Heaven and its Wonders and Hell

Project Gutenberg's Heaven and its Wonders and Hell, by Emanuel SwedenborgThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Heaven and its Wonders and HellAuthor: Emanuel SwedenborgRelease Date: December 22, 2005 [EBook #17368]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HEAVEN AND ITS WONDERS AND HELL ***E-text donated by the Kempton Project, submitted by William RotellaHeaven and its Wonders and HellFrom Things Heard and Seenby Emanuel Swedenborg.Translated by John Ager.1. The Lord, speaking in the presence of His disciples of the consummation of the age, which is the final period ofthe church,{1} says, near the end of what He foretells about its successive states in respect to love and faith:{2}Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not giveher light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. And thenshall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn; andthey shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He shallsend forth His angels with a trumpet and a great sound; and they shall gather together His elect fromthe four winds, from the end to end of ...