AE 409 - the Divine Human by Divine Truth is the Servant

AE 409 [2, 6]

That "servant" means what is of service and effects
is plainly evident from this,
that the Lord in relation to His Divine Human
is called "servant" and "minister," . . .:
    
Behold My servant, on whom I lean,
My chosen, in whom My soul is well pleased;
I have given My spirit upon Him.
[He shall bring forth judgment to the nations].
Who is blind but My servant?
or deaf as My angel that I send?
Who is blind as He that is perfect,
and blind as the servant of Jehovah?
(Isaiah 42:1, 19)

This is said of the Lord,
who is treated of in the whole of this chapter,
and the Lord in respect to His Divine Human
is here called "a servant,"
because He served his Father by doing His will,
as He frequently declares;
and this means that He reduced to order
all things in the spiritual world,
and at the same time
taught men the way to heaven.
Therefore by "My servant on whom I lean,"
and by "My chosen, in whom My soul is well pleased,"
the Divine Human is meant;
and this is called "a servant" from the Divine truth
by which it produced effects,
and "chosen" from the Divine good.
That it was by means of the Divine truth
which belonged to Him
that the Lord produced effects
is meant by
"I have given My spirit upon Him,
He shall bring forth judgment to the nations;"
"the spirit of Jehovah"
 meaning the Divine truth,
and "to bring forth judgment to the nations"
meaning to instruct.

He is called "blind" and "deaf"
because the Lord is as if
He did not see and perceive the sins of men,
for He leads men gently, bending and not breaking,
thus leading away from evils, and leading to good;
therefore He does not chastise and punish,
like one who sees and perceives.
This is meant by
"who is blind but My servant? or deaf as My angel?"
He is called "blind" and hence "a servant"
from the Divine truth,
and "deaf" and hence "an angel"
from the Divine good;
for "blindness" has reference to the understanding
and thence to the perception,
and "deafness" to the perception and thence to the will;
it is therefore here meant
that He as it were does not see,
although He possesses the Divine truth
from which He understands all things,
and that He does not will according to what He perceives,
although He has the Divine good,
from which He is able to effect all things.


But in a particular sense,
"servant" and "servants" in the Word
mean those who receive Divine truth and who teach it,
since Divine truth is what serves,
and by means of it Divine good produces effects.
For this reason "servants" and "chosen"
are frequently mentioned together . . .

Thou, Israel, art My servant,
and Jacob, whom I have chosen.
(Isaiah 41:8)