Wednesday, February 23, 2011

AE 726 - the Lord's infinite power through Divine truth

AE 726 [4]
. . . spiritual auras and atmospheres
that are nearest to the Lord as a sun are the most pure;
but according to the degrees in which they are removed from Him
they are less and less pure.
Therefore there are three heavens,
the inmost heaven in a purer aura,
the middle heaven in an aura less pure,
and the lowest heaven in an aura still less pure.
These auras or atmospheres, which are spiritual,
because they have sprung from the Lord as a sun,
when made active in common exhibit heat,
but when modified in their least parts exhibit light.
That heat, which in its essence is love,
and that light, which in its essence is wisdom,
are called specifically Divine truth;
but together with the auras, which are also spiritual,
they are called the Divine proceeding.
Now from these the heavens were created, and also the worlds;
for all things that exist in the natural world
are produced from the spiritual world,
as effects from their effecting causes.
From this the creation of heaven and earth
by means of Divine truth proceed from the Lord as a sun,
which is above the angelic heavens,
can be seen as in a natural mirror.
It can also in some degree be comprehended
that the Lord has infinite power by means of the Divine proceeding,
which in general is called Divine truth.
This also is meant by these words in John:

In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and God was the Word;
all things were made by Him,
and without Him was not anything made that was made.
And the world was made by Him.

(John 1:1, 3, 10)

And in David:

By the Word of Jehovah were the heavens made.
(Psalm 33:6)

"The Word" signifies Divine truth.

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