Wednesday, November 21, 2007

AC 4691 - one thing expressed in two ways

AC 4691
Shalt thou indeed reign over us?
or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us?
(Genesis 37:8)

It is common in the Word, especially the prophetic,
for one thing to be expressed in two ways;
and he who does not know the mystery in this,
cannot but think it a mere repetition for the sake of emphasis.
But this is not so,
for in every particular of the Word there is a heavenly marriage,
namely, the marriage of truth with good and of good with truth;
just as there is a marriage of the understanding and will in a person.
One expression has reference to truth, the other to good;
thus one has reference to the intellect, for this belongs to truth,
and the other to the will, for to this belongs good.

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