A bimonthly magazine devoted to the
teachings revealed through Emanuel
Swedenborg, as they apply to life.
M AY / J U N E 2 0 1 7
The Holy City Descending
The New Church Rising
The Holy City New Jerusalem has been descending from God out of heaven since the
Last Judgment in 1757, but how long until the New Church is fully established as “the
crown of all churches” in the world? The Rev. Willard Heinrichs offers perspective from
the Writings, relating the process to our own experience when we pass from this world
into successive states of being prepared for the perfection of heaven. (Page 198)