Everyone who reads it can clearly see that the Last Judgment was the work
of Almighty God.
[ 2 ] The fourth point, how the Lord then restructured everything in
heaven and in hell in accordance with the divine design,I have not yet
described, because the restructuring of the heavens and the hells has been
going on since the day of the Last Judgment until the present time and is
still going on. Nevertheless, after I have published this book, if further
information is desired, I will present it to the public.
If I may add a personal comment on this topic: I see the face, so to
speak, of the Lord’s divine omnipotence every day.
Strictly speaking, this restructuring of the spiritual world has to do
with redemption,whereas the stages before it had to do with the Last Judg-
ment.People who keep redemption and the Last Judgment separate are
capable of seeing many things in prophetical passages in the Word. These
things, though hidden in allegories there, still give clear descriptions—
provided that their correspondences are explained in such a way as to
allow the light of the intellect to fall on them.
[ 3 ] Redemption and the Last Judgment can be illustrated only with
comparisons, and even these are inadequate.
They could be illustrated by comparison with a battle against the
armies of every nation in the entire world, armed with spears, shields,
swords, guns, and cannons, under generals and officers who are cunning,
experienced strategists. (I say this last part because many spirits in hell are
skilled in practices unknown in our world, which they rehearse on each
other—ways of stalking those who are from heaven, and ambushing, set-
ting siege to, and attacking them.)
[ 4 ] The Lord’s battle with hell can also be compared, although inade-
quately, with someone fighting against all the wild animals in the world,
slaughtering or taming them until not one animal would dare to go out
and attack any human being who is with the Lord. Then if any wild ani-
mal so much as put on a menacing look, it would suddenly stop itself as
if it felt a vulture deep inside its chest trying to pierce it to the very heart.
In fact, the wild animals in the Word depict hellish spirits. The wild
animals with which the Lord spent forty days (Mark 1 : 13 ) also mean hell-
ish spirits.
[ 5 ] The Last Judgment and redemption could also be compared to
resisting the whole ocean after dikes have broken and waves are pound-
ing cities and the countryside.
In fact, when the Lord controls the sea by saying “Peace, be still”
(Mark 4 : 38 , 39 ; Matthew 8 : 26 ; Luke 8 : 23 , 24 ), it means the Lord’s process
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