108# 为进一步印证此理，我将记述自身亲眼所见的异象，以此作见证。实情乃是：主如今正在兴建全新天使天堂，这天堂唯独收纳信靠主上帝救主、并且专一趋近祂之人，其余众人皆被隔绝在外。是以日后但凡基督教中人离世进入灵界 —— 此乃人人死后必经之路 —— 若其人不信主、不肯专一趋近祂，且到灵界之后依旧无法接纳这一真理，或因一生行事邪恶，或因长久深陷伪谬、心志顽固，便会在通往天堂的第一道关口被拦阻退回；他的脸面自天堂转向下方低地，随即被引往那处，与居于其间的恶灵为伍，《启示录》所言的龙与假先知，便是指这类生灵。
凡身处基督教界却不信主之人，往后一切祷告皆不蒙垂听。他们的祈祷在天堂闻来如同秽浊臭气，又似病损肺腑呼出的浊气；即便其人自认为祷告馨香如乳香升腾，也无法抵达天使所居的天堂，反倒如同火场浓烟，被下坠狂风迎面吹回自身眼前，好比修士衣袍下香炉腾起的烟气一般消散无存。自此往后，一切只敬奉分立三位、不承认三一在主内里全然相合的虔敬，皆是这般光景。本书核心宗旨，便是证立神性的三一独在主内相合。
此处再补充一桩新近所见之事：数月之前，十二使徒受主召聚，差遣遍往整个灵界，一如古时被差遣前往自然世间；主交付他们的使命，便是传扬这一福音。每一位使徒皆分得专属传道区域，尽以全然热忱勤勉完成托付。相关详情，将于本书末章专门论述，那一章专讲世代终结、主的降临与新教会兴起。
108# 为了进一步证实这一点，我将讲述以下情况，因为我看见过这些情况，因而能证明它们的真实性，即：如今，主正在形成一个新的天使天堂，它是由那些相信主神救主，并直接靠近祂的人形成的，而其他所有人都被弃绝了。因此，从今以后，如果有来自基督教界的人进入灵界，就是每个人死后所来到的地方，不相信主，并唯独靠近祂，不能接受这信仰，因为他生活邪恶，或确认虚假，那么在刚刚接近天堂时，他就会被赶走，然后转身离开天堂，面向低地，前往那里，加入那里的人，就是启示录中的“龙”和“假先知”所指的人。此外，从今以后，在基督教的土地或国家，没有人会蒙垂听，除非他相信主；他的祷告升到天堂会变得像恶臭，或溃烂的肺发出的嗳气；虽然他可能会以为他的祷告就像熏香的烟气，但它升向天使天堂时，只像被向下吹的狂风吹进他眼里的大火的烟雾，或像藏在修道士外袍下的香炉的烟雾。从今以后，针对一个分裂的三位一体，而不是针对一个合一的三位一体的一切虔诚或敬拜都是如此。本书的主要目的就是说明神性三位一体在主里面合一。对此，我补充以下新信息：几个月前，主召集了十二位使徒，派他们走遍整个灵界，就像他们以前走遍整个自然界一样，命令他们传这个福音；每个使徒都有自己的领域分配给他；他们正在以极大的热情和勤奋执行这一命令。但关于这些主题，本书的最后一章，就是专门论述时代的完结，主的降临和新教会的地方（TCR 753-791节）还要更详细地叙述。
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108. To further support this point I will relate some things that I know and can testify to because I have seen them.
Today a new angelic heaven is being built by the Lord. It is being made up of those who believe in the Lord God the Savior and who go directly to him; the rest are rejected. From now on if any from the Christian world come into the spiritual world (as happens to us all after we die) and they do not believe in the Lord, do not turn to him alone, and are unable at that point to change in this regard because they have lived in evil ways or have convinced themselves of falsities, when they take their first step toward heaven they are pushed back. Their face is turned away from heaven toward the lower earth. They go off in that direction and join up with spirits in the lower earth who are meant by the dragon and the false prophet in the Book of Revelation.
From now on all people from Christian areas who do not believe in the Lord are not going to be listened to, either. In heaven their prayers are like foul smells and like belches from damaged lungs. If people like that think their own prayer is like burning frankincense, nevertheless it does not reach the angelic heaven any more effectively than would the smoke from a fire that was blown back into their eyes by a storm coming down. Or their praying is like burning incense in a censer under a monks robe.
This is what is going to happen from this time on with all piety that is directed to a separated Trinity rather than a united one.
The main point of this book is that the divine Trinity is united in the Lord.
Here I will add something previously unknown. Several months ago the Lord called together the twelve apostles and sent them out into the whole spiritual world just as they had been sent out before to the physical world. Their assignment was to preach this gospel. Each apostle was assigned a territory to cover. They are carrying out their assignment with complete enthusiasm and energy.
These topics will be specifically covered in the last chapter of this book on the close of the age, the Coming of the Lord, and the New Church [753-791].
108. As a further confirmation of this I shall report a fact known to me, because I have seen and can bear witness to it. This is that at the present time a new heaven of angels is being established by the Lord, drawn from those who believe in the Lord God the Saviour, and approach Him directly; all others are rejected. So if in future anyone from the Christian part of the world comes into the spiritual world, as everyone does after death, and does not believe in the Lord and approach Him only, and if he is then unable to accept this teaching owing to the wicked life he has led or the false beliefs he has adopted, he is rebuffed on taking the first step towards heaven. His face is turned away and directed towards the Lower Earth; so he departs to that place and associates with its inhabitants, who are those meant in Revelation by 'the Dragon and the False Prophet.' Every person henceforth from Christian countries, who does not believe in the Lord, goes unheard. His prayers are in heaven like foul smells or belches from a diseased lung. Even though he thinks that his praying is like the odour of incense, still it reaches the heaven of the angels only like the smoke of a fire, which is blown back in his eyes by a squall coming from above, or like the odour from a censer under a monk's robe. This is the fate from now on of all expressions of piety which are directed to a divided Trinity, not a united one. It is the leading theme of this book that the Divine Trinity is united in the Lord.
At this point I will add a piece of news. A few months ago the twelve apostles were called together by the Lord and sent out into the whole spiritual world, as they were once into the natural world, with instructions to preach this gospel. Each apostle had his own zone assigned to him. They are now following out their instructions with all eagerness and dedication. But a more detailed account of these events will be given in the last chapter of this book, which will deal with the ending of the age, the Lord's coming and the new church.
108. To confirm this further I will relate what I know, because I have seen it and can therefore testify to it, namely, that the Lord is at this day forming a new angelic heaven, and that it is formed of those who believe in the Lord God the Savior, and who approach Him directly, and that all others are rejected. So hereafter, when anyone from Christendom goes into the spiritual world (as every man does at death) and does not believe in the Lord and approach Him alone, and is then unable to receive this faith, because he has lived wickedly or has confirmed himself in falsities, at his first approach toward heaven he is repelled, and turns his face away from heaven and towards the lower earth, whither he goes, and joins those who are there, who are meant, in Revelation, by "the dragon" and the "false prophet." Moreover, no man henceforth in Christian lands is listened to unless he believes in the Lord; his prayers become in heaven like ill-scented odors, and like eructations from ulcerated lungs; and even if his appeal is thought to be like the fumes of incense, it ascends towards the angelic heaven only like the smoke of a conflagration which is blown back into his eyes by a downward gust of wind, or it is like the incense from a censer hidden under a monk's cloak. Such is the case hereafter with all piety that is directed to a divided trinity, not to a united trinity. To show that the Divine trinity is united in the Lord is the chief object of this work. To this I will add the following new information. Some months ago the twelve apostles were called together by the Lord, and were sent forth through the whole spiritual world, as they formerly were through the whole natural world, with the command to preach this gospel; and to each apostle was assigned a particular province; and this command they are executing with great zeal and industry. But on these subjects more will be said in the last chapter of this book, where the Consummation of the Age, the Lord's Coming and the New Church, are specially treated of.
108. In further confirmation of what has been said I will relate the following circumstances, the truth of which I can testify as they came within my own observation. A new angelic heaven is at this day being formed by the Lord of those who believe on the Lord God the Savior, and who approach Him directly, while all others are rejected. Therefore if any one hereafter, coming from a Christian country into the spiritual world, where every man comes after death, does not believe on the Lord and approach Him alone, and cannot receive this doctrine because he has lived an evil life, or has confirmed his belief in falsities, he is driven back at his first approach towards heaven. He then turns away from heaven towards the Lower Earth, to which he makes his way, and there joins those who are meant in the Revelation by the dragon and the false prophet. Moreover, no man in a Christian country who does not believe on the Lord, is now hearkened to: his prayers rise to heaven as foul odors or as breath from diseased lungs. Although he may fancy his prayer is like the cleansing vapor of incense, yet it appears in the angelic heaven like the smoke from a fire which is blown down into his eyes by a driving storm blast, or like the smoke from a censer held under a monk's cloak. This is the case hereafter with all worship which is directed to a divided, not to a united Trinity. The principal object of this work is to show that the Divine Trinity is united in the Lord.
I will here make known this fact hitherto unknown, that some months ago the Lord called together the twelve Apostles, and sent them forth throughout the whole spiritual world, just as He had formerly sent them into all the natural world, with the command to preach this gospel. Each Apostle has his own province assigned to him, and they are now executing this command with all zeal and industry. More will be said concerning this subject in the last chapter of this book, which deals particularly with the Consummation of the Age, the Coming of the Lord, and the New Church.
108. Ad hoc ulterius confirmandum referam quae scio, quia vidi et ideo testari possum, quae sunt; quod hodie a Domino Novum Coelum Angelicum condatur, et quod condatur ex illis, qui in Dominum Deum Salvatorem credunt, et Ipsum immediate adeunt, et quod reliqui rejiciantur; quare si posthac aliquis e Christiano Orbe in Mundum Spiritualem venit, quod fit omni homini post mortem, et non in Dominum credit, et Illum solum adit, et hoc tunc non potest recipere, quia male vixit, aut in falsis se confirmavit, in primo vestigio ad Coelum repellitur, et facies ejus inde avertitur, et convertitur ad Terram Inferiorem, quo etiam abit, et se conjungit cum illis ibi, qui in Apocalypsi per Draconem et Pseudoprophetam intelliguntur. Omnis etiam homo in Terris Christianis, qui non credit in Dominum, posthac nec exauditur; ejus preces in Coelo sunt sicut odores maleolenti, ac sicut eructationes 1 ex pulmone saucio; et si putatur quod oratio ejus sit sicut suffitus ex thure, usque non ascendit ad Coelum angelicum aliter quam sicut fumus incendii, qui a procella deorsum cadente rejicitur in oculos ejus, aut sicut suffitus ex thuribulo sub pallio monachi, ita fit post hoc tempus cum omni pietate, quae determinatur ad Trinitatem discretam, et non ad conjunctam; quod in Domino Divina Trinitas conjuncta sit, est hujus Operis principale objectum. Hic Novum hoc adjiciam, quod ante aliquot Menses duodecim Apostoli a Domino convocati sint, et in Universum Mundum Spiritualem, sicut prius in Mundum naturalem, emissi, cum mandato ut hoc Evangelium praedicent, et tunc cuivis Apostolo sua Regio addicata est; quod mandatum etiam omni zelo et opera obeunt. Sed de his in Ultimo Capite hujus Libri, ubi de CONSUMMATIONE SAECULI, de ADVENTU DOMINI, et de NOVA ECCLESIA, in specie transigetur.
Footnotes:
1. Prima editio: eructiones.