Livets Bog, vol. 3
The world redeemer's entire attitude to the "kingdom of heaven" and "hell"
882. Having shown that Jesus' view of the "kingdom of heaven" is analogous with the description in "Livets Bog" of this kingdom, namely that it is nothing other than a perfected continuation of terrestrial human beings' current physical existence, one may possibly feel perplexed regarding the concept of "hell". According to the Bible, Jesus certainly did not conceal the fact that such a phenomenon exists. He was just as clear in his emphasising of what leads to the "kingdom of heaven" as he was in his acknowledgment of what leads to "hell". We know what his attitude was towards these two forms of existence from the following extremely concentrated statements that he made: "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he that does the will of my Father in heaven." "But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and, whosoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca,' shall be in danger of the council; but whosoever shall say, 'Thou fool,' shall be in danger of hell fire."
      Here we have the world redeemer's entire attitude towards the "kingdom of heaven" and "hell". Entry into the "kingdom of heaven" comes exclusively through doing "God's will", which in turn means, by fulfilling those phenomena that according to the will of the Godhead or Providence are the conditions for such entry. To say "Lord, Lord", in other words, to beseech or pray for "forgiveness of one's sins", or to beg to be admitted into the "kingdom of heaven", or to ingratiate oneself with the world redeemer using flattery or pleasing words, does not fulfil God's will with respect to the conditions for entry into the "kingdom of heaven". But if neither prayer nor the "forgiveness of sins through grace" can grant entry to that promised kingdom, it can be only neighbourly love itself, which is also the very culmination of the world redeemer's moral wisdom or intellectual manifestations.