AC 3004-3005 - The Two Names Jesus Christ

AC 3004

That the deepest arcana
lie concealed in the internal sense of the Word,
which have heretofore come to no one's knowledge,
may appear from what has been already said and shown,
and also from what of the Lord's Divine mercy
will be shown in the following pages.
The same can be very plainly seen
from the internal sense
of the two names of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
When these names are used,
few have any other idea
than that they are proper names
and almost like the names of any other man,
but more holy.
The more learned are indeed aware
that Jesus means Savior,
and that Christ means Anointed;
and from this they conceive some interior idea;
but still these are not the things
the angels in heaven perceive
from the names in question.
The things they perceive are still more Divine.
By the name "Jesus,"
when named by a person who is reading the Word,
the angels perceive Divine good;
and by "Christ," Divine truth;
and by the two names,
the Divine marriage of good and truth,
and of truth and good;
thus the whole Divine in the heavenly marriage,
which is heaven.

AC 3005

That "Jesus" is Divine good
comes from the fact that "Jesus" means
"safety," "salvation," and "Savior;"
and because it means these,
it means the Divine good;
for all salvation is from the Divine good
which is of the Lord's love and mercy;
and thus is effected by the reception of that good.
That "Christ" is Divine truth
comes from the fact that the name means
"Messiah," "Anointed," and "King;"
and that these names signify the Divine truth . . ..