AC 771
As every expression in the Word is from the Lord,
and therefore has what is Divine within it,
it is evident that there is no word, nor even an iota,
that does not signify and involve something.
AC 775
. . . how poor and almost nonexistent is human wisdom,
which scarcely knows
that there is such a thing as spiritual good or spiritual truth,
much less what it is.
From celestial and spiritual goods and their derivative truths,
issue and descend natural goods and truths.
For there is never any natural good and truth
that does not spring from spiritual good,
and this from celestial,
and also subsist from the same.
If the spiritual should withdraw from the natural,
the natural would be nothing.
The origin of all things is in this wise:
all things, both in general and in particular, are from the Lord;
from Him is the celestial;
from Him through the celestial comes forth the spiritual;
through the spiritual the natural;
through the natural the corporeal and the sensuous.
And as they all come forth from the Lord in this way,
so also do they subsist from Him,
for, as is well known,
subsistence is a perpetual coming into existence.
AC 776
. . . there are no hyperbolisms in the Word of the Lord,
but things significative and representative.
Saturday, October 01, 2011
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