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26 east unto the west, while the other remains in outer darkness.

The Second Coming of the Lord is spiritual, not physical. We must guard against having the same material conceptions of the Second Coming of the Lord that the Jews had of His first advent. The Writings of the New Church reveal the Lord in the Word, both as to His Divinity and Humanity, and bring us face to face with Jesus Christ there. They therefore constitute the Second Coming of the Lord to the world.

The New Church is the last Church to be established on the earth by the Lord, for in it is fulfilled all prophecy. There will be no need of another Church, because all truth is now revealed and committed unto the promised Church of the New Jerusalem.

What, then, is the New Church?

The New Church stands, first, for a new revelation of all truth from the Lord out of heaven. Second, for the Divine