Friday, July 08, 2011

AE 1217 - the Lord's kingdom after the Last Judgment

AE 1217
Saying, Alleluia for the Lord God, the Almighty reigns,
(Revelation 19:7)
signifies joy and gladness
that the Lord has now a kingdom on the earth as in the heavens.

. . . This, too, is the meaning of the words in the Lord's Prayer:

Thy kingdom come on earth as in the heavens.

(Matthew 6:10)

The Lord's kingdom existed before the Last Judgment,
for the Lord always rules both heaven and earth;
but after the Last Judgment
the state of the Lord's kingdom
became different from the state before it,
for after it the reception of Divine truth and good
became more universal, more interior, more easy, and more distinct.
It is said, "the Lord God, the Almighty,"
for the Lord is called
"Lord" from good,
and "God" from truth,
"Almighty" from the separation of the good from the evil
by the Last Judgment,
and also from His power to save those who receive Him.

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