Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7477

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7477. In their acknowledgement and adoration of our Lord they excel other spirits. They say that He is the only God, that He rules both heaven and the material universe, and that He is the author of everything good. They have said that the Lord is the One who leads them, and that He also appears quite often among them on their planet. The truth that the Lord rules both heaven and the material universe is known to Christians on our planet too from the Lord's words in Matthew,

All power in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Matt 28:18.

But Christians do not believe this as those belonging to the planet Mars do.


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