A Brief Opening of the Three Principles and Worlds in Man

Of Divine Revelation

10. The eighth form is the Fire-WorldIn the mystical system of Jacob Böhme, the Fire-World is the "fourth property" of nature—the point of transition where dark, cold desire is transformed into light and love through a spiritual "flash" or "fire.", with its fiery constellation, and it stands in the center of both the great world (the universe) and the small world (the individual human). It is the dividing-lineoriginal: "Scheide-Ziel"; a boundary or goal that separates two states of being. between the outer and the inner man. However, in the process of rebirthoriginal: "Wiedergeburt"; the spiritual transformation into a new life in Christ., the Light-World is placed in the center; there, Jesus has established Himself, having made the Fire-World within our humanity subject to Him.

11. The root of this Fire-World is the dark world (for the origin of darkness, see Jacob Böhme (1575–1624) was a German mystic whose writings on the nature of God and evil deeply influenced later philosophy and Pietism. Jacob Böhme’s The Three Principles of Divine Essence, chapter 21, verse 17), along with the dark constellation which holds the Fire-World captive within itself, together with all devils and damned souls. This is the dividing-line that separates good and evil; it also sweeps the threshing floorA biblical metaphor for judgment, where the "wheat" (the righteous) is separated from the "chaff" (the wicked). and allows nothing impure to enter the inner heaven to reach God.

12. In this Fire-World now stands the CherubA reference to the angelic guardian placed at the entrance of Eden after the Fall of Adam and Eve (Genesis 3:24). with his double-edged sword, guarding the entrance to the inner Tree of Life. We must either pass through this in this lifetime, or we must overcome it and experience its sharpness after our time on earth is done. At the end of our lives, Moses stands there with his sharp Law, and the devil reads the register of sinsoriginal: "Sünden-Register"; a detailed list of every transgression committed by the soul., as those who have experienced this can testify; they warn all people not to delay their repentance until their final moments.

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13. For no human tongue can express its sharpness. Oh, how blessed are those who allow themselves to be purified in this time and have clothed themselves in JesusA common Pietist metaphor for spiritual union with Christ, often referencing the "wedding garment" of the soul.; over them, the second death shall have no power.