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Footnote:
Revelation 22:11, ("He that is unjust, let him be unjust still; and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still; and he that is Holy, let him be Holy still,") is often wrongfully used to bear evidence to the alleged "fixed" condition of the soul upon entrance into the spirit world. And such in flagrant contrast with the Truth, I might add. For that the unjust be unjust still, and the Holy be Holy still, this pertains not to a condition of souls fixated throughout all eternity, but merely to the fact that souls enter the spirit realm "as is".
As James explains ("Condition of Spirits and Their Experiences and Beliefs That Are Below the Celestial Heavens; How They Congregate Together,") "Let me tell you a few things concerning the spirit world, that is the world that is below the Celestial Heavens of which John wrote. In the several spheres, which are seven in numbers, are many planes, inhabited by spirits of many nations and races of mankind, and these various races have to a certain extent the customs and beliefs that they had when on earth. The lines of demarcation are just as strictly drawn as are those of the several nations on earth. The result of this, that many spirits who live in this exclusive manner never learn anything other than what their own leaders tell them and what their various sacred books may teach them. The Mohammedan is a Mohammedan still, and so likewise the followers of Zoroaster, and also those of Buddha and of Confucius, and all of the various founders of religious sects."
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