Reincarnation
12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out...
21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. -Revelation 3:12 Bible, King James Version (KJV)
Apocalypse Explained, by Emanuel Swedenborg, [1757-9], tr. by John Whitehead [1911], at sacred-texts.com
219. Verse 12. He that overcometh I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, signifies that those who are steadfast will be in Divine truth in heaven...
221. And he shall go out thence no more, signifies that they shall be in it to eternity...
253. Verse 21. He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit with Me in My throne, signifies that he who is steadfast to the end of life shall be conjoined with heaven where the Lord is... "Overcoming," ...here it means to be steadfast in a state of faith from charity... This is what "overcoming" means; because so long as man lives in the world he is in combat against the evils and the falsities therefrom that are with him; and he who is in combat, and is steadfast in the faith of charity even to the end of life, overcomes; and he who overcomes in the world overcomes to eternity, since man after death is such as his life had been in the world. This is evident also from the signification of "to sit with Me in My throne," as being to be conjoined with heaven where the Lord is; for "throne" signifies heaven, and to "sit with Me" signifies to be together with the Lord, thus conjoined to Him.
Arcana Coelestia, by Emanuel Swedenborg, [1749-56], tr. by John F. Potts [1905-10], at sacred-texts.com
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As to... the souls newly arriving from the world, those coming from the Christian world think and plan for scarcely anything else than to become the greatest, and to possess all things; so that all are devoured with the love of self and of the world, which loves are utterly contrary to heavenly order (n. 2057); besides that very many think of nothing but filthy, obscene, and profane things, and among themselves speak of nothing else. They also make nothing of and utterly despise all things that are of charity and faith; and do not acknowledge the Lord Himself; nay, they hate all who confess Him; for in the other life thoughts and hearts speak. Besides all this, on account of the infamous [wicked; abominable] life of parents, hereditary evils are becoming more malignant [disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately,] and like inward fires fostered in secret, stimulate man to greater profanation [The act of violating sacred things, or of treating them with contempt or irreverence] of what is honorable and pious than heretofore. At the present day such persons flock in crowds into the other life, and fill to repletion [the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled] the exterior and interior spheres of the world of spirits, as already said. When evil thus begins to prevail, and the equilibrium begins to incline to the side of evil, it is thereby clearly perceived that the last time is at hand, and that the equilibrium is going to be restored by the rejection of those who are within the church, and the reception of others who are outside.
As to... the souls newly arriving from the world, those coming from the Christian world think and plan for scarcely anything else than to become the greatest, and to possess all things; so that all are devoured with the love of self and of the world, which loves are utterly contrary to heavenly order (n. 2057); besides that very many think of nothing but filthy, obscene, and profane things, and among themselves speak of nothing else. They also make nothing of and utterly despise all things that are of charity and faith; and do not acknowledge the Lord Himself; nay, they hate all who confess Him; for in the other life thoughts and hearts speak. Besides all this, on account of the infamous [wicked; abominable] life of parents, hereditary evils are becoming more malignant [disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately,] and like inward fires fostered in secret, stimulate man to greater profanation [The act of violating sacred things, or of treating them with contempt or irreverence] of what is honorable and pious than heretofore. At the present day such persons flock in crowds into the other life, and fill to repletion [the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled] the exterior and interior spheres of the world of spirits, as already said. When evil thus begins to prevail, and the equilibrium begins to incline to the side of evil, it is thereby clearly perceived that the last time is at hand, and that the equilibrium is going to be restored by the rejection of those who are within the church, and the reception of others who are outside.
Paramahansa Yogananda teaches regarding these scriptures: "Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out (ie. shall reincarnate no more) ...To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne." -Revelation 3:12,21 ('Autobiography of a Yogi' by Paramahansa Yogananda p346)
He also teaches that; "The early Christian church accepted the doctrine of reincarnation, which was expounded by the Gnostics and by numerous church fathers, including Clement of Alexandria, the celebrated Origen (both 3rd century), and St. Jerome (5th century). The doctrine was first declared a heresy in A.D. 553 by the Second Council of Constantinople. At that time many Christians thought the doctrine of reincarnation afforded man too ample a stage of time and space to encourage him to strive for immediate salvation. …The truth is that man reincarnates on earth until he has consciously regained his status as a son of God." (Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda p172)
George King reveals in his book The Nine Freedoms: "Reincarnation is, in the eyes of the great Masters, not a theory, but an essential part of Divine Truth, an aspect which, sooner or later, must be taught by every major Religion on Earth. …Not for very much longer can the orthodox leaders of the Christian Religion suppress the existence of Truth regarding reincarnation." (p111)
On this subject the Archangel Michael teaches us: "In the hundreds and thousands of embodiments in which you have lived, similar to these, is the proof that mankind had forgotten their Source." (The Voice of the I AM 1942 November p4)
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