sequence. Now, however, we see that the universe is too large to have
hatched in this way. There was another idea stuck in our minds as well:
that God created everything out of nothing. Now we realize that noth-
ing is made of nothing. Nevertheless our thinking has not yet been able
to evolve far enough beyond these two ideas to see with any illumina-
tion how creation actually came about. For that reason we called you
away from where you were in hopes that you would disclose your medi-
tation on the subject.”
[ 2 ] Hearing that, I replied, “I will indeed.
“For a long time I meditated on this without success,” I went on.
“Later, when the Lord sent me into your world, I became aware of the
futility of drawing any conclusions about the creation of the universe
without first knowing several facts: There are two worlds: the one in
which there are angels, and the other in which there are people. Through
death people cross over from their own world into the other world. Then
I also saw that there are two suns. All spiritual things flow forth from one
of them; all physical things from the other. The sun that all spiritual
things flow from consists of pure love from Jehovah God; he is within
that sun. The sun that all physical things flow from consists of pure fire.
“After I realized this, on one occasion when I was in a state of
enlightenment I was granted the insight that the universe was created by
Jehovah God through the sun that surrounds him. Because love does not
exist apart from wisdom, I could also see that the universe was created by
Jehovah God from his love through his wisdom. Since then, everything I
have seen in the world where you are and everything I have seen in the
world where I am in my body convinces me of the truth of this.
[ 3 ] “It would take too long to lay out the way creation progressed
from the very beginning; but when I was in a state of enlightenment I
saw that there were spiritual atmospheres that were created by means of
the heat and light from the sun in your world. At their core those atmo -
spheres are substantial. Each one led to the next. Because there were
three of these atmospheres, and therefore three levels of them, three
heavens were made—one for angels who are at the highest level of love
and wisdom, another for angels at the second level, and a third for angels
at the lowest level.
“This spiritual universe could not exist, however, without a physical
universe in which it could accomplish its useful effects. Therefore at the
same time a sun was created as the source of all things physical. Through
this sun by means of its heat and light three atmospheres were created to
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