[ 4 ] (d) To an enlightened reason the infinity of God can become
apparent from the fact that every academic discipline can grow to an infi-
nite extent. So, therefore, can our intelligence and wisdom. Both intelli-
gence and wisdom are capable of growing from a seed into a tree, and
from a tree into forests and gardens of trees—intelligence and wisdom
have no end. Our memory is their soil. They germinate in our intellect;
they bear fruit in our will. In fact, these two faculties, our intellect and
our will, are capable of being cultivated and improved to the end of our
lives in this world, and afterward to eternity.
[ 5 ] (e) You can also see the infinity of God the Creator in the infi-
nite number of stars, which are all suns, and all have solar systems. Else-
where, in a short work that I wrote as an eyewitness, I have shown that
out in space there are planets that have people, animals, birds, and
plants.
[ 6 ] (f ) The angelic heaven and also hell have made the infinity of
God even more obvious to me. God has arranged and ordered both
places into countless communities and groups according to every type of
love for good or love for evil, allotting every individual a location accord-
ing to what she or he loves. All members of the human race have gathered
there since the creation of the world; they will continue to gather there
throughout the ages of ages. Although each person has his or her own
place and situation, still all who are there have such a partnership with
each other that the entire angelic heaven is like one divine human being,
and the entirety of hell is like one monstrous devil. From the entirety of
heaven and the entirety of hell and from the infinite number of astound-
ing things in them, both the immensity and the omnipotence of God
stand in plain view.
[ 7 ] (g) If we raise the level of our mental reasoning a little, surely we
can all understand that the life to eternity we will all have after death is
impossible unless God is eternal.
[ 8 ] (h) There are further aspects of infinity that become visible to us,
some in physical light and others in spiritual light. As examples that
become visible in physical light, there are various geometrical series that go
on to infinity. On each of the three vertical levels as well, there is a pro-
gression to infinity. The first level, called the earthly level, cannot be
refined and raised to the perfection of the second level, called the spiritual
level. Neither can this level be refined and raised to the perfection of the
third level, called the heavenly level. It is like the purpose, the means, and
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