The Swedenborgian Church of North America AKA “Church of the New Jerusalem“, or “New Church“ is based upon the false teachings of false prophet Emmanuel Swedenborg. Below are their key teachings quoted from their own sources on the internet.
Distortion of God
"God is love. And wisdom, too. But mostly love."
No Holy Trinity
"Swedenborg asserts that Jesus Christ Himself was a manifestation of God [the Father], the Divine made flesh to enable humanity to be aware of a unique relationship with God. Prior to His Coming, God had been incomprehensible to humans beyond the capacity of our perception and understanding."
"Through the birth of Christ, humanity was given an overt expression of God’s reality in human terms. Christ is not seen as a separate entity, but as reflective of the multiple consciousness that is the oneness of God."
"There are not three divine beings comprising the trinity, but one Divine Nature in which the three aspects of God are present. Nor did Christ come to redeem us from original sin. Rather, His mission was that of revealing the nature and reality of the spiritual life, and to provide a living example of it."
Regeneration is not Supernatural
"We can change our ruling love if we want to. If we see that the way we act hurts ourselves or others, or if we feel we’re heading in the wrong spiritual direction, we can gradually start to be more open to divine love and make better choices. This process of spiritual growth is called regeneration."
No Literal Second Coming of Christ
"One of Swedenborg's premises is that the Second Coming has taken place – and in fact still is taking place. The Second Coming is not an actual physical appearance of the Lord, but rather His return in spirit and truth that is being effected as a present reality as the New Church. The information revealed to Swedenborg, he felt, is a continually-occurring Second Coming in that the new information enables a new perception of the Word of God."
No Final Judgment by Christ
"With death we become conscious in the spiritual world, where our personal identity is retained and we are revealed as the person we inwardly are. The final “judgment” is our own realization of our individual essential nature as we face our real selves, rather than an evaluation and dictate by a power beyond.
No Real Heaven or Hell
"We decide our own afterlife, choosing our own heaven or hell as we align ourselves with the loves we have affirmed in the natural world. If our love is solely selfish in this life, we will later abide with others of selfish motives. Just as we choose our own company and values in this life, in the afterlife we choose our destiny".
"Further, the life in the spiritual world is similar to this one; we pursue activities and work which enable us to continue developing and growing. The spiritual world is a continuation of the inner regenerative process that is life as we know it."
"After we die, we’ll be led to communities of people who love the same thing that we do—which could be in either heaven or hell, depending on the person—so we’ll never be alone."
Distortion of God
"God is love. And wisdom, too. But mostly love."
No Holy Trinity
"Swedenborg asserts that Jesus Christ Himself was a manifestation of God [the Father], the Divine made flesh to enable humanity to be aware of a unique relationship with God. Prior to His Coming, God had been incomprehensible to humans beyond the capacity of our perception and understanding."
"Through the birth of Christ, humanity was given an overt expression of God’s reality in human terms. Christ is not seen as a separate entity, but as reflective of the multiple consciousness that is the oneness of God."
"There are not three divine beings comprising the trinity, but one Divine Nature in which the three aspects of God are present. Nor did Christ come to redeem us from original sin. Rather, His mission was that of revealing the nature and reality of the spiritual life, and to provide a living example of it."
Regeneration is not Supernatural
"We can change our ruling love if we want to. If we see that the way we act hurts ourselves or others, or if we feel we’re heading in the wrong spiritual direction, we can gradually start to be more open to divine love and make better choices. This process of spiritual growth is called regeneration."
No Literal Second Coming of Christ
"One of Swedenborg's premises is that the Second Coming has taken place – and in fact still is taking place. The Second Coming is not an actual physical appearance of the Lord, but rather His return in spirit and truth that is being effected as a present reality as the New Church. The information revealed to Swedenborg, he felt, is a continually-occurring Second Coming in that the new information enables a new perception of the Word of God."
No Final Judgment by Christ
"With death we become conscious in the spiritual world, where our personal identity is retained and we are revealed as the person we inwardly are. The final “judgment” is our own realization of our individual essential nature as we face our real selves, rather than an evaluation and dictate by a power beyond.
No Real Heaven or Hell
"We decide our own afterlife, choosing our own heaven or hell as we align ourselves with the loves we have affirmed in the natural world. If our love is solely selfish in this life, we will later abide with others of selfish motives. Just as we choose our own company and values in this life, in the afterlife we choose our destiny".
"Further, the life in the spiritual world is similar to this one; we pursue activities and work which enable us to continue developing and growing. The spiritual world is a continuation of the inner regenerative process that is life as we know it."
"After we die, we’ll be led to communities of people who love the same thing that we do—which could be in either heaven or hell, depending on the person—so we’ll never be alone."
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