TCR 596, 598, 599 - the struggle, then the peace

TCR 596
. . . it is well known that the flesh opposes the spirit,
and the spirit the flesh,
and the flesh with its lusts must be tamed,
before the spirit can act
and the person can become a new man.
Following this dissension of the wills,
a struggle, known as spiritual temptation takes place.

A person does not feel this struggle
to be anywhere but in himself,
and he feels it as the pangs of conscience.
Yet it is the Lord and the devil (that is, hell)
who struggle in man;
their struggle is to gain control of the person,
to see which is to possess him.

TCR 598
After the temptation is over
the person is in heaven regards his internal man,
and in the world by means of his external.
It is therefore by temptations
that in a person's case
heaven and the world are conjoined together,
and then the Lord with him
controls his world from heaven
in accordance with proper order.
The reverse happens if the person remains natural.
Then he longs to control heaven from the world.
That is what everyone
who loves to dominate from self-love
becomes like.
If he is inwardly examined,
he proves to believe in no God,
but himself . . ..

TCR 599
In people's struggles or temptations
the Lord carries out an individual redemption,
just as He did a total redemption
when He was in the world.
By struggles and temptations in the world
the Lord glorified His Human, that is, He made it Divine.
It is likewise now with people individually;
when someone is subject to temptations,
the Lord struggles for him,
overcoming the spirits of hell who assail him;
and after his temptation
He glorifies him, that is, renders him spiritual.

After His universal redemption
the Lord brought everything in heaven and in hell
into a state of order.
He does much the same with a person after temptation,
for He brings into a state of order
everything in him relating to heaven and the world.
After the act of redemption
the Lord established a new church;
likewise too He establishes in a person
what is to do with the church,
and makes him a church at the level of the individual.
After redemption
the Lord granted peace to those who believed in Him;
for He said:

I leave peace with you,
My peace I give to you;
not as the world gives
do I give it to you.
(John 14:27)

Likewise
He grants to a person after temptation to feel peace,
that is, gladness of mind and consolation.
These facts show
that the Lord is the Redeemer for ever.