virgins, who went forth to meet the bridegroom; five of whom that were ready went in to the nuptials (Matthew 25:1, seq.). It is evident from verse 13 there (where it is said, 'Watch, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh') that the Lord here meant Himself. Also from the Apocalypse: - The time of the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself ready. Blessed are they that are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb (Revelation 19:7, 9). That there is a spiritual meaning in all the words, and in every single word that the Lord spoke, is fully shown in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem concerning the Sacred Scripture, published at Amsterdam in the year 1763." You can search Swedenborg's works at newchristianbiblestudy.org - I typed this passage and found that explanation! Fascinating. Let me know what you think!
My husband just passed Feb 8. He died in my arms. I told him not to leave me but what is really strange is that our marriage feels even stronger now, and he's not here in body. Let me rephrase that last sentence. It feels as if the bond and love is stronger than it ever has been. I love him so much. Two days before he passed he asked me if I was going to miss him. He knew he was going to die. I want him to wait for me.
It'sTricia'sLife, thank you for sharing that powerful story with us. I am sorry for your recent loss. It gives me so much hope to know that even in the heartache you still feel connected and bonded! You clearly have a powerful spiritual connection and awareness of each other. Swedenborg talked about death being a transition, that our losses are just temporary separations. I think you and your husband understand this. Each of us have soulmates and can spend eternity with them! You were lucky to find yours on earth, and of course he will wait for you! Why wouldn't he? Your are his soul mate! No one else would ever do. And for him, the time will feel like nothing, since spirits experience time and space so differently. Here are some episodes that I hope bring you some joy and comfort when you think of him and feel his presence with you: "Spiritual Marriage," ua-cam.com/video/K7Nyz6EvR18/v-deo.html "2 Become 1 In A Twin Flame Relationship," ua-cam.com/video/3KaqTwpY27A/v-deo.html 'There Is a Union of Minds In A Twin Flame Relationship" ua-cam.com/video/0mnbwQtcZ7M/v-deo.html "What A Twin Flame Couple Looks Like," ua-cam.com/video/LW0PudFWrfg/v-deo.html Sending love!
@@offTheLeftEye WOW! Thank you so much for your reply. I didn't expect to get one. The hurt is less now b/c I know I will see him again and this is only temporary. He just graduated to the next level. I just can't believe how strong our love is and yes no one else will do. I want him. Someone told me, he wants me to be happy, they wanted me to find someone else to date. Under no circumstance will I do that. I consider myself still married to him. I feel it. Plus I told him I would never marry again. I will wait for him. Thanks for all your video's you shared. I will definitely watch them. I love your show and the video's you put out. It has taken a lot of the fear away from dying. You explain everything so well.
@@carnation038 I'm so glad that the information we share has brought some comfort to you, and that it gives you permission to still consider yourself married to your dear husband. God bless!
Hi Donna, sorry if you don't like the style of presentation here! I want to remind you that the passage number is in the description, and we offer links to download the books for free so you can always read on your own if this format is confusing or frustrating to you. You can also search the book and number directly at newchristianbiblestudy.org if you don't want to download anything! Here is the passage Curtis read in this episode, so you can read it on your own, found from newchristianbiblestudy.org: newchristianbiblestudy.org/exposition/translation/conjugial-love-acton/contents/450 You may enjoy our other programs more, this series is called "News From Heaven," but we also release short clips regularly, and have "Swedenborg & Life" hosted by Curtis that are more in depth episodes and "Swedenborg & Life Live" hosted by Curtis and Jonathon together that may be easier to follow. To download books for free please go to the Swedenborg Foundation website, here: swedenborg.com/bookstore/e-books/ Hope that helps, thanks Donna!
The word "conjugal" can be used to mean anything connected with earthly marriage contracts. Swedenborg purposely coined a new word, "conjugial" to specifically mean a spiritual, heavenly marriage relationship -- an actual union of hearts and minds.
After I lost my dearest husband, my soulmate I was devastated, but Swedenborg's writing about marital love brought much comfort to my heart. For a future when we meet again and go on into eternity. I prayed to the Lord for answers and He brought into my life Swedenborg's writings. I am thankful and love your presentations. You are doing a great job bringing difficult topics alive in a very sensible and caring way.
Ida Ruch, I'm so glad Swedenborg has brought you such hope and comfort. I'm sorry you and your husband are separated for now, but glad you know you will be together again! We're so grateful to hear your thoughts!
Here is a short video that speaks to that, User. ua-cam.com/video/Nfy6JNC4BwQ/v-deo.html@user-xu4ch4kh3x
My dad passed away 5 weeks ago and your channel is helping my faith improve again in sone way. 🙏 thank you for your existence it’s a blessing!
I'm so sorry for your loss, Flower Power, but glad we have been able to offer you some hope and faith during a difficult time!
Curtis, you make learning so much FUN! There is no other that is so 'down-home' with their thoughts, and kindness expressed! Learning about Swedenborg would NOT be as enjoyable without your presence and explanations! You touch so many hearts with your expansive work! Thank you, for being YOU!!
Thanks for another warm and encouraging affirmation, ronald! Curtis's fondest hope was that these ideas would be helpful to people all over the world, and it seems to be true! Thanks for your vote that we're on the right track with this channel, and for your appreciation of our fearless leader!
After my son died, I prayed that God would send me a sign that he had arrived in Heaven. Months passed with no sign, but on August 13, 2022 I heard from my son. I was the first one to wake up that morning when I heard my son say, “Mom”. I made a note on my calendar. Some time passed before I realized that I had been contacted on my father’s 105th birthday. Shortly before he died, my son told me that he really missed his grandaddy - my father. And so I got my sign. It made me really look forward to going to Heaven.
That is a truly beautiful sign, Esther! It must have given you such comfort, and hope for your reunion. That will be very sweet!!
Thank you Curtis, this episode is very comforting and very well touched on marriage/conjugal relationship here and hereafter. I read Swedenborg first when I was in Senior Secondary School and later the Bible. I am now retired. I very much appreciate your depth of understanding and your intrinsic style of delivery and video broadcast. Keep it up Bro.✝
Thank you so much, Subhashish, for this warm affirmation. We're delighted to know that the ideas in Swedenborg have felt meaningful to you, and that our "style" at OTLE works for you! We'll be starting a new series on "Heaven and Hell" in the new year. Thanks for your encouragement, and blessings to you!
My late husband is still my greatest love and he will always be my other half, no matter how many times we have to do this.
same here!
Ditto....
I lost my best friend husband lover , you name it I think we traveled over many lifetimes as partners in many forms. After his shocking unexpected passing , Aaron came through and told me he would wait for me , we will cycle much faster next time and we will recognize each other much sooner! ! I believe it’s true and it gives me great peace.
It touches my heart deeply to read all these sweet testimonies to eternal love. Thank you all!
Absolutely! Love my husband though eternity.
I lost my baby dec 31st 2023 I miss my beautiful wife of 29 years soooo much. lam so depressed and lonely I cry for her all day. 😭we always told each other how much we loved each other a 1000 times a day. my friends would always ask me to do something with them like hang out, I always made an excuse not too so I could go home to with my precious baby. I go to sleep thinking about her and wake up the same way. I really believe I was born to protect, love and keep her safe. I want to be with her forever. I kissed her on her noggin so much her hair was receding. I bet I got in over a trillion kisses on that head. her name is Michele she was 67. I love you so,so,so much my precious beautiful wife I will be with you very soon my love.
What a beautiful thing to share here, Tim. So glad you have a strong faith that you WILL be with her again and your love story carries on! It's been such a short time since she "graduated" -- we wish you much love and growing peace as you walk through your grief journey. Blessings to you!
Your videos have brought me a lot of comfort. I lost my wife nearly 7 months ago through her taking her life and she is the only woman that i have even been with. I am 35 and we have a 4 year old son together and i just hope and pray that she waits for me and we can be happy together again.
Oh Mark -- my heart goes out to you as you navigate this extremely painful and difficult time! As "time" does not operate in the spiritual world the way it does in this world, we believe the "timing" will work out just right for you and your wife. Love draws people together in the spiritual world, and perhaps you can sometimes still feel her spirit near you and your son, even with her on the other side. I'm so glad you have found some comfort in these ideas, and we wish you and your son every blessing as you carry on in this world and look forward to an eventual reunion. Sending prayers for peace and healing!
@@offTheLeftEye thank you so much for the reply 👍
William Blake's wife Catherine was, apparently talking to him constantly after his death and, as you all will probably know, William Blake was a great admirer of Swedenborg, himself seeing visions, Thank you for this
Blake did study Swedenborg but gradually got kind of mad at the Seer, because he didn't like the idea of being restricted to one mate in heaven. Maybe he worked it out with Catherine once they both got there.
You're very welcome, Sonja! I'm so glad you enjoyed this topic. As Charlotte indicated, Blake's feelings about Swedenborg went back and forth. It will be interesting to learn how that all turned out in the afterlife!
@@offTheLeftEye My love and I had a very horribly aggressive relationship but he is my only love and he is now dead.
@@sonjawhite5815 I'm so terribly sorry, Sonja. Earthly relationships are never perfect, but that doesn't mean there isn't love underneath it all. Swedenborg witnessed that when in the afterlife, married partners are able to love each other more tenderly than before. You can still work on your relationship with your husband now, if you feel moved to do that. There can continue to be progress in forgiveness and understanding and love.
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I have mixed feelings about this. I'm sure my parents loved each other when they married, but several years afterwards, and before I was born, somehow my mother began showing signs of Paranoid Schizophrenia. My father just thought she was just acting 'odd', and so did I once I came to the age of reason, but as time passed my mother, through no fault of her own but the fault of her condition, made both our lives rather miserable. We moved around a lot because we eventually wore out our welcome with neighbors and landlords because of my mother's antics. Neither my father or I had many friends, and even close relatives eventually shunned us. My father should have had her diagnosed immediately, but there was such a stigma in those days around admitting you or someone you loved had a mental illness, that it was common for the immediate family to just 'suck it up' and deal with it the best they could. Eventually my mom died first, after she ran away from my efforts to have her treated, and about 20 years later my father died at 95. My Dad requested "NOT" to be buried next to her or even in the same cemetery with my mother, and I honored his wishes. I always wondered if they got together in the afterlife, and, hopefully 'released' from his anger, bitterness & frustration, and her 'mental illness', they would come back to that 'first love' they had for each other; or, did they purposefully remain apart because of their past worldly experiences with each other. I hope and pray that the former happened, and that their love grew, unimpeded by the 'baggage' of mental illness and resulting negative feelings toward it. I also hope that they still love and watch over me.
Oh Miriam, my heart aches for you. That must have been so hard to live with that condition, for all of you involved. Schizophrenia is such a hard thing to be around or in! Understatement, I know.
I have no idea whether your parents are together or not. I am sure they were able to meet and remember the good times, and I know that they are both with a partner that is meant for them. Your mother's suffering would be over, and she would be able to be her authentic self, probably very different from what tortured her on earth and what made their lives so difficult. Your father would probably be able to see the woman he used to love. Even if they aren't together though, you can take comfort in the fact that they are with people they truly love and belong with. And you can always admire your father's strength and devotion in taking care of her, in trying to help her as best he could when the medical practices and social stigma of the time would have made life very hard for her. I'm sure she would be grateful for that, and they could have a good healing conversation together - and I'm sure they will again when you arrive! I bet they can't wait to show you how happy they are, and how much they love you. They are definitely watching over you and wishing you the best, I have no doubt. Sending you love, Miriam. Thank you for your honesty and bravery in sharing your story with us.
This video was so uplifting as my late husband and I loved each other dearly..and, part of me died, too..and, he visits me, hugs me, too...just awaiting the day we meet up again!! Besides, he owes me big time...LOL...he was my hottie. ♥️
Aw... your comment really touches my heart. Sending much love to you and your dear "hottie." 😊💕 I'm glad you're aware of his presence sometimes, and that you believe in a joyful reunion in your future!
Looking forward to seeing this video..
My parents were married for 55 years and my dad just recently passed away, two years this May 9th.
Mom mom has been keeping it together for the most part, probably cuz she has such a full house ...
My husband and I and our 19 year old son...
My mom asked us to move back here and move in with her,so we left Sonora Ca to move back to Desert Hot Springs Ca...
Then my daughter, husband and two sons all followed us back to Desert Hot Springs California and are living with us as well ..
My mom has been very active with help raise her two great grand babies ..
So they have been keeping her going on for the most part...
She dearly misses my dad and can’t understand why his spirit hasn’t yet come to visit her ..?
Maybe this video can help her understand everything....
She needs to know if he’s crossed over or if he’s stuck somewhere else, she had him cremated but has not released his ashes , she’s wondering if that’s could possibly be the reason why he has not come to her in spirit form ....?
My heart goes out to you and your dear mom. Please assure her that a lack of an obvious visitation does not mean that your dad is stuck, or that something is wrong. It's just not easy for communication to cross the veil. Encourage her to pay attention for more subtle signs that her husband is with her -- thoughts, feelings, memories, coincidences. There is no doubt that he stays near her in love and in spirit. In case this discussion would help, here's our episode "Why Don't Those Who've Died Communicate With Us More?" ua-cam.com/video/pPxPFCmHngE/v-deo.html God bless!
Our situation is almost the same, Michelle. Our darling Dad died last May 21st and, after 66 years of marriage, Mum is adrift. She is managing, but not interested in much. I think she would willingly pop off too, except that she is scared of death (who isn't, really?). My daughter and I have moved in with her as she was not physically coping well and barely eating, except quick, sugary rubbish. None of us, including Mum, have had any kind of sign. I don't know what Mum makes of that, as she can't bring herself to talk about matters much; but my daughter and I have now accepted that's just how it's going to be with Dad (at least for now) and we have started to come through the despair of that and are trying to cling on to the hope that it's "all true" and that Dad does go on, much better and much happier than his last 7 years on earth.
Same here with my husband, he has been gone 4 years, and I see his urn everyday.
The concept of having a soulmate would suggest that you would want to be with that person forever. If you were unhappy with them then obviously you wouldn't want to be. The Universe is less complicated than we make it.
Kenneth, this is a wonderful, succinct summary! So true.
Thank you for sharing. Swedenborg never married in this life, still he believed in the Eternal Love between men and women who seek it in their hearts, minds and soul. Perhaps Swedenborg's "soul mate" was not in this world at the time he lived. "Separation" from those who truly love is always very painful. Those who are blessed with a soul mate will never desire to leave one another and both will ever wish to grow together now and forever. Many have told me that my great grandmother McAllister would not even look at another man after her husband died. She was still a young, attractive woman but chose to raise their four young children alone. She told my cousin Charlotte that he was her one true love and she missed him everyday. When I attended LDS church for a couple of years , I did hear them say we could have "spiritual" children in Heaven and perhaps so. I never met my "soul mate", but I find it a most beautiful idea. Their inner thoughts, desires, intentions, interests, values etc must be very close indeed, thus they would have the best friendship ever.
Joyce Van Pelt - so well said! Lovely words, thank you!
Thanks for taking us through these cool ideas - I'm happy marriage exists in the afterlife
Me too!
@Joseph Marton you never know what can happen in our lives here but we can know that we can have all the love in the next life.
@Joseph Marton Earthly life is very short compared to your eternal story, Joseph! Anything you were deprived of in this life can be healed and fulfilled in the next life -- love, marriage, family, health, and satisfying activity. Just do the best you can with what you've got in this life, and trust that your life after death will be much more expansive:
"Life Isn't Fair... Or Is It?"
ua-cam.com/video/42BEBqN0H3Y/v-deo.html
Also, read the story of Helen Keller. She had severe limitations (blind, deaf, mostly mute, and never married) and yet she found joy in seeking ways that she could help and inspire others in spite of her limitations. Wishing you all the best, Joseph! Your life does matter, and you are loved!
"Does My Life Matter?" ua-cam.com/video/33FfPQsf_zU/v-deo.html
@Joseph Marton Again, I'm sorry for what you've been through. But don't let any wrongs from the past continue to control you right now. You deserve to be free of the past. "Life" and "love" are the same thing in spiritual reality. If you look for something positive to care about right now, no matter how small a thing, life can begin right now for you. Time does not exist in the afterlife. You can "go back in time" and experience things you missed -- everything and as much as you want. Try to let go of hatred and resentment. It is only robbing you of more in this life. Please start to look for something good about life right now, for your own sake, and your own healing. I've heard from many, many people who have suffered horrendous things in the past, and yet they chose to be freed from the control of the past, and forge a new and positive present and future for themselves.
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Aw, thank you so much for the kind words. That means a lot to all of us! Thank YOU for being a part of our audience!
Such an interesting subject. I was widowed 6 years ago, and I loved him fierce. How I found you...and as I have said many times I give this channel a fair amount of credit for helping me over the worst years of trauma and grief. Then two years ago...I met someone extraordinary and am astonishingly lucky to find myself, in spite of being sure I would never love another, deeply in love with the kindest man I have ever known. My late husband, who has been in unmistakable contact since his death (trust me on this.)..has now gone quiet. I very much wonder how this will all work out. They are radically different people, and I love them both....but value different things now, than I did then. I ...sigh...I do think about this a lot. I just want everyone to be very happy, which I am sure will happen, but I do wonder...how it will manifest.
Perhaps your first husband went quiet in order to give you space and permission to be happy in a new relationship! There is no need to worry at all about this. It's wonderful that you have found new love and happiness, and once you cross over into the afterlife, it will become clear which of these two wonderful men is your eternal partner, and which one is a dear friend who will find his own eternal partner.
@@offTheLeftEye I confess this is exactly what I hope for. I am extremely lucky to be so rich in love, in spite of my messy self.
As a widow for 1.5 yrs I've wondered similar ideas and agree this channel has helped me. Before he left we each had agreed that was our marriage.
I still feel my husband near me periodically. However, for a few months he was suddenly gone. Nothing had changed in my life, but I started wondering if he had met someone else up there. Then just as quickly as he left, he came back. Wish I knew what happened.
Personally I can't imagine reconnecting with my soul mate in heaven & then have him leave to go live with a deceased earthly ex to verify she is to remain an ex. That doesn't seem like a very heavenly idea. The idea of greeting an ex when they enter the spiritual world is understandable & seems "socially appropriate" but live together?!
*last marriage
I find it comforting in a sense because I want to be reunited with my husband and live back together again in the spiritual world. But I am only afraid that by the time I die, he may have had a change of heart and not want me anymore. He has been dead now, 1 year and 1 month and still he has not given me a dream visit like all of my other family has done. My greatest fear is never being back together with him anymore.
There is no need to fear! Real love is not affected by time. It can seem that way on earth, but especially in the spiritual world, where there is no linear time, a passage of earthly time makes no difference. The lack of a dream does not mean that your husband isn't with you. Sometimes with the people who are grieving the most, an obvious visitation can't get through. Look for more subtle ways to notice your husband's love and presence -- a thought, feeling or memory that comes to you, or a meaningful coincidence. Your dear husband's presence might be registering on a deeper level than is easily noticeable! Sending much love to you, Azraelina. One year is still very early in the grief process.
Very Interesting and aware of what is important in life… thank you 🙏🏼
We are delighted that you liked it Sharon.
The best dream I ever had was four months after my mother died I dreamt of her as a younger woman walking and she met up with dad who also was younger. They hugged each other and I woke up. So very beautiful!
Wow, this must have filled your heart with joy! What an amazingly beautiful scene. Thanks so much for describing it!
Catherine Trudeau are you related to the Canadian Prime minister by any chance?
Brian Denison no Brian I am not related to the prime minister.
Hello Curtis, I have always trouble fining the right person to marry or be in a relationship with for any length of time. It's just one part of life that never seems to work for me here. It give me great comfort to know that in the afterlife God will help me work through my relationship troubles and find the person I was truly meant to be with in life. Thank for giving me hope. All The Best. Have a good week. My Friends.
Randy, it is wonderful to hear that you have a sense of hope for your life and relationships! That is exactly what we want to help foster!
@@offTheLeftEye Thanks for insight friends!!
@@randydiluzio8269 Always a pleasure to talk with you, Randy!
My wife recently took her own life. I am beyond devastated. We were best friends, soulmates, playmates, we did absolutely everything together. I didn't want to go for a drink after work with colleagues because all I wanted to do was get home to my beautiful wife. She was my world. I am 34 years old. I have a difficult time ahead of me in this world. All I want to do is be with my wife but I know that is not an option for me right now. Do you have any advice for me or any videos you can direct me to, to help my healing? ... She was the most kind, vibrant, selfless, playful, fun spirit I have ever met. She would dance in the street when we were even walking to the supermarket, she was amazing with children (although we didn't have any).. Because I am so young, I'm confused about what is the next step for me. Do I start another relationship (at some point) Will this be cheating?
Mark, I am profoundly sorry to hear of your devastating loss. Your wife sounds like such a wonderful person, and I have no doubt she is thriving now and healing whatever wounds she had that lead to her departure. You being left behind is so hard, because for her, time is irrelevant. She will see you soon, and knows that you have bliss ahead of you! But as for the next steps on earth, that's a very personal choice. You might marry again, and that doesn't take away from how much you loved your wife. You will still have the opportunity to meet again in the next life, and find out if you are soulmates.
It sounds like this was very recent, and I think the decision to move on with someone else will take some time, and you shouldn't rush it. If there's someone else who is right for you, you will meet her when you are ready, and you will know in your heart that it's the right decision. It will not hurt your wife - she will understand, and if you are soulmates, remarrying here wouldn't ruin that for you, and whoever you marry next would find her soulmate in the next life as well if you weren't the one. You can still have a beautiful, meaningful loving friendship/partnership with someone else. It wouldn't be the same experience.
Here are some episodes about loss, reunions in the afterlife, and marriage in the afterlife that I hope bring you some comfort as you move through your grief. Go easy on yourself - you do not need to have all the answers. As the cliche goes, take it day by day, friend. And please let us know if these resonate, if there's anything more you want to know, or if something comes up that we can help with. God be with you!
Short clips:
"Using Gratitude to Survive a Tragic Loss," ua-cam.com/video/WPkSGv4yDEw/v-deo.html
"Angel Visits Grieving Father," ua-cam.com/video/f0O30exC05Y/v-deo.html
"Is God Fair?" ua-cam.com/video/UIMfRE0wmOA/v-deo.html
Full Episodes:
"What the Afterlife Feels Like," ua-cam.com/video/okZJmD2dDYc/v-deo.html
"What Does It Feel Like to Die?" ua-cam.com/video/hWU0PA-PDDo/v-deo.html
"Why Don't Those Who've Died Communicate With Us More?" ua-cam.com/video/0mViA5rOF5E/v-deo.html
"Will We See Our Loved Ones in the Afterlife?" ua-cam.com/video/9gdngWOvKas/v-deo.html
"Spiritual Marriage" ua-cam.com/video/K7Nyz6EvR18/v-deo.html
"What Married Love Is" ua-cam.com/video/_C9CJQlZDD4/v-deo.html
Would love to see more like this. Delve deeper. Thanks!
I know you have an especially personal interest in this topic, Tom. You and your dear wife have a bond of love that will most certainly continue after death! You two have much to look forward to.
@@offTheLeftEye Thank you! That is what I hold on to and what gets me through each day. I am so glad I found (or was lead to) the staff of offTheLeftEye and the writings of Swedenborg. Karin has been particularly helpful. You have always been unbelievably responsive to questions and your videos are expertly done with the right balance of instruction and humor, or maybe I should say Love and Wisdom.
@@zepman38 Your kind words mean so much to us, Tom! And we're so glad to have you here in the audience. We are actually going to use a recent question you submitted for our next "Swedenborg and Life Live" show, about that Bible verse that talks about whatever is bound on earth is bound in heaven, and loosed on earth is loosed in heaven.
@@offTheLeftEye Thank you! I'll be watching for sure.
We sometimes don’t realize how much someone means to us until they are gone.
Very true, GMaria, but luckily they are still with you in a different state - and someday you will see them again!
So so true
Miss my husband he will be gone almost a year. Loved the video helped pick me up today
I'm so sorry, Angie. One year is still very early in the grief process, and I know that missing him is very painful. If this video was able to bring a little hope and comfort, I'm deeply glad. Sending much love to you!
offTheLeftEye your videos are what keeps me going to know I’ll see my soulmate when I leave this world when it’s my time. He always said I’m sure this is a beautiful tree in heaven I’ll sit there and wait on you but take your time
@@angiefontenot9008 Wow, such a beautiful, loving message from your soul mate! We are so glad to have you here in our online community, Angie. God bless!
Curtis you made everything perfectly clear and understanding for me! I grew up confused about God thinking that he was this hard non forgiving entity that wanted me to be this mistake free, perfect individual. I was really afraid of God till I started watching Swedenborg and Life…and even felt guilty about that because it was not a nondenominational or denominational church. I though when I died God would just send me to hell! I have always love the Lord God and His son Jesus Christ and believed that Jesus died for us all. I also have gone to church most of my life and have been deceived by these preachers that preached doom and gloom about God. That I am not supposed to love my husband as much as I do. He passed away February 3 of 2021 and I miss him so much! I am so happy to know that I will see my husband, Melvin and be with my him in heaven for eternity still married! I look forward to that beautiful time for us. When my time comes to be with Jesus my Lord and Savior and Melvin. thank you guys for the truth! I really enjoy Swedenborg’s understanding on the afterlife, heaven, hell and most of all the Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father and what is considered evil. You have showed me the true Go and Jesus! This teaches me to love my fellow brothers and sisters even more! Also, caring and doing for others! I want to know more, I will continue to watch, learn and donate to Off the Left Eye! Thank you so much!
Cathy Gaither of Atlanta, Georgia.
Such a moving testimonial, Cathy -- thank you so much for sharing it! There seem to be so many wounds that people need to be healed of, in regard to how they've conceived of God. We rejoice that you have come to see God as Love Itself, ready to help you on your journey and not condemn you for it! We are grateful for your support, both monetary and spiritual, and wish you blessings and peace!
I also want to thank you for guiding me through this journey of grief for my husband Melvin. We have been married for 38 years and together for 40. We’ve raised three beautiful children and we were heading for our golden years. Since his passing, I have been through some ups and downs with my health. A heart surgery this past June and a stroke in August of this year. I am now in the process of healing from these journeys. After viewing your programs from off the left eye, I have come into enlightenment and a awakening about who I truly am in Christ. How God deeply and truly loves us all and have a purpose for everyone. I think differently about my Father in heaven is pure love and comfort in knowing that all that we go through is apart of God’s plan for us all. I no longer fear death here in this life for it is a gateway to life with the God and the ones we love. Thank you. 🙌🏿
My apologies, I Cathy Gaither wrote the piece from my husband Melvin Gaither’s cell phone one hour ago attempting to respond to your reply you sent to me. That message is meant for off the left eye. Thank you for understanding.❤️
@@chattycathie2010 I figured that was you! (= I am so sorry for your loss, my friend, and to have health struggles on top of it is so much to bear! I am so glad you're on a journey of physical healing - and spiritual healing - and have found meaning and connection in your relationship with God! I am so happy the fear has lifted, and I have no doubts, at all, that God loves you deeply and indeed has a plan for you and is always with you!
We have a number of episodes about marriage in the afterlife, I'd like to share them in case they interest you! Perhaps you've already seen them...
Shortest:
Soulmates Will Be Together in the Afterlife ua-cam.com/video/_Q8FkkLBwbk/v-deo.html
Will Earthly Spouses Still Be Married After Death? ua-cam.com/video/l3QQfBDVq18/v-deo.html
Didn't Jesus Say There's No Marriage in Heaven? ua-cam.com/video/Nfy6JNC4BwQ/v-deo.html
Spiritual Marriage is a Gradual Process ua-cam.com/video/bWApNfC8kQc/v-deo.html
Mutual Consent is Essential for Genuine Spiritual Marriage ua-cam.com/video/J5oWFpmRwLg/v-deo.html
Longer:
The State of Married Couples After Death ua-cam.com/video/V_iEjrqEA9s/v-deo.html
Only Some Married Partners Stay Together After Death ua-cam.com/video/q_dSS7vsxI8/v-deo.html
How You Will Find Your Soulmate After Death ua-cam.com/video/7l1MNNNhitk/v-deo.html
“2 Become 1 In a Twin Flame Relationship” ua-cam.com/video/3KaqTwpY27A/v-deo.html
“There Is A Union of Minds In A Twin Flame Relationship” ua-cam.com/video/0mnbwQtcZ7M/v-deo.html
“What A Twin Flame Couple Looks Like” ua-cam.com/video/LW0PudFWrfg/v-deo.html
Longest:
Will We Be Married in Heaven? Yes. ua-cam.com/video/GZ2zs94piDM/v-deo.html
"Marriage Love" ua-cam.com/video/dSB0jaCnJ3c/v-deo.html
"Spiritual Marriage" ua-cam.com/video/K7Nyz6EvR18/v-deo.html
What Married Love Is ua-cam.com/video/_C9CJQlZDD4/v-deo.html
Soul Mates - Swedenborg Live! (Q&A Show) ua-cam.com/video/p7f8M8KpaM4/v-deo.html
Marriage in Heaven - Swedenborg Live! (Q&A Show) ua-cam.com/video/Q9vyvxOL3tc/v-deo.html
Thank you so much for sharing your story with us, we are so honored to be part of your journey, and wish you comfort, healing, and peace at this next stage of your life. God bless you, Cathy!
I’ve never been married or had any children myself. ( possibly from my upbringing) But I look at Jesus and he was single also. I suppose it really doesn’t matter as long as you keep learning to be a better individual and love your neighbor. I just wanted to say it must be very difficult to stay married today with the high divorce rates I alway hear about. . Those who can stay together here must have some special type of bond between them that I am not familiar with. But if God grants you that privilege of mutual love , I would definitely make the best of it.❤️👍🏻🙂🌸
Julian Bristow from what I’ve researched, there seems to be strong evidence that Jesus was/is in a divine union with Mary Magdalene, as twin souls. ❤️❤️
Julian, the concept of genuine marriage love, and how to achieve it, has been messed up for a long, long time here on earth. So yes, it's something that many people really struggle with. But God promises that everyone who has any desire for a true bond of love with a soul mate will be granted that in the afterlife, if they're not able to find that here on earth. The important thing is simply to learn how to love others, whether you do that in a marriage relationship or in other kinds of relationships and interactions. That will allow God to lead you to many forms of deep love and friendship in the afterlife.
offTheLeftEye ...I see and thank you for that. Not having any family background ( any brothers or sisters , father ) I have seen everything from the outside. It’s never easy going through life alone, where most people are strangers. But yes, love and compassion is important single or married. I look to God with ❤️ love. 🙂
cloverbee3. It could be. With so many different opinions these days, it’s difficult to find the truth. I suppose looking to the Bible and reading the disciples notes will give me some clues, Thank you! ❤️👍🏻
Julian Bristow Have you seen the Da Vinci Code? That was a fascinating exploration of that theory. Really beautiful.
My husband just recently died (January 21st, 2024) and today (February 17th, 2024) would have been our 40th anniversary. We met and became friends four years before we actually married so have known each other for 44 years. I am lost. It was completely unexpected. He got sick and ended up in the hospital then died 3 weeks later of aspiration pneumonia. I kept thinking he would get better and come back home with me. Now I am terrified that I will never get to be with him again. What if I end up being sent to Hell but he's in Heaven? What if he just doesn't want to be with me even if I do go to Heaven, too? I know he loved me here in this life but what if I live another 10 or 20 years and in the meantime he has met and fallen in love with someone else that's already there? I don't want anyone else but him. But I also don't want him to be lonely and unhappy while waiting for me. Oh God, why couldn't you have just taken us together?
Simsane, that is such a heartbreaking thing to go through. We are very sorry that you are lost without him. It is a blessing to have found your real partner, but it is painful to lose him too soon. You are connected with love, and that will be the way you are reunited. We want to assure you that you will indeed be together again, and your love will still be strong. He has things to do and learn and enjoy while he is in heaven before you join him, but that does not mean he will forget you. You are still here, and perhaps there are things you need to learn and strengthen in yourself before it is your turn to be in heaven. God takes the timing of these things very seriously, and has not forgotten you. Here is a playlist of videos about marriage if that might bring you comfort. studio.ua-cam.com/users/playlistPLgtFTXGqZdSnVm6megbrsgDh8sMPeW9Bo/edit
With my illness advancing, I've been thinking about this a lot. If I leave my partner behind so soon in our lives, I'm not sure what that will do to his long-term faith, and I also don't know where to begin thinking about what would occur on the other side if he moved on from me. It's such an easy subject in 18th century Sweden where lifelong marriage, regardless of quality, was a given. It's too complex now.
Hi War Hawk, I'm sorry to hear of your illness. That leaves you with so much to contemplate, and it sounds very hard to process it all. I can't say how your partner would react to your loss, or if he will find someone else eventually or not. But the truth is, you will both be with whoever you are truly meant to. Perhaps a new partner would fill a longing and provide a profound friendship to your partner, but that doesn't take away from the love you two have, or mean you won't still be together in heaven. If your partner find someone else on earth, they may part ways as dear friends in the next life and you two will reunite, or, and I'm not sure this is comforting, but you might find someone else and realize your partner here was a dear friend. Whoever you both end up with will be unequivocally the RIGHT person for you, and you will experience a blissful connection with that person. My advice is, don't worry too much about the specifics, but instead focus on love in general, how much you can love this person and how much love you both have to offer, and focus on gratitude for that love. Remember that no love is ever wasted, and no love ever truly disappears. Even if it changes shape, the love always exists and was always a good experience. I think that's what matters.
I hope that helps, and I promise, it will all work out the way it's meant to! Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. I'm sure this is an experience many can relate to.
I'm sure God will work things out to you liking and all will be well with your partner here as well. You will be praying in heaven if you leave this realm first. And God will watch over your partner. Once we are in heaven we will understand things better and be happy with and blessed by the results. Do not rule out that you may be reunited again after death. There were a lot of remarriages back in the 18th century because many women died in childbirth. Just trust God to do what is best when He blesses you.
I found out recently that my son and his significant other for lack of a better term miss-carried a baby. My husband passed in December so I’m hoping he gets to be the grandpa he never got to be. Just a thought. Great episode.
What a sweet and beautiful thought, Violet. I'm so sorry for these losses your family has been experiencing, but glad if any concepts in this episode could offer a little comfort. God bless!
I agree fully with everything said in Swedenborg's viedo. Since I have been communicating with my spirit husband, I found when life ends , including marriage, as we feel it has, it really all continues on the other side as though it never ended.
I'm not sure I heard correctly, but the reason we have this life is to grow a spirit, we are only soul when we enter a fetus, but very quickly begin growing a spirit, without a spirit, we cannot have a spirit life.
How beautiful that you have direct experience showing you that your marriage really does continue! Wonderful. And yes, I agree with what you're saying about the soul and spirit. I think of the "soul" as part of God's life, one of God's feelings, entering a fetus. But then we have to gradually grow a "spirit", which is an individual consciousness, an individual mind, that can make its own decisions. That is what our spirit is that survives physical death.
I saw my parents smiling together and then going off together to further
dimensions in a dream after they reunited
They looked young and beautiful, not the frail elders they were when they left the world
I had the same experience (of seeing my parents walking together, arm in arm) They were both young, in their 30'a. This was a waking vision, ocuring the night my Dad died.
Wow, how absolutely beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing this!
Thank you for that. My parents were utterly beautiful in their youth. I crave for them to be that way again. Maybe Dad is right now. He's not long gone on.
"Daytripping to the afterlife." 🤣Just a regular Tuesday! Hahaha
Yep! Haha! Hope you enjoyed the ride!
Great Curtis left me hanging on this video. Love you anyway.
Looking for some particular answer, 60vfranco?
@@offTheLeftEye Curtis you are doing a great job. It's just so much to digest spiritually. I guess that the beauty of it. Swedenborg's teachings are so exciting.
@@60vfranco It sounds like you are eager for more? Here is a video about marriage that may feed your heart. ua-cam.com/video/dSB0jaCnJ3c/v-deo.html
This video helped but we will be together, it seems god gives you choices to stay together, the love we have for 47 years, is something special I think god would bless this and keep us together, am I right about this?
Yes, Steve! But it's not up to God -it's up to you! If you want to be together - and it sounds like you do - then you certainly will be! How wonderful you have found the right person!
Although my husband was married before me and I also feel that he’s happy with he’s first wife who had died a few years before we got married. I hope I will join them and have a Loving heart like I do on this earth. I know how much he loved her. I have love in my heart.
I hear acceptance and hope in your tone! Swedenborg says that each of us is being led to where we will be the most connected and the most happy, forever. Whether that is with your husband or with another partner, you are being led, my friend.
Thank you for independent thinking and not just following "the church" like a pied piper. The relationship of a man and woman is a fundamental part of God's creation. To say that goes away is like saying God is abolishing the masterpiece of His creation.
Wow, Delphi -- Your comment really had an impact on my heart. Thanks for sharing that powerful perspective on it!
No dude, Bible says your be completely fulfilled by Jesus alone…..even tho that’s found no where I history LOL but I mean that’s what…..*CHURCH* tells us🤣
@@TechCody113 God has many ways to bless us and I am grateful that my marriage is one of them.
Thank you so much for this video. I lost my husband a few months ago and have always had a spiritual connection to him. I could think of him when he was away from me and he could always sense it. From the time of his passing I have felt his spirit and received many signs from him. This started my spiritual journey on researching the afterlife and have been very distraught with the question if we would be together in heaven. Your video on this subject just confirmed what I knew in my heart. Thank you for helping me find a little peace.
Hi Janet, I'm so sorry for your loss and so glad our channel has been helpful in bringing you some hope and peace! Amazing how the truth hits us intuitively - how you know in your heart you will still be together! And still are, though separated. You might also like our episode, "Spiritual Marriage," ua-cam.com/video/K7Nyz6EvR18/v-deo.html
I'm glad you are still so close to your husband and send you love during this very difficult time. God bless.
After I lost my Love I use to say that I did not want to be here without him there is a pain that stays with you that you just can't describe I still Love Him and I want to be with him
I'm so sorry for your loss, Catherine! Grieving a loved one is a painful process. But he is still with you, and you will see him again. Your life here is meaningful, even though it feels so hard. I hope you feel how loved and how wonderful you are, and that you have so much to contribute! Check out our episode, "Does My Life Matter?" ua-cam.com/video/33FfPQsf_zU/v-deo.html
And here are some more about marriage and true love in the afterlife: Soulmates Will Be Together in the Afterlife ua-cam.com/video/_Q8FkkLBwbk/v-deo.html
Will Earthly Spouses Still Be Married After Death? ua-cam.com/video/l3QQfBDVq18/v-deo.html
Didn't Jesus Say There's No Marriage in Heaven? ua-cam.com/video/Nfy6JNC4BwQ/v-deo.html
Spiritual Marriage is a Gradual Process ua-cam.com/video/bWApNfC8kQc/v-deo.html
Mutual Consent is Essential for Genuine Spiritual Marriage ua-cam.com/video/J5oWFpmRwLg/v-deo.html
Longer:
Only Some Married Partners Stay Together After Death ua-cam.com/video/q_dSS7vsxI8/v-deo.html
How You Will Find Your Soulmate After Death ua-cam.com/video/7l1MNNNhitk/v-deo.html
“2 Become 1 In a Twin Flame Relationship” ua-cam.com/video/3KaqTwpY27A/v-deo.html
“There Is A Union of Minds In A Twin Flame Relationship” ua-cam.com/video/0mnbwQtcZ7M/v-deo.html
“What A Twin Flame Couple Looks Like” ua-cam.com/video/LW0PudFWrfg/v-deo.html
Longest:
Will We Be Married in Heaven? Yes. ua-cam.com/video/GZ2zs94piDM/v-deo.html
"Marriage Love" ua-cam.com/video/dSB0jaCnJ3c/v-deo.html
"Spiritual Marriage" ua-cam.com/video/K7Nyz6EvR18/v-deo.html
What Married Love Is ua-cam.com/video/_C9CJQlZDD4/v-deo.html
Soul Mates - Swedenborg Live! (Q&A Show) ua-cam.com/video/p7f8M8KpaM4/v-deo.html
Marriage in Heaven - Swedenborg Live! (Q&A Show) ua-cam.com/video/Q9vyvxOL3tc/v-deo.html
May these bring you some comfort and help you feel the presence of your beloved!
I know that can choose to be with whom we want in the spirit world. Happiness is what rules the next life!!!
Absolutely, Pingüinos Pole!
Before im watching this video, ill say this
No matter what, in that afterrealm, I'll sing my songs and look for my Eurydice who went before me
And when she hears of my singing, she'll know my voice and sit with me again
Beautiful, Peppers!
I really need to know if Heaven exists? I've lost three loved ones in just two years. My Aunt just died Monday of Bladder Cancer. I need definite proof that an afterlife exists. This life is cruel, and basically sucks. It's just full of pain and suffering. There better be a world that exists without it after this sucky life ends.
Vicky, I'm so sorry to hear about your losses. I'm happy you found our channel at such a difficult time, I hope we can bring you some peace and hope! Life is very hard - but it can be wonderful, too! And you will be happy again, grief doesn't keep us down forever.
On this channel, we believe that heaven definitely exists - and that it's a state you can even experience in this life. Here are some episodes that you can check out that I think may ease your pain a little!
"What if Feels Like to Die," ua-cam.com/video/hWU0PA-PDDo/v-deo.html
"What Happens Immediately After You Die," ua-cam.com/video/H9D2hr0WWh0/v-deo.html
"Will Your Body Look The Same When You Die?" ua-cam.com/video/JX9BaMr7UyU/v-deo.html
"Will Life Be Different When You Die?" ua-cam.com/video/u67AUEiaFE0/v-deo.html
"The Heaven Project," ua-cam.com/video/pjc1OO0wkWI/v-deo.html
Sending you love during this tender time, Vicky. I'm so sorry for your pain. Let me know how these resonate and if you have any questions!
Did you just hint at an ending of this channel towards the end of your video, OTLE? I hope not.
Phew. Thank you, Erin. I must have wool in my ears!
No worries, Anna! As Erin said, Curtis was just jokingly acknowledging that some viewers, after watching this, might choose to never watch another OTLE video. :) But we have no plans to stop! Video production in our studio is going strong, and we're so glad to know you want us to keep going!
That confirms it, OTLE - I MUST have wool in my ears! Anyway, good to know you're continuing. Thank you.
@@annacaine8547 I thought the same thing. I'm relieved.
So I still have the question, are we still married? I lost my husband of 33 years January 2024. Is he watching over me,with me and when I pass away, will we still be married? Have a house together, the house we are taught? Are I and my husband still married? My heart is broken and long to be with him. My heart searches for him. Longs for him . When he passed away he took apart of me with him.
My heart goes out to you, Stacey -- such a fresh state of grief! Swedenborg says that when married partners truly love one another, the spirit of the deceased partner continues to dwell with the spirit of the partner still on earth. I'm sure every widow/widower experiences that differently, but love is like a spiritual magnet, and pulls loved ones together in spirit.
Swedenborg says that on the other side, we meet the person we were married to on earth, and if we are genuine partners, we stay together. If not, we move on and find our true partner. And yes, Swedenborg describes married partners sharing a house and a life together.
Sounds to me like you still feel married to your husband in your heart. I think that's the answer.
Sending prayers for peace and healing, until your joyful reunion with your husband!
Does Swedenborg mention anything anywhere specifically about unborn babies in the spiritual world?
To my knowledge, Dan, he does not discuss that. He does talk about "infants" in heaven.
Well quick question about this one you say there are relationships in hell but they are short lived is thst correct ??
Swedenborg did see some "marriages" in hell, but they were really awful. Each person tried to dominate the other, and there was a lot of stubbornness and fighting and violence until one finally gave in and became subservient. So, it would be about domination and control and possession rather than love and kindness.
I truly Love my husband and will always be my other half no matter what. But I want him to be happy. He’s always a part of me forever.
Hi, Heather! It sounds to me that you have something to cherish. Amazing. Beautiful. May you each find what you need as you grow on your path!
It helps a lot
So glad you could find some meaning and maybe some hope in this one, Sammy. Love to you if you're dealing with a new state of loss and grief.
I have a few questions about those who are divorced, and it was not on amicable terms. If they fully understand why the marriage ended and let go, do they still meet? What of those that remarry either after divorce or death of a spouse? Can there be multiple spouses in Heaven? What if a person never meets the love of their life on the Earth plane? Can there be a possibility of meeting someone (for the first time) in the state of Heaven? Or does it have to be a prior soul mate. Some good questions for you I hope. I'm curious! Thanks for all the great videos on this complicated subject...
Great questions, Marilyn! If people felt very clear on earth that they do not belong together, there would be no need to meet, unless there is something further to clear up. Regarding your second question, there are not multiple spouses in heaven, but everyone can meet with each person they were married to on earth in order to clearly feel out which person they truly belong with in an eternal marriage relationship. The others will find their own true soul mates. And yes, absolutely, a person who never found a soul mate on earth will find their partner in heaven! Swedenborg learned that God will provide a soul mate for everyone who wants that kind of deep, heavenly union.
I worry about what would happen if my husband or I remarry here on earth if one of us passes. He is my soul mate and I want to spend eternity with him. My fear is someone coming between us in death 😔
You don't have to worry at all, Erica. You will be with the one that your heart has truly bonded with. God makes sure of it. Have you watched this episode yet? "How You Will Fin Your Soul Mate After Death" ua-cam.com/video/7l1MNNNhitk/v-deo.html
Excellent, keep up the good work
Thank you for the kind words, Santino! I'm so glad you enjoyed this!
OK, the next question is if a married couple still has dependent children, and we will say they are all killed in a horrible accident ~ or when the Rapture happens and all are taken to Heaven at once, are they still united as a family??? My inclination as a Born Again Christian is to say yes. The God I know is all about love and wouldn't have it any other way.
I won't get into the other family dynamics such as disfunction within the family. A straightforward happy family is enough.
Sandra starting with the trust in an all loving God is a marvelous place to begin. Yes all that God does is reflected in that deep love, even if the path along the way includes suffering. Families can and do spend time with each other in the next life, and share what they enjoy about being together. Then if their loves move them to enjoy new things, that is all part of the progress of becoming an angel. Here is a playlist about heaven that you could explore. ua-cam.com/play/PLgtFTXGqZdSngp4_pz7VaYnlWzl2-tEcS.html
You've probably addressed this before so I'm sorry for asking you guys to repeat something you've likely already discussed, but could you expand on the comment Curtis made about "we all have to begin in the physical". My question would be, why? Does it have to do with free will? Why is the physical necessary, I guess is the question when we're usually told how unimportant it is because it's temporary and deceptive (i.e. smthg can 'look' good but not be good or sound good etc.). The physical just seems like hard work.
Yes, Swedenborg did learn that starting out in the physical level is crucial for get us started as eternal beings. Earthly life can be thought of as the soil that we puts roots into before sprouting up into the afterlife. Starting out here gives us the "roots" of an eternal identity that can then keep growing and flourishing forever. Earthly life can also be thought of like the shell around a seed, again, crucial for getting that plant started, but not the real life of the plant. Here's a short clip that might also help, called "What's the Point of Having a Physical Body?" ua-cam.com/video/LXj8Q2VuPfs/v-deo.html
Almost, one year already, lost my greatest love. I miss him every moment of the day. I am homesick.
I am sorry for the pain you're in, Cynthia. You must love him very much! Your love does not go unnoticed in the other world, as your spiritual connection is still very much alive.
offTheLeftEye thank you for the comfort you re offering. 🌹
@@cynthiahofstee9940 One year is still very early in the grief process, so it's normal that it still feels so very hard. Be gentle with yourself, and just take one day at a time, paying attention each day to what you need to get through. Your beloved stays very near you in love and spirit, and I'm sure he is right there with you as you gradually recover and find a way forward. Wishing you healing and peace, dear Cynthia!
offTheLeftEye thank you🌹
My late wife watches over me ut she never actually comunicates unless she feels its important. You should find the most suprising info is usually the function of your 3rd eye oposed to the chatter in your mind. Seperating imagination from psy function is the hardest thing. Me and my wife were very close. We will be reunited on the other side. If you want to hear from your loved ones crossed over then ask them to come into your dreams often they will ablighge. I find praying out loud is more well heard than praying just in the mind. Nevermind paper vows. You know if you love each other. In fact we were never legally married. She wore my ring and i called her wufe she called me husband. Often sheeple gave me a hard time about that. God knew we were so close the bond would have lasted into our 80s and 90s if she had made it past age 24. We knew that. I found it harder to lose my wife Brittany Janvier harder than anything i could imagine. If my entire blood family from both sides passed suddenly that wouldn't have effected me 1% as much as Brittanys passing affected me. I would have given my own life in a second if i could have traded my own life so she could live. I still feel guilt for living while she cannot plus i was ten years older than my wife. I'm 40 she'd be 30 now... love you for eternity Brittany. She does hear that.
What a powerful testimony about your bond with your beloved Brittany, fergal farrelly. I hope you can come to some sense of trust that you are each on your own spiritual journeys, and hers involves leaving this world at age 24, while yours involves staying in this world for a while longer. There is no guilt. She is alive and vibrant in the spiritual world, and given the bond you speak of, you will definitely meet again in the other world when it's your time to go -- love is like spiritual magnetism, and you will be drawn together. Blessings to you as you continue to live on in this world without her physical presence. You are blessed to be able to feel her spiritual presence sometimes!
Did Swedenborg said something about being single in heaven and just worshiping God single or all angels are in divine mArriage?
Swedenborg witnessed that people who had become very attached to the idea of celibacy are permitted to stay single in heaven. But most people come to realize how much happiness can come from a relationship of genuine, heavenly marriage love, and gladly enter into a relationship with their heavenly partner.
Can you please tell me which videos address that you are not a spirit or born in spirit form prior to human life. I would like to listen! Thank you again....love you guys!
Jillian, here's a clip where we explain Swedenborg's take on why we are born into a physical body: “What’s The Point of Having a Physical Body?” ua-cam.com/video/LXj8Q2VuPfs/v-deo.html
Swedenborg also discusses the idea of humans being "an desire of God" before birth - we talk more about this (and other things) in "Does My Life Matter?" ua-cam.com/video/33FfPQsf_zU/v-deo.html
I hope that's what you were looking for, Jillian, let me know how that resonates! Love you too!
what if your spouse has moved on before you get to heaven then what
I think we can't conceive of the fact that "time" in the spiritual world does not work like it does here, user-vo1. In the other world, it's all about changes of state (mental and physical), not about the passage of days and years due to the movement of earth and sun. So what might feel like a long time to us, may be a blink of an eye for our spouse. Swedenborg asserts that we do get together with our spouses on the other side, and then we see if we are eachother's true match. Nobody gets cheated out of their marriage because of a glitch in timing. God guides the process very carefully, says Swedenborg. Reassuring!
Thank you, it has helped talking to you, if I have more I will write to you, thank you agaiin
You're very welcome, Steve! Yes, please feel free to write to us any time.
Oh wow !!!. Swedenborg was able to know all these from the after life ??
Yes, Anthony! Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), a Swedish scientist and theologian, claimed to have had spiritual experiences -- comparable to NDEs or OBEs -- over a span of thirty years.
He was the first to admit that people would find this hard to believe! And we honor that everyone has to run this kind of info past their own rationality and intuition to see what resonates as true for them.
If you're interested in learning more about this 18th-century scientist and devout Bible scholar, here's a short video: ua-cam.com/video/HEa0e8AcS78/v-deo.html
A full length episode on why we trust Swedenborg: “Was Swedenborg Crazy?” ua-cam.com/video/HEa0e8AcS78/v-deo.html
and a full length introduction episode called "Swedenborg 101: The Basic Nature of Everything." ua-cam.com/video/3Q14EcEwQVQ/v-deo.html
Let me know what you think, and if you have any questions!
My husband died nearly year ago I did feel is presance for a while but now nothing it's all stopped
Hi MISSJENNYSHERE, I am so sorry for your loss! I'm glad you got to feel his presence. I think the nature of communication and connection between ourselves on earth and those we love in the next world changes a lot over time, and though he is still with you, his presence may not be so obvious. You will have to look for him in the details, such as a bird that reminds you of him or some say they feel their loved ones in a particular gust of wind...whatever it is will be unique to you. Check out, "Why Don't Those Who've Died Communicate With Us More?" ua-cam.com/video/0mViA5rOF5E/v-deo.html for more on that idea!
Sending you love and support, MISSJENNYSHERE!
So married a widower , not sure what will happen after death his previous wife was divorced twice so what's with that.
Swedenborg tells how everyone will spend time with their partners on earth, after they die. They will have a chance to discover whether they are a good match. It will be a mutual decision, no animosity or broken hearts. Then each person will live with the one person they truly belong with. In the meantime Katherine we can each work to be a loving and loyal partner. That part goes with us.
This is what Eternal Marriage is in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Couples and their children are sealed together for time and all eternity and will have the right to eternal increase of children in the highest or Celestial kingdom. Families will be linked together thru the ages. These ordinances are performed in the temples. This work is also done by proxy for everyone who has passed on who did not receive it in this world.
Sandy C, that's a really interesting similarity! I wonder if you'd like this short clip, "Family Reunion in the Afterlife," ua-cam.com/video/CbZxxQKvuHU/v-deo.html about families being together again!
I like your comment it's as if you already had a taste of heaven indeed I can see you know how loving our Creator is
I thought this bf of mine was my soulmate but we ended it on rather extremely bad terms.it was a emotional roller coaster ride throughput. Sad part is he refused to even acknowledge his mistakes. Do u think he might realize it in heaven?
Shrishti, yes, that's possible. He may even realize it on earth. But you deserve someone who loves you in a healthy way, who can grow with you - that means the humility to admit mistakes, to apologize. We can't grow and change with someone who won't acknowledge their faults, and we can't grow and change ourselves unless we can acknowledge our own faults and mistakes. Marriage (or any committed relationship) is hard work, and it can only be done by two people who are willing to be humble so that they can grow and change together!
I think we can have many true love connections that we learn and grow from. Even if they don't work out in the long term, that love will always be there and was always real. Even if you find someone else, something less chaotic, you will always love your boyfriend too, but in a different way. But know that your heart and your soul are worthy of a love that transcends petty mistakes and rises above the nitty gritty - a love that puts love before pride. If you know you are worthy and already always loved, you will find the right love for you (and if he can learn to love you that way, maybe he will, but don't ever short change yourself for something that causes you more pain than love!).
@@offTheLeftEye that's so sweet Curtis. U know I came across Swedenborg when my grandma passed away.it. was a difficult time for me .I used to get anxiety and panic attacks but I tried not to trouble him or my mom but I believe he was really affected by my sadness that time.moreover according to Swedenborg ,one has to be loyal to his / her partner only then the relationship grows in this world and the next .I wanted to help him in his addictions and anger .he depended on me for that but I myself grew weak that time and couldn't support him .it's true I am scared that I might not love anyone that way .he was my first love in the age of 20 .I would always wish best for him and truly hope.one day he may forgive me and we become good friends in the future. We both are in the same college and we avoid each other now.But I have no choice but to wish him well from a distance and be Thankful for the time he was with me.
@@offTheLeftEye and u are very much right I had to break things in the end because his pride was more important than me.and initially I was attracted to this damn care attitude but I couldn't take handle it anymore. I believed so because I believe in God and had been reading Swedenborg's views of a committed relationship which has to be with one partner forsaking all others .it's just difficult to hope for that kind of love on earth. Do u think that once we figure out our true soulmate in heaven do we get seperated over there?
@@EloraSelah I know of several couples who split up for many years, and yet later came back together and stayed together. In those cases, each person had some important work they needed to do within themselves, and in their own lives, before they were ready to be a couple again. You are keeping your heart open to the possibility of getting back with this man you love, so that means it's possible that your story together is not yet over! I think you were wise to separate for now, in order to give space for him to find ways to deal with his addiction. It sounds like he was depending on you too much, and he will need to find other ways that would not drain his partner. Have patience, and keep wishing him well from afar. Who knows what the future will bring? Just focus now on developing yourself as a person, and that will get you better prepared for your future soulmate, whoever that might be. In heaven, it will be very clear who you are meant to be with. On earth, all we can do is do our best to learn how to love in healthy ways.
@@offTheLeftEye u give very sound advice .I know God loves us no matter what. This life is a test and we undergo trials. Thank you for being so kind and taking out ur precious time
Two things I think 🤔 wish you and your family well Curtis, and I think 🤔 If you get Divorced in the world then it is extremely unlikely that you will be soulmates with a person you divorced in the afterlife, but swedenborg says you may not even meet your soulmate in this life at all, I think 🤔 I met mine her name is Mandy lol 😂 ok have a great day and hope for your next show.
I actually know two couples who got divorced, and then years later got remarried! So I guess you never know. The important thing to remember that who you end up with in the afterlife has everything to do with genuine love. You will be with the person that you are deeply in love with. It's true that many don't find their soul mate in this life. And like you, Swedenborg knew a woman that he believed would be his soul mate in the afterlife, even though he was not able to marry her on earth!
I certainly hope to see you in New video. If you leave the programe would not be the same. Also I do believe it would send the wife completely around the twist.
I don't think we're going anywhere!
@@offTheLeftEye best news I've had in awhile. ☺
I don't think he knows what really happens, Iam still with my late husband, & always will.
It's wonderful that you feel your connection with your late husband! That is what Swedenborg describes -- that people who have genuine marriage love are still together in spirit, even when one is in the afterlife and one is still on earth. Can you describe how you know that this is real and lasting?
@@offTheLeftEye of course! Sometimes I see him float by me, sometimes he called my name, out loud, then there are all the dream visitations, and wow the adventures we have are fantastic! He once told me, this is a short separation, and we will always be together. I cherish each one! Lately my youngest granddaughter, who never met him has been having conversations with him, she says his name, and has pointed to pictures of him to my daughter.🤗
@@jodistlouis3303 Wow, so very beautiful! Thank you for being willing to share this. Wishing many blessings to you and your husband, and your eternal love!
My was my Godly Soul Mate! We had so much in common! We truly believed GOD wanted us to meet, fall in love, get married, and had such a peaceful lovely, Godly marriage with 3 fantastic children. We lost him 3 years ago! The left side of my nose scratches just letting me know he is there watching me when I am alone or with company. Our beautiful daughter scratches the right side of my nose when she is checking me! I miss him terribly. Our precious daughter died from cancer 13 years ago. GOD bless you.😊
I believe "no children but produce spiritual offspring" may correspond to the love and wisdom the couple offer into the world to specific individuals though divine interactions producing a "templating" of sorts to raise anothers consciousness to pure divine love and wisdom, truth and faith. Similar to a surrogate parent...
Wow, beautiful. I love the idea of love and wisdom being put to use as specific learning opportunities for others -- whether for people on earth or others in the spiritual world! Is that what you mean, Stephanie?
In heaven I’m aware that there are houses and we will have our home, but will we share houses with our spouses? That will be nice to come to the afterlife to. You know lol :)
I think so, No Excuses KTA! I would like to. (=
Hi Curtis
Hello!
What if that person was your soul mate in the world and it didn't work out, and you and that person were twin flames, in the after life will you get back together ?
Karen, I think this is a definite possibility! This morning I read in Swedenborg's book Heaven and Hell that each of us must undergo transformation in this world (and the next), which includes what he calls shattering experiences. Shattering experiences are a shedding, or sloughing-off process, as he explains it. I imagine that two human beings whose souls are deeply connected may be temporarily separated by all the muck that is present in the transformation process. But, like the way depleted soil is transformed by [apparently icky, garbage-laden] compost, I can see in my mind's eye the beauty of the healthy flowers and fruit that come out of the rich soil that emerges at the other end of the transformation process!
It might be somewhat a problem when visiting Hell if we are attached to another with a contract.
The thought of Eternity is starting to worry me. I might have to pass up on that beautiful smile in Heaven
when she insist to put a ring on it.
ha, I have to remind myself this board might not have a sense of human humor.
To each their own. Just don't come complaining to me with the why did I say yes before walking through Hell
first. ;)
I am amazed at how people think the Spirit will be lacking in the next stage. Or why they think one soul mate is all that is present. There are no limitation unless we think that way. Once a Union with Christ comes forth, the way we deal with Eternity is quite different than here on earth. If you have found that one Love, hey go with what works for yah. There's just a few to many places I am headed too, to think in those terms. Yet God does know how to make 'em so I am holding the open mind concept.
Hi, Jim! Did you notice that you addressed your own concern? :) Earlier in your comment you mentioned the concept of eternity worrying you, and then later you expressed a reflection from another angle: "the way we deal with Eternity is quite different than here on earth." Quite right, my friend! Swedenborg says that we can make a start here, practicing becoming receptive to instruction, and in the other life that capacity to receive will be enhanced -- to eternity!
@@offTheLeftEye Yes I do know, yet I can only laugh at my self when I look in the mirror. There is no better response with self examining,
Let me ask you a question. Are you aware my community is soul mating with your community :) ?
Also are the board members of OTLE here now, aware we are soul mating together in Jesus Christ ? Our Spirits are One. This Spirit is the Life Force of Our Father and Mother Life Bearing Goodness Essence. Jesus Christ (Truth) is our Bond. We are connected my friends. :))
This Free Gift of Love Flowing out from the Father its self is Greater than any Human brain bond here on earth.
We do Love each other as we are the Closet Thing were ever going to get toward God its self.
So with that in Mind....yes we are soul mates. :)
This Love IS of the HIGHEST Order. It is to Serve.
Secret: Us Angels do not have a 50/50 Relationship as on Earth.
We all strive to make it a 100 percent one way competition. For We Know You are God in the Flesh.
Because he stopped sending me signs all together I get nothing from him
It's so painful to feel that separateness, Sarah. But that is not a defining measure of your spiritual connection -- it's just evidence that the earthly level and the spiritual level are not the same, even though they depend on eachother!
Iam Single.
Many people do not find their soul mate until later, in the afterlife. But don't worry, there is somebody special for you, and God will lead you to that person when the time is right!
Alexa Martins ...Me too. I’ve never been married or had any children. 😐
@Julian Bristow You Are Like Me! 😘
@offTheLeftEye Thankxx So Much My Dear Friend. 💖 In This Moment I Just Want A Pet 🐱🐈💖😘
Alexa a secret for you : we are all single, its just some here don't know it yet.
Hey 👋 Curtis question for you since you love being a host on swedenborg and life and it is said that there are many more jobs, in the spiritual world what would to do if you had to make a correspndence between an warthly job and a your spiritual one ☝️ lol 😂 ok take care love ya peace ✌️
Hi Michael! Yes, assuming that that communication of helpful ideas of some kind (like I try to do here on OTLE) really is the thing I can do best to contribute, it is fascinating to think of what people in that line of work would actually do on the other side. Swedenborg talks about individual spirits serving to express the ideas of whole communities, and since that distillation and communication is what we try to do at OTLE, maybe something in there? Really hard to say :) but I would hope I have something to do with giving people tools to make their lives better--thanks so much for the question, and hope all is well!
Sorry I’m little confused there is still divorce after you choose your partner in heaven?
(I’m not referring to the earthly marriage but the ones that are formed in heaven. Can they still get divorced?
I'm very confused on one too
Pam, I'm glad you asked! No, these partings that Swedenborg describes all happen in the "world of spirits," the realm between heaven and hell that people first go to after death. That is where people who had been married on earth can evaluate whether their relationship is a deep connection that will continue, or not. People who find their partners in heaven will never get divorced. At that level of awareness, there are no mistakes about who will be together or not. Marriages in heaven are based on a very clear perception that those two belong to each other, joined by God. I hope that clears it up!
Benson, check out my response to Pam, above!
offTheLeftEye thank you for the explanation!
I just cant belive what this clip is saying!
Igor - in a good way...? What doesn't feel right to you?
offTheLeftEye swedenborg is probably right, about angels having sexual love in heaven also, but all 2000 years we’ve been living in a sort of amputation of sexuality thanks to Church, I personaly belive Jesus said more about integration of sexual energy but apostoles didn’t wrote it down , that frustrates me, there is some good points in apocrific gospels, however, somebody needs to say sorry for last 2000 years of wrong or not full interpretation on sexuality in wertern civilization.
To be honest, the bigest results I have been always getting from practicing spiritual purity like church and christianity sugests, But i knew there is a giant gap towards integration
@@igorcukrovofficial3777 I understand your frustration! Jesus couldn't tell people much about spiritual sexuality back in those days, because marriage was viewed in such a materialistic and worldly way, as a contract, with the wife as property of the husband. When Swedenborg received a vision of Jesus Christ, he learned that the time had come in which people could comprehend a higher level of marriage, love, and sex. Would you be interested in reading Swedenborg's whole book about marriage love? In it, he writes about a new way to understand the concept of "chasitity" -- not as abstinence from sex, but as using sex to express genuine, committed love rather than self gratification. Here's a link to a low-cost e-book of one of the translations of that book: swedenborg.com/?s=love+in+marriage Or, you can read "Marriage Love" online in a number of different translations on this website: newchristianbiblestudy.org/exposition/translation/conjugial-love-chadwick/contents/10
What I hope for 🙏🏻💫💗
It is a promise, Frances! Do you have a spouse who is in the afterlife?
offTheLeftEye It is my deepest Hope ,my Life, My Love 💕🙏🏻
Not a good Time to stop this it is a Dark hour and we need this hope to reach out to the light you send our way 🙏🏻💫😔
@@franceslunn6162 Wishing you courage, peace, hope and love, Frances!
0h I really hope I dont have to run onto my ex husband when I cross over ..he was an awful abuser ..took me years to get away from him ...God Help me ..xo
Edith, you will only see people who it is USEFUL for you to see. If you did see your ex, it would only be if you wanted to, and I would imagine he would not be able to hurt you. But if it's not want you want, it won't happen and you can let that thought go! If you had to be with people who hurt and tortured you, it would hardly be heaven! You will be safe and loved there, and if you were in an abusive marriage, you certainly won't be forced to endure that in the next life. You will be with someone who loves you, and who you love just as much. God bless you, I'm so glad you are free!
Thank you ..xoxo 💕 blessings ...!! 🤗
@@edithmahoney9094 You're very welcome. Wishing God's blessings and peace to you, too!
In heaven there is no more procreation. But when there is a new heaven and a new earth, things will start again. So it is possible that procreation will begin again later in this aspect of eternity. Just as in Noah's time, the Scriptures state that people "married and were given in marriage until the day Noah entered into the ark." (Luke 17: 26-27) They went about their lives, but the end was coming with the Flood. So the end came and people had to start all over again. When the "Son of Man" (Luke 17:26) comes there will be another ceasing of marriage when the world comes to an end. I believe all those who are destined for heaven will exist in a spiritual form for some period of time and marry, then, at the Resurrection, receive glorified bodies, just as Christ did and Moses and Elijah in the Transfiguration. At the Resurrection, marriage will cease momentarily again, just as in Noah's time with the Flood. After the new heaven and earth are created, then we will return in glorified form and begin again. Our bodies will be renewed and functioning again, only better, glorified and eternal. So procreation cannot be completely ruled out for all eternity just because it does not exist in heaven . I guess what I am saying is that marriage seems to be correlated with these three times when a type of ending or transition comes. The Flood. The End of the World. The Resurrection. These three things halt marriage but not permanently. Whatever Swedenborg may have seen of heaven, it does not seem that he was given any vision of what the new heaven and new earth will be like. No one knows that except God.
Interesting thoughts, Roz! Thank you for sharing them! Swedenborg thought that the Bible was written in spiritual parable, what he called the language of correspondences, and that everything within it has an inner, spiritual meaning. Here is a clip we did about that phrase - "given in marriage" - "Did Jesus Say There's No Marriage in Heaven?" ua-cam.com/video/Nfy6JNC4BwQ/v-deo.html
As for what Swedenborg saw of a new heaven and earth, he interpreted this as spiritual truth too - he believed this new heaven was actually created, but the new earth is a new spiritual era. Here are a couple of episodes about that:
"How Soon A New Spiritual Era is to be Expected" ua-cam.com/video/7fnIXRkX_cs/v-deo.html
"The Spiritual Future of the Human Race" ua-cam.com/video/wN0c1q_Ca2M/v-deo.html
See also, "End Times and Jesus Christ," ua-cam.com/video/x65SXTNlhTo/v-deo.html and "The Last Judgment" ua-cam.com/video/1aatSnt0ahc/v-deo.html
Hope those are useful to you, thank you so much for sharing your perspective and your wisdom with us! Blessings!
@@offTheLeftEye I agree that there will be marriage in heaven both before and after the Resurrection and have watched the first video you list. I am always watching more of your videos to get a better understanding of Swedenborg. But where I think I am differing in comparison to his thinking is that I believe the new heaven and new earth will not be only a spiritual world but a world of both and eternal spiritual world and an eternal PHYSICAL world permanently united with the spiritual world. I say this because of how I am understanding the duality of existence. I preface my remarks here by stating that I studied for my doctoral degree in English Romanticism, specifically Shelley's poetry. I also went to seminary. In traditional Christianity, Christ is described as having dual natures, being 100% God and 100% man. He is not a man that the Holy Spirit later descended onto, a doctrine known as Arianism. Neither is He God who only appeared to have flesh but is purely Spirit, a doctrine known as Gnosticism. Paul referred to Christ as "the firstborn among many brethren." (Romans 8:29) in describing Christ thusly, Paul is stating that Christ resurrected both spiritually and physically. Therefore, His existence is both physical and spiritual and this is an eternal state, an state to which we, as the "many brethren" will follow. Therefore, physical reality and physical existence will at some point return to the state it was in in the Garden of Eden. Eternal, both physically and spiritually. Some of the reason for this preoccupation with the spiritual being the absolute highest form of existence comes from the belief in matter or the physical world as being corrupt and that only that which is unseen and spiritual is pure. These ideas go back to Platonism. But according to God at the time of creation, all matter that he created was described by Him as good. Therefore, I think that a lot of what Swedenborg says about everything in the world he sees beyond this one being all spiritual and that everything has spiritual correspondences leads me to believe that he conceived the physical world as being unable to exist in a state of perfection and that therefore, everything must be spiritual in order for it to be perfect or uncorrupt. I believe that because God incarnated Himself as the Second Person or manifestation of the Trinity (note: the Second Person always existed, just not in incarnate form), God demonstrated to us that physical matter was once perfect and can be perfect throughout eternity. That is why I believe the new heaven and new earth are not just spiritual realities but will also be physical realities. For this reason, then, it is possible that procreation may still occur just as it was to occur in the Garden of Eden before the Fall. There is nothing in the Scriptures to indicate there is a set number of humans that will exist. Only that a third of the angels fell, indicating that angels have a limited number of beings. But not people.
@@rozchristopherson648 fascinating, thank you for taking the time to share all of this with us! I love this idea, of a perfect spiritual AND physical reality. And agree with you that Jesus is both fully Divine and fully human, which connects with the Bible's repeated assertion that we humans are made in God's image - that of the Divine human!
So Jesus' life was this process of making his physical human fully divine, through his work on earth, his death, and his resurrection. For more on Swedenborg's view of this process, see "Why Did Jesus Suffer and Die?" ua-cam.com/video/VqsbY9gRXxo/v-deo.html
Or, see Swedenborg's book that explains this in detail through Scripture, "The Lord," available for free download here: swedenborg.com/product/lord-nce/
We have more episodes about the life of Jesus but I think I've already given you too many! So let me know if you ever want more of those (or you can just search "Off The Left Eye Jesus" too).
We believe the Trinity is three aspects of one being, just as the soul, the body, and the actions they produce are all part of what make a single human. (Here's the link to our episode on that idea, if that interests you: ua-cam.com/video/-YbEHk2N884/v-deo.html)
But back to the idea of all things being good, and all things returning to good - I like this idea, personally (Melissa here). And while Swedenborg thought we would move - or could move - into an age where genuine love of the Lord and each other could open up incredible possibilities, such as speaking directly with angels and spirits as he claims ancient people were able to do, I'm not sure he thought we'd ever be perfect.
Free will is a large part of his theology, and how he understands our relationship with God. This would mean that there always has to be an alternative to good in order for our choice to have meaning, and in order for us to have freedom.
So, if we are bound by Swedenborgian theology, we have to accept that things won't ever be perfect, and we won't all be good - but it's my personal belief that the "alternative to good" we could experience could be significantly less harmful than what the average human lives through to day. People experience so much pain, isolation, fear, and darkness in their lives today - but I believe we experience less than those that came before us, overall.
And I believe we can continue in this trajectory of being more considerate of each other, maybe one day even actively loving everyone as God asks us to, and then what would evil look like? Would it be the hard things people live with today - murder, abuse, etc. - or would it be mild indifference, a slightly bad mood or a nagging doubt we ultimately resolve? How evil would we let ourselves get, once we have worked our way back to good and know how wonderful it is by comparison?
So those are some thoughts, and I hope they make sense! I think I agree with you, that things will be very different, humans will be very different, and our world will be so much better for everyone someday! What do you think, does that resonate with you, Roz? It's such a pleasure to get to learn all you have studied in your own spiritual journey, thank you for taking the time to share it with us! Blessings!
@@offTheLeftEye Hello Melissa and thank you for your wonderful and thoughtful response to my comment. There is so much for me to digest so It will take me a few times revisiting your response. I hope that is ok. For now, i would like to address one of the points you made concerning Swedenborg's theology. You stated that free will is part of his theology and that in order for good to mean anything and for our choices to mean anything, there must be the presence of both good and evil or good and bad. I agree that this is part of our existence. It seems to have been a part of our existence from the Garden of Eden and the creation of the first man and woman. Adam and Even were told what not to do. Do not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. They were told to eat from anything else there but not from that tree. However, they chose not to follow God's command. Now, humans exist in a state where they must operate according to that choice to not follow God's command. I don't think that can be fully described as simply a choice. Not the original command. Accepting the original command to not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was really the will to obey. After the Fall, then there was the desire for good and evil.
Afterward, God removed Adam and Eve from the Garden so that they could not eat from the tree of life, which is Christ, because then they would have been eternally in a fallen state. Note, however, that eating from the tree of life was not forbidden until they disobeyed God's command. What I am saying is that we cannot really judge life with God in heaven or in the new earth and heaven by what we consider freedom of choice here in our fallen world or even describe what happened to Adam and Eve as freedom of choice. In the case of the Fall, there was disobedience to a command. The angels decided to follow God or Satan and one third fell and were kicked out of heaven. But we are not told that Satan has the power of choice anymore or that the good angels can still chooses to do bad things and follow Satan. No. Their fate is sealed on both sides. Likewise, once we go through with life here and the Resurrection and glorification of our new bodies, our fate is sealed like that of the angels. We have made our choice to desire God. We do not need to be in a dilemma of choosing between good and evil anymore, vacillating back and forth. We are eating from the tree of life--Christ--and are eternal beings with God after that. So the theology of good vs. evil and freedom of choice, etc. is effectively over at that stage in the game. We want to be with God for eternity. We are not ever going to be God Himself, so that type of perfection will not exist. But we will be perfect as God intended us to be. We won't have to strive to choose Him or to be better. As it is stated, we will be like the angels in heaven. From that point onward, we are sealed with the will to desire God and only God and that is the whole point of the Incarnation and Christ's
sacrifice on the Cross.
@@rozchristopherson648 yes, I think Swedenborg would agree with you! He says that once in heaven, the Lord protects us from temptation - from the desire to do evil, and the Lord does this for us because we want that, and we chose it. The same could be true on earth, if we want it! I know I've already linked so many videos, but there's just so much to share! We have an episode about this protection from hell; "Evil Rejects God's Protection From Hell" ua-cam.com/video/NGGvOYLHiHc/v-deo.html
Also, Swedenborg also believed that angels are not a separate race, but in fact are humans who have died and gone to heaven, and devils are humans who have died and gone to hell; check out this short clip: "Were Angels and Demons Once Human?" ua-cam.com/video/8HWqUZSOcNI/v-deo.html.
He does talk about "devils" and "satans," but doesn't believe in a being called The Devil - rather, the term "The Devil" for him refers to the collective energy of hell. If you're curious about his perspective, here are some full length videos on that: "Is the Devil Real?" ua-cam.com/video/ljR4_gs0Tek/v-deo.html
"Was Lucifer Really An Angel Who Fell From Heaven?" ua-cam.com/video/V7JMUhYqgHs/v-deo.html
I am so fascinated by what you point out about us being like angels in heaven - wanting to be with God - and not having the same dilemma and fight with evil on this earth that we do now. I love that idea and hope that is indeed the way we are headed, where people are naturally in a more spiritual state, and more connected to God and heavenly things! Sounds wonderful, and thank you for sharing that!
I do feel like, in spite of all the hardship, that is the direction we are headed. I think people are overall more loving to each other now, and striving for more understanding and connection, than ever before in recorded history! I think we are on the right path, but it may not be a quick journey.
As always, what we share on this channel is from Swedenborg's theology and perspective - it's always an invitation to look deeper; an offering; but never an obligation! So explore what feels right to you! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts!
Do our prayers for the dead impact them ?
Any loving thoughts and feelings directed toward someone can have a supportive impact. But there is no need for intercessory prayer, because God and angels love everyone more than we can image, and are doing everything possible to help them. You might enjoy this article: "The Magical Power of Prayer" swedenborg.com/the-magical-power-of-prayer/ or our episode "What Does Prayer Do?" ua-cam.com/video/0SYjFnJogJU/v-deo.html
There are many kinds of love and in Earth biology fuels romantic love. In spirit what would fuel romantic love and what harmonizes these kinds of relationships?
In the physical we can high sexual attraction to a person but not be romantically compatible and vice versa... can scenarios like these exist in spirit? Relationships are complicated and I just wonder if that carries over in the afterlife.
Rick, great questions! Swedenborg tells us that we still experience romantic AND sexual connection in the afterlife, and that it can be even better than it is on earth. The principle difference is that sex does not lead to reproduction, as it does on earth, but to "spiritual offspring" that Swedenborg seems to liken to a spiritual renewal.
I think romantic love on earth is only a fraction of what we can experience of love, in this life and the next. Attraction will be more direct, because part of the process we go through when we arrive in the spiritual world is shedding our external layers and appearances and attitudes that don't reflect who we truly are. Once we become our most authentic selves, "dating" would be much easier - because there's no hiding anything anymore. Attraction, therefore, would be more powerful and it would be hard to mislead anyone. Swedenborg describes spirits who were married on earth meeting again in the next world and "living together for a time," getting reacquainted. Some of them stay together, but others decide to move on. Some go peacefully, some fight and realize they need to separate. But I think they come to an agreement and wish the other well, and then find a partner they're better suited to.
So in other words, it varies from person to person or couple to couple, but I do think that on the whole, it's much less complicated there than here because we are more ourselves. And we have lots of love to look forward to as well!
@@offTheLeftEye Thank you for the reply and harmony is what I was expecting. Like how the outer nature reflects the inner nature in Heaven. The strength of desire corresponds to the strength of attraction so there is no confusion or competing desires. Unlike in Earth where outer attraction like that in biology can conflict with inner truthful desire.
@@rickrouse7865 Exactly!
So you also believe that we're outa here SOON????
Not necessarily, Anne. Although Swedenborg says that those who have died look back on their time on earth as a blip on the radar, so it doesn't feel so long as it did here!
It’s about attachment. Let it go.
If the love is genuine and deep, then it is not merely attachment! It's an eternal, heavenly bond.
What is Swedenborg’s views on homosexuality?
Great question, TheLackstar. Swedenborg barely mentions homosexuality at all, which is notable in itself. Jesus, also, did not speak out against homosexuality. Instead, Jesus spoke out against adultery and lust. So, rather than focus on external forms of sex, Jesus pointed to paying attention to how sex is used. Adultery is using sex to betray a commitment to someone. Lust does not mean just sexual desire (which is a good thing as a part of a loving and committed relationship), but instead means using sexual desire for selfish self-gratification, using people instead of loving people. Jesus was constantly working to steer people away from judging things according to outward appearances or circumstances, but instead look at the deeper things, like goals and intentions and motivations.
Swedenborg echoes this in his writings. He states that adultery and lust are the things that can lead a person in the direction of hell, because they are selfish and opposed to heavenly love toward others. (Swedenborg listed 4 kinds of hellish lust: the lust to deflower, the lust for variety, the lust of rape, and the lust to seduce innocents.) So again, a focus on how people are *using* sex. He learned that God and heaven are not concerned with people's outer actions, but instead are concerned with their inner motivations and intentions. God is looking at people's hearts and minds, and all that they are dealing with. If a person is doing the best they can, no matter what external and bodily situation they are dealing with, to become more genuinely kind and useful toward others, then they are on a path to heaven. All people are beloved by God, and God is the only one that can know what each person is dealing with in their heart and mind, and help them to sort it all out after death.
If you read the stories about how Jesus acted, he always ignored the judgmental nature of society and the religious leaders who were wanting to condemn people for not externally living in a certain way. Instead, Jesus took each person as an individual instead of part of a "category", reached out to people that society considered in the wrong or outcasts, and looked at their hearts in order to see the best and most wise and loving way to help and heal and guide. And he spoke the most criticism toward those who self-righteously condemned others! Swedenborg emphasizes that it is not our place to make spiritual judgments about others, because we cannot know their hearts and minds.
So, there are some thoughts. I hope that helps!
@@offTheLeftEye my inner heart and mind tells me this is "spot on"! the question is: why do people choose to condemn and/or judge others on issues that don't affect or cause problems for others? who do these kinds of people think they are, anyway? God?
@@wmw4339 Good question! I think there are people who believe that it is their religious duty, but Jesus clearly told people to "judge not."
And we sure love you, too, friend!
So we can believe Swedenborg about marriage, or Jesus Christ. We have this guy Curtiss and some man who lived over two hundred years ago calling god a liar.
Jesus warned us about false prophets to come.
Be careful who you follow.
If there really is marriage in heaven, why didn’t Jesus say so during his earthly incarnation?
Because Jesus could not speak plainly about heavenly things when people were so earthly-minded. He had to speak in parable:
“All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them.”
-Matthew 13:34
“These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.”
-John 16:25
“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now” (John 16:12).
“If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?” (John 3:12).
The people asking Jesus about marriage in heaven thought of wives as a piece of property that would be passed from brother to brother. So Jesus could not talk to them about the spiritual union of hearts and minds that is heavenly marriage. We address the deeper meanings of Jesus's words in this short clip:
"Did Jesus Say There's No Marriage In Heaven?" ua-cam.com/video/Nfy6JNC4BwQ/v-deo.html
In other words you can maybe answer a serious question for me - you are saying with this video that we still can & do make love in Heaven. NOT talking about LUST!!!
Yes, Anne Goldie, that's exactly what we're saying!
@@offTheLeftEye Thank you for answering me, Curtis - shortly after my friend & love & future husband died, I had a dream of him & we were making love!
@@annegoldie2983 That will continue to be a loving part of your relationship in the afterlife!
Love 💗 transcends all bullshit hate to say it like that but I think 🤔 you get it lol 😂
Eventually, YES, The Cube! Hoping to see more and more evidence in THIS world that Love Wins.
I would Love to have my own children. Why can’t that happen?
We are what we love. If children are core to what you love (who you are), you will be blessed with the presence and care of children in the afterlife! "Children in Heaven" ua-cam.com/video/dVJDMaXaafk/v-deo.html
Christian, my loved one. Wife & bride.
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her; those who hold her fast will be blessed.
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who is wise saves lives.
Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
Proverbs 15:4
The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
Isaiah 49:18
Lift up your eyes and look around; all your children gather and come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the Lord,
“you will wear them all as ornaments; you will put them on, like a bride.
Isaiah 61:10
I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed
me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Isaiah 62:5
As a young man marries a young woman, so will your Builder marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you.
--John 2:9
and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had
drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside
John 3:29
The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s
voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
Revelation 19:7
Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
Revelation 21:2
I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
Revelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take
the free gift of the water of life.
Isaiah 25:8
he will swallow up d/eat/h forever. The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. The Lord has spoken.
1 Corinthians 15:54
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “D/eat/h
has been swallowed up in victory.”
---2 Corinthians 5:4
For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly
dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
Psalm 45:2
You are the most excellent of men and your lips have been anointed with grace, since God has blessed you forever.
Proverbs 3:22
they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck.
Proverbs 4:9
She will give you a garland to grace your head and present you with a glorious crown.”
Isaiah 26:10
But when grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and do not regard the majesty of the Lord.
John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Acts 15:11
No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
----Romans 15:15
Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me
2 Corinthians 1:2
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:15
All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 6:1
As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
2 Corinthians 8:7
But since you excel in everything-in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled
in you-see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
2 Thessalonians 2:16
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope,
Timothy 1:9
He has saved us and called us to a holy life-not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us
in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,
-----Titus 2:11
For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.
Hebrews 10:29
How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an
unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
1 Peter 1:10
Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care,
1 Peter 4:10
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.
2 John 1:3
Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love.
Revelation 22:21
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.
John 4:23
Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
--- ---John 14:17
the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
John 16:13
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you
what is yet to come.
1 John 5:6
This is the one who came by water and blood-Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
Proverbs 18:21
The tongue has the power of life and d/eat/h, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 19:8
The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.
Proverbs 21:21
Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.
John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
--- - ---Galatians 5:13
[ Life by the Spirit ] You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.
James 1:12
Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.
Jude 1:21
keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
Psalm 120:6
Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.
Psalm 122:8
For the sake of my family and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”
Proverbs 14:30
A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
Lords Chosen,Covenant messenger,
Troy aka Life
Isaiah 9:6
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:7
Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness
from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.
Isaiah 32:17
The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.
Isaiah 48:18
If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like the waves of the sea.
Ezekiel 37:26
I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers,
and I will put my sanctuary among them forever.
Malachi 2:5
“My covenant was with him, a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him; this called for reverence and he revered me and stood in awe of my name.
Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
John 14:23
Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.
Ephesians 2:14
For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,
Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Isaiah 66:2
Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?” declares the Lord. “These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.
Hebrews 2:11
Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.
Hebrews 8:13
By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.
Hebrews 10:14
For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
--1 John 4:12
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
Isaiah 62:5
As a young man marries a young woman, so will your Builder marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you.
Ephesians 2:15
by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace,
Revelation 19:7
Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
Matthew 25:5
The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
Galatians 3:15
[ The Law and the Promise ] Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case.
Isaiah 54:5
For your Maker is your husband- the Lord Almighty is his name- the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth.
---Hosea 2:16
“In that day,” declares the Lord, “you will call me ‘my husband’; you will no longer call me ‘my master.’
Titus 2:5
to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
1 Peter 3:7
Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious
gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.
Revelation 21:2
I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
1 Corinthians 15:45
So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.
1 Corinthians 15:46
The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.
1 Corinthians 15:44
it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
----Ephesians 4:4
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;
1 Thessalonians 5:23
May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 8:2
because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
1 Timothy 6:13
In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you
2 Timothy 1:10
but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
Daniel 2:44
“In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms
and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.
Ephesians 3:9
and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
Hello, my friend! Is there a line of scripture in your list that you care to elaborate on? I'd love to know which one has special meaning to you in your life.
@@offTheLeftEye They all do. I DO said both bride and the brides-groom, and the delay all these years of the turning away in the knowledge they forsake- as witness to my wife Christian and to life for the message is and was and is to be. In the light of life and the knowledge it provides
within my accepted seed in truth faith and deed.
Christian, my loved one wife & bride.
Ephesians 2:14
For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,
Matthew 19:5
and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
1 Corinthians 1:10
[ A Church Divided Over Leaders ] I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you
agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.
Ephesians 5:31
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
Colossians 2:2
My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding,
in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
Luke 14:17
At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
Revelation 19:7
Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
--Revelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
Revelation 22:1
[ Eden Restored ] Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
Revelation 21:6
He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life.
John 4:14
but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
John 7:38
Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
Jeremiah 17:13
Lord, you are the hope of Israel; all who forsake you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust because they have forsaken the Lord, the spring of living water.
Song of Songs 4:12
You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride; you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.
---Ephesians 4:15
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
Ephesians 4:16
From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
Colossians 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.
Colossians 2:19
They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.
Ezekiel 37:5
This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life.
Matthew 19:17
“Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
Revelation 11:11
But after the three and a half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them.
-- --Revelation 21:27
Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
Malachi 3:2
But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap.
Ephesians 5:26
to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her; those who hold her fast will be blessed.
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who is wise saves lives.
Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
Proverbs 15:4
The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
-- - --Revelation 2:7
Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
Revelation 22:2
down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
Revelation 22:14
“Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city.
Revelation 22:19
And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.
Revelation 21:22
I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
Revelation 21:23
The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.
Revelation 22:3
No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him.
Chosen, helper,
Troy aka Life
It is our longing for eternal love that we remain married to our spouses in Heaven in perfect union with God. But I as Jesus said to the Sadducees in Matthew 22:23-30:
“The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother: Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. And last of all the woman died also. Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.”
Hi, atgred! That passage is indeed misleading in its literal sense. The mission of our channel is to share the works of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), a Swedish scientist and late-in-life theologian, who was also a scholar of the Bible. Swedenborg began to have spiritual experiences and visions that he claimed were directly revealed from Jesus Christ and the afterlife, and spent the remainder of his life recording what he learned and publishing his works. This lasted for almost thirty years. Swedenborg was raised a Lutheran, and read and loved the Bible. But he also wrote that the Bible contains hidden inner meanings that he was shown to share with the world, meanings the Bible tells us are there, “All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them.” -Matthew 13:34
If you want to learn more about Swedenborg, check out our short clip here, "Who Was Swedenborg?" ua-cam.com/video/HEa0e8AcS78/v-deo.html
If you'd be at all interested in hearing how the ideas in this show are grounded in the Bible, I recommend the recorded episodes of this Bible study: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com/or
Here is how Emanuel Swedenborg interprets the particular passage you shared in your comment, atgred: from the book "Conjugial Love," on the passage quoted in Matthew 22:
"There are two things which the Lord taught by these words: First, that man rises again after death; and secondly, that in heaven they are not given in marriage. That man rises again after death He taught by saying that, 'God is not the God of the dead, but of the living,' and that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are alive. He also taught the same in the parable of the rich man in hell and Lazarus in heaven (Luke 16:22-31); secondly, that in heaven they are not given in marriage, He taught by the words: 'They that shall be accounted worthy to attain the other age neither marry nor are given in marriage.' From the words which immediately follow, that they cannot die anymore, because they are like the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection, it is very evident that no other nuptials are meant here than spiritual nuptials. By spiritual nuptials conjunction with the Lord is meant, and this is effected on earth; and when it has been effected on earth it has been effected in the heavens also; and therefore, they are not married and given in marriage again in the heavens. And this is also meant by the words, 'The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, but they that are accounted worthy to attain the other age neither marry nor are given in marriage. They are also called by the Lord sons of nuptials' (Matthew 9:15; Mark 2:19); and here angels, sons of God, and sons of the resurrection. That to be married is to be conjoined with the Lord, and that to enter into marriage is to be received in heaven by the Lord, is clear from the following passages: -
The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man, a king, who made a marriage for his son, and sent forth servants and invited to the nuptials (Matthew 22:1-14).
The kingdom of heaven is like unto ten virgins, who went forth to meet the bridegroom; five of whom that were ready went in to the nuptials (Matthew 25:1, seq.).
It is evident from verse 13 there (where it is said, 'Watch, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh') that the Lord here meant Himself. Also from the Apocalypse: -
The time of the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself ready. Blessed are they that are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb (Revelation 19:7, 9).
That there is a spiritual meaning in all the words, and in every single word that the Lord spoke, is fully shown in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem concerning the Sacred Scripture, published at Amsterdam in the year 1763."
You can search Swedenborg's works at newchristianbiblestudy.org - I typed this passage and found that explanation! Fascinating. Let me know what you think!
My husband just passed Feb 8. He died in my arms. I told him not to leave me but what is really strange is that our marriage feels even stronger now, and he's not here in body. Let me rephrase that last sentence. It feels as if the bond and love is stronger than it ever has been. I love him so much. Two days before he passed he asked me if I was going to miss him. He knew he was going to die. I want him to wait for me.
It'sTricia'sLife, thank you for sharing that powerful story with us. I am sorry for your recent loss. It gives me so much hope to know that even in the heartache you still feel connected and bonded! You clearly have a powerful spiritual connection and awareness of each other. Swedenborg talked about death being a transition, that our losses are just temporary separations. I think you and your husband understand this.
Each of us have soulmates and can spend eternity with them! You were lucky to find yours on earth, and of course he will wait for you! Why wouldn't he? Your are his soul mate! No one else would ever do. And for him, the time will feel like nothing, since spirits experience time and space so differently. Here are some episodes that I hope bring you some joy and comfort when you think of him and feel his presence with you:
"Spiritual Marriage," ua-cam.com/video/K7Nyz6EvR18/v-deo.html
"2 Become 1 In A Twin Flame Relationship," ua-cam.com/video/3KaqTwpY27A/v-deo.html
'There Is a Union of Minds In A Twin Flame Relationship" ua-cam.com/video/0mnbwQtcZ7M/v-deo.html
"What A Twin Flame Couple Looks Like," ua-cam.com/video/LW0PudFWrfg/v-deo.html
Sending love!
@@offTheLeftEye WOW! Thank you so much for your reply. I didn't expect to get one. The hurt is less now b/c I know I will see him again and this is only temporary. He just graduated to the next level. I just can't believe how strong our love is and yes no one else will do. I want him. Someone told me, he wants me to be happy, they wanted me to find someone else to date. Under no circumstance will I do that. I consider myself still married to him. I feel it. Plus I told him I would never marry again. I will wait for him. Thanks for all your video's you shared. I will definitely watch them. I love your show and the video's you put out. It has taken a lot of the fear away from dying. You explain everything so well.
@@carnation038 I'm so glad that the information we share has brought some comfort to you, and that it gives you permission to still consider yourself married to your dear husband. God bless!
Ery hard to listen to you as you ramble rather than speak!
Hi Donna, sorry if you don't like the style of presentation here! I want to remind you that the passage number is in the description, and we offer links to download the books for free so you can always read on your own if this format is confusing or frustrating to you.
You can also search the book and number directly at newchristianbiblestudy.org if you don't want to download anything!
Here is the passage Curtis read in this episode, so you can read it on your own, found from newchristianbiblestudy.org: newchristianbiblestudy.org/exposition/translation/conjugial-love-acton/contents/450
You may enjoy our other programs more, this series is called "News From Heaven," but we also release short clips regularly, and have "Swedenborg & Life" hosted by Curtis that are more in depth episodes and "Swedenborg & Life Live" hosted by Curtis and Jonathon together that may be easier to follow.
To download books for free please go to the Swedenborg Foundation website, here: swedenborg.com/bookstore/e-books/
Hope that helps, thanks Donna!
Bob Masters here come on shoveling snow places I thought that we did not have a male and female gender in the spirit world
Swedenborg witnessed that people in the afterlife still have gender, and still have marriages!
When did “conjugal” become “conjugial”. Why do allegedly educated American insist on showing their ognorance?!
The word "conjugal" can be used to mean anything connected with earthly marriage contracts. Swedenborg purposely coined a new word, "conjugial" to specifically mean a spiritual, heavenly marriage relationship -- an actual union of hearts and minds.