8394). Those
that have not acknowledged holy things, still less those that
have no knowledge of them, cannot profane them (n. 1008, 1010,
1059, 9188, 10284). The heathen who are out of the church and
do not have the Word cannot profane it (n. 1327, 1328, 2051,
2284). On this account interior truths were not disclosed to
the Jews, for if they had been disclosed and acknowledged that
people would have profaned them (n. 3398, 4289, 6963). The lot
of profaners in the other life is the worst of all, because not
only the good and truth they have acknowledged, but also their
evil and falsity remain, and as these cling together, the life
is rent asunder (n. 571, 582, 6348). Consequently most careful
provision is made by the Lord to prevent profanation (n. 2426,
10287).
457. When the spirit of man first enters the world of spirits, which
takes place shortly after his resuscitation, as described above, his
face and his tone of voice resemble those he had in the world,
because he is then in the state of his exteriors, and his interiors
are not as yet uncovered. This is man's first state after death. But
subsequently his face is changed, and becomes entirely different,
resembling his ruling affection or ruling love, in conformity with
which the interiors of his mind had been while he was in the world
and his spirit while it was in the body.
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