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Eureka AN EXPOSITION OF THE APOCALYPSE |
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Chapter 22 4. No More Curse |
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The conclusion of the whole matter is that there shall be no
more any curse upon the earth and upon them who inhabit it.
The Eternal To abolish the curse, then, is equivalent to the abolition of
the nature cursed with sorrow, toil, disease, and death. This
abolition is the consummation of all things, by which is introduced
an entirely new creation; the basis of which is a nature
that neither has nor can transgress —that is, the Divine Nature.
All that comes out of the ground is cursed, and unclean; so
that even the body of Jesus, and the bodies of the approved
saints, in resurrection, require to be justified, rectified,
purged, or perfected, by all-absorbing Spirit: which makes
every atom of their substance instinct with incorruption
and life; in other words, transforms it into Spirit. In such
a removal of curse and uncleanness, a higher nature is developed,
which is so clean and pure, that when it is indicated, it
is represented by “fine linen, pure and bright,” or “white,”
and “pure gold, transparent as crystal”. How infinitely inferior
to this is the nature cursed! And is it to be doubted for
a moment by any reasonable mind, that the transition from
the accursed sin-nature, to the pure bright, golden and crystal-like,
or Divine-Nature, is truly an ascent to the Father, who is
Spirit? The new nature is the fine gold, precious stones,
and pearls of the Holy City, developed in the “swallowing
up” of the curse; so that, in relation to the saints, “there
shall no more be any curse”. When they are transformed into
the New-Jerusalem by the energeia (Phil. 3:21) or inworking
power, that “descends from the Deity out of heaven,” there
is to them entire freedom from everything pertaining to the
curse. But this is not the case with the nations subjected
to their iron, but righteous and blessed rule. These are under
treatment for their accursed maladies, which are being healed
by the medicine administered by the Saints — the Royal and
Divine College of Infallible Physicians. Their medicinal
treatment progresses in all the thousand years; at the end
of which the curative process will be consummated in the destruction
of all offending matter; and the abolition of sorrow, pain,
and death; so that thenceforth “there shall be no more any
curse” known in all the earth. “The Leaves of the Wood are
for the healing of the nations,” who walk in the light of
the New Jerusalem — for the taking away of the curse. The
healing is not done all at once. They are therefore styled,
ta ethne ton sozomenon, the nations of them being saved; not,
who have been saved, but, who are undergoing the healing process
in the prospective removal of the curse.
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