Fourth indication: The parable in the Twelve Pictures argued that a king who controlled one realm like a transient hostelry necessarily must have another, an eternal and permanent realm in which the majesty and sublimity of his being king are properly displayed. It is also impossible that the Eternal Creator of this transient world would not create an eternal realm; that the Maker of this beautiful but mutable universe, Himself Everlasting, would not create another permanent and everlasting universe; that the All-Wise, All-Powerful, All-Merciful Creator of a world that is like an arena of trial and exhibition, would not create a Hereafter in which this world’s purposes are manifested appropriately. The way into this truth consists of twelve gates that can be unlocked via twelve other truths. We begin with the shortest and simplest one.

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