355. * the one against the other, altogether unable to spare either a companion or even a little child, panting for the death of all. Nor can it be otherwise, because it is their nature to pursue everyone with hatred, spontaneously. In fact, they are even divided amongst themselves. They do indeed love their own people, and yet do not love them, everything in them being at odds. This is spiritual death to anyone. For unity in oneself is also unity among one's own, because they are ruled by God the Messiah. This is life. [Jews; Hatred] [See also WE 7188, concluding the explanation of Num. 14:43.]
[See WE 7260, explaining Num. 16:36-39.] 7262. It is also depicted here how that heaven, where the devil had been let in together with evil spirits, then becomes the heaven of those reasoning minds - those earthly minds that have a reasoning soul - when the devil has been cast down or swallowed up by the earth, etc. Meanwhile, if
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