True Christianity
Containinga Comprehensive Theology
of the New Heaven and the New Church
The Faith of the New Heaven and the New Church
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HE faith of the new heaven and the new church is stated here in
both universal and specific forms to serve as the face of the work
that follows, the doorway that allows entry into the temple, and the sum-
mary that in one way or another contains all the details to follow. I say
“the faith of the new heaven and the new church” because heaven, where
there are angels, and the church, in which there are people, act together
like the inner and the outer levels in a human being. People in the
church who love what is good because they believe what is true and who
believe what is true because they love what is good are angels of heaven
with regard to the inner levels of their minds. After death they come into
heaven, and enjoy happiness there according to the relationship between
their love and their faith. It is important to know that the new heaven
that the Lord is establishing today has this faith as its face, doorway, and
summary.
The faith of the new heaven and the new church in universal formis 2
this: The Lord from eternity, who is Jehovah, came into the world to gain
control over the hells and to glorify his own human nature. If he had not
done this, not one mortal could have been saved; those who believe in
him are saved.
[ 2 ] I say “in universal form” because this concept is universal to the
faith and something universal to the faith is going to be present in each
and every aspect of it. It is universal to the faith to believe that God is
one in essence and in person, to believe that in God there is a divine
Trinity, and to believe that the Lord God the Savior Jesus Christ is God.
It is universal to the faith to believe that if the Lord had not come into