(December 15, 2013 at 1:24 pm)Brakeman Wrote: That sermon is such a poor read..The story does not read that way and the claim is unsupported...Perhaps. The sermon is directed to a New Church adience that would already be familiar with the concepts. If some of the claims seem unsupported it is because they are different Swedenborg texts.
(December 15, 2013 at 1:24 pm)Brakeman Wrote: The Preacher claims that the conversation was actually between jesus and the man, and not the demons themselves.It's a bit more subtle. Everyone is continually in the presence of both actual angels and actual demons. These spiritual beings influence us but ultimately it is for us to decide. So even though He spoke to the man, He also spoke through the man to the demons.
(December 15, 2013 at 1:24 pm)Brakeman Wrote: If this Miller guy has a magic decoder ring for the bible he should share it with the rest of us.The decoder ring consists of 22+ volumes of exegesis in the Arcana Coelestia written by Emanuel Swedenborg at the direction of the Lord. See http://www.smallcanonsearch.org for the complete texts.
In answer to another question of yours...demons fear the light of God's truth and prefer to live in falsity, or hell.
