TCR 114 - The Two Offices of the Lord; TCR 118 - By Redemption the Lord Separated the Good and the Evil

TCR 114

It is acknowledged throughout the Church
that to the Lord there pertain two offices,
that of priest and that of king;
but as few persons know in what these offices consist
it shall now be explained.
The Lord, from the office of priest, is called Jesus,
and Christ from the office of king.
In the Word also, from the office of priest,
He is called Jehovah and Lord,
and from the office of king,
God and the Holy One of Israel, as well as King.
These two offices are distinct from each other
like love and wisdom,
or what is the same, like goodness and truth.
Therefore whatever the Lord did,
and whatever function He performed,
from Divine Love or Divine Good,
He did from His priestly office;
but whatever He did from Divine Wisdom or Divine Truth,
He did from His kingly office.
In the Word also
priest and priesthood signify Divine Good,
and king and kingship signify Divine Truth . . ..

Redemption itself was the subjugation of the hells,
the orderly arrangement of the heavens,
and thus the preparation for a New Spiritual Church.

TCR 117

 . . . the Lord, by redemption . . .
separated the good from the evil,
and had cast the latter into hell
and taken the former into heaven.
What would become of an empire or kingdom,
if there were no justice and judgment
to remove the evil from among the good,
and to protect the good from molestation,
so that every man might
dwell in the security of his own home,
and, as it is expressed in the Word,
sit in peace under his own vine
and under his own fig-tree?