Wednesday, August 30, 2017

AC 3023 - God of Heaven / God of the Earth

AC 3023

. . . "Jehovah the God of heaven,"
being said of the Lord,
denotes Jehovah Himself who is called the Father,
from whom He was conceived,
thus who was His Divine Essence;
for the conception itself
gave the veriest essence from which He was.
"Jehovah the God of the earth"
in this case means Jehovah who is called the Son,
thus His Human essence;
this came forth from the Divine essence
when the Lord made it also Divine.
Thus by "Jehovah the God of heaven"
is signified the Divine that is in the highest;
and by "Jehovah the God of the earth"
is signified the Divine
that is in that which is therefrom.
But the Lord is called "Jehovah the God of heaven"
from His Divine that is in the heavens;
and He is called the "God of the earth"
from His Divine that is on earth.
The Divine in the heavens is also that
which is with man in his internals;
but the Divine on earth is that
which is in his externals;
for the internals of man are his heaven,
because by them he is conjoined with the angels;
but his externals are his earth, 

for by them he is conjoined with men.


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