Why Swedenborg Isn’t Like Other Mystics

Beginning with the revelations given to Swedenborg, the Lord established a new spiritual movement called The New Jerusalem, or The New Church. The New Jerusalem is not another sect among the old churches, but a spiritual reality that the Lord Himself forms wherever he is acknowledged as the one God and people live in charity according to his commandments. This means it can be present in individuals from nearly every background, even among those in the Old Churches, provided they are ignorant of their church’s falsities and hold to a simple faith in the Lord. What makes someone part of the New Church is not the name of the religious body they belong to, but the life of charity they live. In this way the Lord began a new paradigm, one not built on birth or tradition, but on a living faith joined with love.