DLord 2-3 - The Lord in the Word

DLord (Doctrine of the Lord) 2-3

Since each and every thing in the Word
has to do with the Lord,
and the Word is the Lord
because it embodies Divine truth,
it is clear why we are told,
"And the Word. . . became flesh and dwelt among us,
and we beheld His glory."
Also why we are told,
"While you have the light,
believe in the light,
that you may be children of light . . ..
I have come as a light into the world;
whoever believes in Me
does not abide in darkness."
The light is Divine truth, thus the Word.

As a result, everyone, even at this day,
who turns to the Lord alone when he reads the Word,
and prays to Him,
is enlightened as regards it.

We must briefly say here, too,
that themes concerning the Lord
are found in general and in particular throughout
the Prophets of the Old testament, from Isaiah to Malachi:

1.  The Lord came into the world in the fullness of time,
which is to say,
when the Jews no longer knew Him,
and when for that reason nothing of the church remained.
And if the Lord had not then
come into the world and revealed Himself,
mankind would have perished in eternal death.
He Himself says in John,
"If you do not belief that I am [who I am],
you will die in your sins."
(John 8:24)

2.  The Lord came into the world
to execute a last judgment,
and by doing so
conquer the hells that were reigning at the time.
This He did by combats,
that is, by temptations or trials,
which He permitted His human
from His mother to undergo,
and by continual victories in them then.
If the hells had not be conquered,
no one could have been saved.

3.  The Lord came into the world to glorify His human,
that is, to unite it to the Divinity
that He had in Him from conception.

4.  The Lord came into the world
to establish a new church
which would acknowledge Him
as its Redeemer and Savior,
so as to be redeemed and saved
through love for and faith in Him.

5.  At the same time He did so
in order to set heaven in order,
in order for it to be in harmony with the church.

6.  His suffering of the cross was the last combat,
or temptation or trial,
by which He thoroughly conquered the hells
and fully glorified His human.