TCR 85
There are two factors which make up the essence of God,
the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom,
or, what is the same thing, the Divine Good and the Divine Truth. . .
The same pair is meant in the Word by Jehovah God;
Jehovah means the Divine Love or the Divine Good,
God the Divine Wisdom or the Divine Truth. . .
Where the subject is the Divine Good, the name Jehovah is used,
where it is the Divine Truth, God;
and where both are meant, He is called Jehovah God.
TCR 86
The reason Jehovah God came down into the world as the Divine Truth
was so that He could effect redemption.
Redemption was the conquest of the hells,
the ordering of the heavens,
and afterwards the establishment of a church.
To achieve these aims the Divine Good is not powerful enough,
but the Divine Truth coming from the Divine Good is.
Divine Good regarded in itself is like a rounded point on a sword,
or like a blunt piece of wood, or a bow without arrows.
But the Divine Truth coming from the Divine Good
is like a sharpened sword,
and like a piece of wood pointed to make a spear,
and like a bow with arrows, all of which are potent against enemies. . .
There was no other way in which the falsities and evils,
in which the whole of hell was and perpetually is plunged,
could be attacked, defeated and conquered
except through the Divine Truth coming from the Word.
There was no other way in which a new heaven could be founded,
formed and set in order, as was then done.
There was no other way in which a new church
could be established on earth.
Moreover, all the strength, all the might and power of God
belongs to the Divine Truth coming from the Divine Good.
This was the reason why Jehovah God
came down as the Divine Truth,
which is the Word.
Saturday, March 06, 2010
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