Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 499

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499. CONTINUATION CONCERNING THE HEAVENLY BODY You will see it was said [n. 488] that the entire heaven relates to the Body of our Savior, Who governs the universe as His Body, thus without any difficulty, and that the universe would be dissipated unless each and all things did refer to His Body and were governed by Him. In His Body, as in the human body, there are, as it were two kingdoms, one pertaining to the heart, and the other to the lungs. That which pertains to the heart is called celestial, that which pertains to the lungs is called spiritual, and these two kingdoms are wonderfully united, and both the one and the other rule in each single province, but distinctly.

499 1/2. It was told me that the members of generation form by themselves a distinct kingdom [in the Grand Man], and they also are distinct or separate as in man.


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