AE 684 - "the Anointed"

AE 684 [30-31]

. . . the Lord is called "the Anointed,"
that is, the Messiah or the Christ,

from the union of Divine good with Divine truth in His Human,

for the Lord's Human from that union

is meant by "the Anointed of Jehovah."

Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth,

and will give strength unto His King

and exalt the horn of His Anointed.

(1 Samuel 2:10)

This is a part of the prophetic song of Hannah,

the mother of Samuel,

before there was any king or anointed over Israel,

therefore "King" and "Anointed" here mean the Lord,

to whom "is given strength" and whose "horn is exalted"

when the Divine is united to the Human,

"strength" signifying the power of good over evil,

and "horn" the power of truth over falsity,

and truth is said "to be exalted" when it becomes interior,

and in the same degree becomes more powerful.