What is the Biblical Basis for Humans becoming Angels after they Die?
(Note: This post is a slightly edited version of a question and answer I recently wrote and posted on Christianity StackExchange. You can see the StackExchange version here.) Clarence and George: It’s...
View ArticleAre Deaths from Natural Disasters an Unavoidable Side-Effect of God’s Creation?
Aftermath of an earthquake As amazing and beautiful as this physical universe is, it is also filled with almost unimaginable cataclysmic violence—which commonly brings suffering, pain, and death to the...
View ArticleDeath and Rebirth, Chapter 1: The Experience of Dying
For the Introduction, click here. There is a difference between Swedenborg’s experience and the experiences of people who have come close to dying and have returned. When Swedenborg described the...
View ArticleDeath and Rebirth, Chapter 2: Our First Stage After Death
For Chapter 1, click here. In his Forward to The Tibetan Book of the Dead John Woodroffe says: Life immediately after death is, according to this view, as Spiritists assert, similar to, and a...
View ArticleDeath and Rebirth, Chapter 3: Our Second Stage After Death
For Chapter 2, click here. After we die we initially go back to an outward lifestyle similar to the one we had before we died. But that doesn’t last long. Soon our outer layers start getting peeled...
View ArticleDeath and Rebirth, Chapter 4: Our Third Stage After Death
For Chapter 3, click here. Near-death experiencers who meet the being of light say that this being emphasizes love and learning as the most important things in life. The love must come from within, but...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Act Sensibly for Everyone’s Good
In The New Jerusalem #100 Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) wrote: Kindness is doing things sensibly so that good will come from them. Microscope image of SARS-CoV-2 As I write this, fear and panic are...
View ArticleWhat is an Angel of Death?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Mpho Montsho: Let me share a question I was asked. It will be good to have you answer it on my behalf...
View ArticleMarriage in Heaven: A Response to Tom Wenig
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Deeply Wounded: Hi Lee, it’s me again. I am still struggling with how I am single and alone. I saw this...
View ArticleHow Can I Be Sure that My Partner will Be Waiting for Me in Heaven?
The article “Will Happily Married Couples be Together in Heaven?” has become one of the most heavily read posts here on the Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life website. Since the time it was published...
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