Progress and Development
of the New Church
The Rev. Willard L. D. Heinrichs
T
he Lord’s promise for the New Church is thrilling and it is sure. It will be the
crown of all the churches that preceded it. It will never be consummated.
It will endure forever and become ever more perfect. There are confirmations
of this its future in Daniel, Ezekiel and the Apocalypse. (See True Christian
Religion 787; Coronis 24; Invitation 39; Coronis Summary LII, LIII, LV)
Still there are clear indications in the Heavenly Doctrine that we should not
expect an early and rapid fulfillment of the Lord’s promises in this natural world
as to the dawning and development
of the New Christian age. The
reasons why the New Church on
earth may grow slowly are given
in passages such as Apocalypse
Explained 732; True Christian
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