结语
第一节 灵性世界
792# 灵性世界已在专著《天堂与地狱》中专门论述；在该书中，关于那一世界的许多事都已有描述；又因每个人死后都进入那一世界，人在那里的状态也已被描述。谁不知道，或谁不能知道，人死后仍然活着呢？因为他生而为人，被造为上帝的形像，并且主也在祂的圣言中这样教导。然而，他将来的生命究竟如何，迄今仍无人知晓。
人们一直相信，人死后便成为灵魂；而关于灵魂，他们所持有的观念，不过像对以太或空气的观念一样，因此以为灵魂是一种气息，如同人临死时从口中呼出的气，在其中却仍留存着他的生命力；但他们又认为它没有像眼睛那样的视觉，没有像耳朵那样的听觉，也没有像口那样的言语。然而，事实上，人死后仍同样是人，并且如此真切地是人，以至于他不知道别的，只以为自己仍在先前的世界中。他看见、听见、说话，如同在先前的世界中一样；行走、奔跑、坐下，如同在先前的世界中一样；躺卧、睡眠、醒来，如同在先前的世界中一样；吃喝，如同在先前的世界中一样；享受婚姻之乐，如同在先前的世界中一样。总之，他在一切方面和每一细节上都是人。
由此可见，死亡并不是生命的消灭，而是生命的延续，只是一种过渡。
792# 有一部名为《天堂与地狱》的专门著作详细论述了灵界，其中描述了许多与灵界有关的事物；由于每个人死后都会进入灵界，所以这部著作也描述了人在那里的状态。谁不知道，或可以知道，人死后还活着，因为他生来为人，被创造为神的形像，还因为主在祂的圣言中教导了这一点？但他未来的生活是什么样，直到现在仍完全是一个谜。人们以为，那时他将成为一个灵魂，而对灵魂的普遍观念是，它由以太或空气构成，因此，它纯粹是一口气，就是人在死亡时从口中吐出的那口气；然而，这口气却保留了他生命的本质要素，或他的生命力。人们还认为它没有像眼睛那样的任何视觉，也没有像耳朵那样的任何听觉，像嘴巴那样的任何话语。而事实上，人死后仍然是人，和以前一模一样；他如此完全是一个人，以至于他意识不到他已经不在以前的世界上了；因为他看、听、说，就像在以前的世界一样；他走、跑、坐，和在以前的世界一样；他躺下、睡觉、醒来，就像在以前的世界一样；他也吃、也喝，就像在以前的世界一样；他享受婚姻的快乐，就像在以前的世界一样；总之，他在一切方面都是一个人。由此清楚可知，死亡不是灭绝，而是生命的延续，仅仅是一种过渡（即从一种状态到另一种状态）。
792. [Additional Material]
The work Heaven and Hell is a treatment on the spiritual world. That work describes many things about that world; and because every human being comes into that world after death, that work also covers the states people go through there.
Surely everyone knows, or is at least capable of knowing, that we live on after death, because we are born human, created in the image of God, and because the Lord teaches us this in his Word. What exactly our life is going to be like there, though, has been a complete mystery until now. People have thought that we will then be a soul, which they like to think of as a piece of ether or air - a breath that we breathe out as we are dying, which retains our vital essence, but has no eyesight, no hearing, and no ability to speak.
In fact, though, we are still human beings after we die - so much so that we do not realize we are not still in the physical world. As we used to in the world, we see, hear, and speak. As we used to in the world, we walk, run, and sit. As we used to in the world, we lie down, sleep, and wake up. As we used to in the world, we eat and drink. As we used to in the world, we enjoy making love to our spouse. Briefly put, we are still human in every way.
This makes it clear that our death is not the extinction of our life but a continuation of it. Death is just a transition.
792. SUPPLEMENT 1
I wrote a special book about the spiritual world called HEAVEN AND HELL, containing descriptions of many things in that world. Since every human being after death comes into that world, I also described the condition of people there. Everyone knows, or can know, that a person goes on living after death, because he is born a man, created an image of God, and because the Lord teaches this in His Word. But up to now no one has known what that life is like.
It has been believed that a person would then be a soul; and the idea held about this has been no different from that of ether or air, that is to say, that it is breath like that a person breathes out on dying, but still retaining its vitality, though devoid of the kind of sight the eye has, of the kind of hearing the ear has, or of the kind of speech the mouth has. Yet after death a person is just as much a person, and Indeed so much so that he is unaware that he is no longer in his previous world. He can see, hear and speak, as in his previous world. He can walk, run and sit down, as in his previous world. He can lie down sleep and wake up, as in his previous world. He can eat and drink, as in his previous world. He can enjoy the delights of married life, as in his previous world. In short, he is in every single respect a person. It is obvious from this that death is not an extinction but a continuation of life, and it is merely a passing over.
Footnotes:
1. This supplement is largely based upon the CONTINUATION ABOUT THE LAST JUDGMENT 32-82, published in 1763.
792. SUPPLEMENT.
THE SPIRITUAL WORLD.
The spiritual world has been treated of in detail in the work entitled Heaven and Hell, in which many things relating to that world are described; and as every man enters that world after death, man's state there is also described. Who does not know, or may not know, that man lives after death, because he is born a man and is created an image of God, and also because the Lord teaches it in His Word? But what his life is to be, has been hitherto unknown. It has been believed, that he would then be a soul, and of soul there has been no other idea than that of ether or air, thus that it is a mere breath, such as man breathes out from his mouth when he dies, in which, however, his vitality resides. It is also regarded as destitute of any sight like that of the eye, and of any hearing like that of the ear, and of any speech like that of the mouth. And yet, man after death is as much a man as he was before, so much so as to be unaware that he is not still in the former world; for he has sight, hearing, and speech as in the former world; he walks, runs, and sits, as in the former world; he lies down, sleeps, and awakes, as in the former world; he eats and drinks as in the former world; he enjoys marriage delight as in the former world; in a word, he is a man in each and every respect. From all this it is clear that death is not the extinction but the continuation of life, and is merely a transition.
792. SUPPLEMENT.
I. THE SPIRITUAL WORLD.
The spiritual world is the subject of a special work entitled Heaven and Hell, in which many things relating to that world are described; and because every one after death enters that world, the state of men there has also been described. Every one knows, or may know, that a man lives after death, because he is born a man, and is created an image of God, and because the Lord teaches it in His Word. But the nature of his future life has hitherto been unknown. It is believed that he will then be a soul, and the common idea of a soul is that it consists of something like ether or air; thus that it is a breath, such as a man breathes out when he dies. It is believed, however, that this retains the essential element of his life, but is devoid of sight like that of the eye, hearing like that of the ear, and speech like that of the mouth. Yet the fact is that after death a man is none the less a man; and so fully is he a man that he does not know but that he is still living in the former world. He sees, hears and speaks; he walks, runs and sits; he lies down, sleeps and wakes; he eats and drinks; he enjoys the delights of married life, as he did in the former world; in a word, he is in all respects a man. Thus it is evident that death is not an extinction but a continuation of life, and merely a transition (from one state to another).
792. De Mundo Spirituali actum est in singulari Opere de COELO ET INFERNO, in quo descripta sunt plura istius Mundi; et quia omnis homo post mortem in illum Mundum venit, descriptus etiam est Status hominum ibi. Quis non novit, aut nosse potest, quod homo post mortem vivat, quia natus est homo, creatus imago Dei, et quia Dominus in Verbo suo id docet; sed qualis Vita ei futura est, hactenus ignotum fuit; creditum est, quod tunc esset Anima, de qua non aliam ideam foverunt, quam sicut de aethere aut aere, ita quod sit Pneuma, quale homo ex ore exspirat dum moritur, in quo tamen vitale ejus residet, sed quod sit absque visu qualis est oculi, absque auditu qualis est auris, et absque loquela qualis est oris; cum tamen homo post mortem aeque est homo, et talis homo, ut non sciat aliter, quam quod adhuc sit in priori Mundo; videt, audit, loquitur, sicut in priori Mundo; ambulat, currit, sedet, sicut in priore Mundo; cubat, dormit, et evigilat sicut in priori Mundo; edit et bibit sicut in priori Mundo; delitio conjugiali fruitur sicut in priori Mundo; verbo, est homo quoad omnia et singula. Ex quibus patet, quod Mors non sit exstinctio, sed continuatio vitae, et quod sit modo transitus.