Addition to ** Which Way? **

AC 1729

To God Most High.
(Genesis 14:18)

That this signifies the internal man, which is Jehovah,
is evident from what has been said already several times
concerning the Lord's internal man,
that it is Jehovah Himself,
and thus that the Lord is the same as Jehovah the Father;
as He Himself says in John:

I am the way, and the truth, and the life.
Philip said, Show us the Father.
Jesus saith unto him,
Am I so long time with you,
and you do not know Me, Philip?
He that has seen Me has seen the Father;
how do you say then, Show us the Father?
Don't you believe
that I am in the Father and the Father in Me?
Believe Me, that I am in the Father,
and the Father in Me.
(John 14:6, 8-11)

[2] It is the Lord's Human Essence
which is called the "Son of man;"
which also, after the combats of the temptations,
was united to His Divine Essence,
so that it was itself also made Jehovah;
wherefore in heaven they know no other Jehovah the Father
than the Lord (AC 15).
With the Lord all is Jehovah;
not only His internal and His interior man,
but also the external man, and the very body;
and therefore He alone rose into heaven with the body also;
as is sufficiently evident in the Gospels,
where His resurrection is treated of;
as also from the words of the Lord Himself:

Wherefore do thoughts arise in your hearts?
See My hands and My feet,
that it is I Myself;
handle Me and see,
for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see Me have.
And when He had said this,
He showed them His hands and His feet.
(Luke 24:38-40)

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Thomas said to Him,
"Lord, we don't know where You are going,
so how can we know the way?"

Jesus answered,
"I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through Me.
If you really knew Me,
you would know My Father as well.
From now on,
you know Him and have seen Him."

Philip said,
"Lord, show us the Father
and that will be enough for us."

Jesus answered:
"Don't you know Me, Philip,
even after I have been among you such a long time?
Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father.
How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
Don't you believe that I am in the Father,
and that the Father is in Me?
The words I say to you are not just My own.
Rather, it is the Father,
living in Me,
who is doing His work.
Believe Me when I say
that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me;
or at least believe on the evidence
of the miracle themselves.
I tell you the truth,
anyone who has faith in Me
will do what I have been doing.
He will do even greater things than these,
because I am going to the Father.
And I will do whatever you ask in My name,
so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.
You may ask Me for anything in My name,
and I will do it."

(John 14:5-14)