How to do good no matter what falsities your spiritual enemies convince you is true: Chedorlaomer smites the Rephaim Pittsburgh New Church

The Rephaim are a nation of giants. Their height corresponds to how great they think of themselves. Their size and strength correspond to their power over the minds of others. Related to Nephilimmdash;the giants living before the representational ldquo;floodrdquo; who are now prevented from influencing anyonemdash;the Rephaim are dangerous evil spirits who have the ability to convince us that evil is good and falsity is truth. The result of this persuasion is the selfish desire to posses the authority and power of God, that is, to become a spiritual giant yourself.
When reduced to such confusion, however, we sort of revert back to the innocence of ignorancemdash;the state of childhood. In such a state, we are unable to do anything that is genuinely good, but we are able to do what is apparently goodmdash;represented by Chedorlaomer. We can behave like good children, being obedient to the literal teachings of the Lord in His Wordmdash;the appearances of truth. In this way, children practice being good adults and confused adults maintain their position on the path to heaven. When the child grows up or the angels drive the Rephaim away, the adult is able to understand what is genuinely good and begin moving forward on the path to heaven.