���� �����
will be forever . But they want to know more .
That is why so many of the tales of near-death experiences have been so popular – and useful . They do help to answer some of the questions . They seem to have a positive impact on the way people then live their lives . And for the most part these stories resonate with the one book that has real answers from God : Heaven and Hell , as revealed to Emanuel Swedenborg .
Dr . Neal tells about encounters with angels , a journey to a “ city of light ,” and what it was like to meet Jesus . She offers her own insights into how we can experience God every day in our lives “ and begin living without regret , worry , anxiety or fear .”
She is successfully marketing her experience with life after death and making a positive difference in people ’ s lives and faith . But , yes , they still want to know more .
We can help to answer those questions and provide the “ more ” they seek . But are we doing enough ?
Life after death and Heaven and Hell have always been primary tools for evangelization but there is so much of the “ more ” that we have to offer . The Swedenborg Foundation is engaged in active marketing with its Heaven and Hell Facebook page and the increasingly popular offTheLeftEye video series beamed throughout the world by Curtis Childs and the Rev . Dr . Jonathan Rose . These initiatives are reaching and helping a great many people .
The Lord is providing answers to people ’ s questions about life after death through Mary Neal and many others . But nowhere are there more “ lessons from heaven ” than those given in the revelation given through Swedenborg . And that is our challenge : answering the needs of all those who “ want to know more .”
( BMH )
‘ i was blind and now i see ’
The Remarkable Story of John Bigelow , told by the Rev . William Hyde Alden and reprinted from the February 1912 New Church Life on page 517 , recounts how this learned man was introduced to the Writings of Swedenborg almost by chance 170 years ago .
Bigelow was a prominent American journalist , lawyer and statesman . He helped to found the New York Public Library and was the U . S . ambassador to France . As editor and co-owner of the New York Post he was fiercely antislavery – this was before the Civil War – and went to Haiti to study how that nation of former slaves was coping with self-government . He was marooned there by an outbreak of yellow fever .
He was a devoted reader of the Bible but struggled with its mysteries .
561