Section 10
mansion. This thought is too low. It is similar to Buddhism. This thought is held by the teachings of Catholicism and even, to an immense extent, by the teachings of Protestantism also. We all must rid ourselves of this kind of thought, which is similar to that of Buddhism. The Chinese ver sion of the Bible even adopted the phrase "the heavenly mansion" for "heaven" in its translation of Hebrews 9:24 and 1 Peter 3:22. All the Chinese know that the term "the heavenly mansion" is a Buddhist term. It is a term invented by Buddhism. I am very sorrowful that Christianity has adopted this thought. Catholicism adopted many things from heathenism. This is the leaven spoken of in Matthew 13:33, where the Lord told us of the woman putting leaven in the fine flour. The fine flour of this parable denotes the Son of God as the living bread to be our nourishment, and the woman represents the Roman Catholic Church. The leaven that she took is symbolic of the sinful, unclean things, such as paganism and heathen ism. The Catholic Church brought paganism into the doctrines and teachings concerning Christ. This thought of going to live in a heavenly man sion is a kind of leaven in the fine flour.
The Lord's redemption is not to prepare a place for us in heaven. The Lord's redemption is