Saturday, July 18, 2020

AE 288 - "Glory and Honor", "Glorifying"; AE 293 - The Lord's Power

AE 288 [3, 6, 10]

In the Word, "glory and honor" is a frequent expression,
and "glory" everywhere signifies truth,
and "honor" good.
The two are mentioned together
because in the particulars of the Word
there is a heavenly marriage,
which is the conjunction of truth and good.
There is this marriage in the particulars of the Word,
because the Divine that proceeds from the Lord
is Divine truth united to Divine good;
and because these together make heaven
and also make the church,
therefore this marriage is in the particulars of the Word;
so also in the particulars of the Word
is the Divine from the Lord,
and the Lord Himself;
this is why the Word is most holy.

The works of Jehovah are great.
Glory and honor are His work.
(Psalm 111:2-3)
"The works of Jehovah" mean all things
that proceed from Him and are done by Him;
and as these are referable
to Divine truth and Divine good,
it is said, "His work is glory and honor."

"Glorifying" means uniting the Divine Itself to His Human,
and also making His Human Divine.

AE 293

. . . the Lord has power over all things
because He is God alone;
but the salvation of the human race
is the principal object of power,
since for the sake of that
the heavens and the worlds were created;
and salvation is the reception of the proceeding Divine.


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