74. 17 The reference in Matthew 24:21 to “a great affliction such as has never existed since the world began and will never exist again” means an attack by falsities and the resulting end — the devastation — of all truth in the Christian denominations of today.
Survey of Teachings of the New Church #43
43. 8 This faith is faith in God the Savior Jesus Christ. In a simple form it is this:
1. There is one God, the divine trinity exists within him, and he is the Lord Jesus Christ.
2. Believing in him is a faith that saves.
3. We must abstain from doing things that are evil — they belong to the Devil and come from the Devil.
4. We must do things that are good — they belong to God and come from God.
5. We must do these things as if we ourselves were doing them, but we must believe that they come from the Lord working with us and through us.
