AC 1054 - "And I Will See It."

AC 1054

And I will see it.
(Genesis 9:16)

  . . . to "see" anyone, when predicated of the Lord,
means to know his quality.
For the Lord knows all from eternity,
and has no need to see what anyone is.
When anyone is such that he can be regenerated,
then it is said of the Lord that He "sees" him,
as also that He "lifts up His countenance" upon him.
But when he cannot be regenerated,
it is not said that the Lord sees him,
or lifts up His countenance upon him,
but that He "turns away His eyes" or "His face" from him,
although it is not the Lord who turns them away,
but the man.
. . . As regards the Lord,
the case is the same with "seeing"
as it is with "remembering"
which in the internal sense signifies to have mercy.