AC 1791
Abram said, Lord Jehovih.
(Genesis 15:2)
That this signifies the Lord's perception,
may be seen from the fact that the Lord
had the most interior and perfect perception
of all things.
This perception, as before said,
was a perceptive sensation and knowledge
of all things that were taking place in heaven,
and was a continual communication
and internal conversation with Jehovah,
which the Lord alone had.
This is meant in the internal sense by the words
"Abram said to Jehovah;"
this was represented by Abram
when he spoke with Jehovah;
and the like is signified in what follows
wherever the expression "Abram said to Jehovah" occurs.
AC 1793 [1,2]
That the "Lord Jehovih"
is the internal man relatively to the interior,
is evident from what has been said
concerning the Lord's internal man,
namely, that it was Jehovah Himself,
from whom He was conceived,
and whose only Son He was,
and to whom the Lord's Human became united
after He had by the combats of temptation
purified the maternal human,
that is, that which He derived from the mother.
The appellation "Lord Jehovih"
occurs very often in the Word;
indeed, as often as Jehovah is called "Lord"
He is not called "Lord Jehovah,"
but "Lord Jehovih,"
and this especially where temptations are treated of.
[2] As in Isaiah:
Behold, the Lord Jehovih comes in strength,
and His arm shall rule for Him;
behold, His reward is with Him,
and His work before Him.
He shall feed His flock like a shepherd,
He shall gather the lambs in His arm,
and carry them in His bosom,
and shall lead those that give suck.
(Isaiah 40:10-11)
where "the Lord Jehovih comes in strength,"
relates to His victory in the combats of temptations;
"His arm shall rule for Him,"
means that it is from His own power.
What the reward is
that is mentioned in the first verse of this chapter
is here declared, namely,
that it is the salvation of the whole human race,
that is to say, "He feeds His flock like a shepherd,
gathers the lambs in His arm,
carries them in His bosom,
and leads those that give suck;"
all of which things pertain to inmost or Divine love.
Thursday, April 20, 2017
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