AE 297 [1, 4]
That Divine good judges no one,
but Divine truth judges,
is meant by the Lord's words in John:
The Father does not judge anyone,
but has given all judgment unto the Son;
because He is the Son of man.
(John 5:22, 27)
"Father" means the Lord in respect to Divine good;
"the Son of man," the Lord in respect to Divine truth.
Divine good "does not judge anyone,"
because it explores no one;
but Divine truth judges, for it explores everyone.
Yet it should be known,
that neither does the Lord Himself judge anyone
from the Divine truth that proceeds from Him,
for this is so united to Divine good
that they are one;
but the man-spirit judges himself;
for it is the Divine truth received by himself that judges him;
but because the appearance is that the Lord judges,
therefore it is said in the Word
that all are judged by the Lord.
This the Lord also teaches in John:
Jesus said, If any man hear My words and yet believe not,
I judge him not;
for I have not come to judge the world
but to save the world.
He that rejects Me and receives not My words
has one that judges him;
the word that I have spoken,
the same shall judge him in the last day.
(John 12:47-48)
. . . all Divine truth is in good, and nowhere else.
AE 298
. . . because Divine good has all power
by means of the Divine truth,
therefore by the right hand,
when said of the Lord, omnipotence is signified;
and because as Divine good
has all intelligence and wisdom by means of Divine truth,
and to the right in heaven
is Divine truth in light as has been said,
therefore, by the right hand, when said of the Lord,
is also signified omniscience.
AE 304 [1, 3]
. . . all angels are from the human race,
and that every person retains his proprium after death;
and they are withheld from the evils of their proprium,
and are kept in goods by the Lord.
. . . an angel is not an angel,
nor is a person a person,
from the human which both have,
but from heaven and the church with them.
Sunday, July 19, 2020
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