AC 3035 - Jehovah the God of Heaven; AC 3037 - "Speaks" and "Swears"

AC 3035

Jehovah the God of heaven.
(Genesis 214:7)

That this means the Lord's Divine Itself,
. . . for by "Jehovah,"
so often named in the Word of the Old Testament,
is meant the Lord alone;
for all things therein
in general and particular
treat of Him in the internal sense;
and all and each of the rites of the church
represented Him;
and that the people of the most ancient times,
who were of the celestial church,
understood by Jehovah no other than the Lord.
In the sense of the letter here and elsewhere
the appearance is that another, who is higher,
is meant by "Jehovah;"
but the sense of the letter is such
as to separate
what the internal sense unites;
and this for the reason
that the person who is to be instructed
from the sense of the letter
cannot have an idea of a one,
unless he first has an idea of more than one;
for a one with person is formed from many;
or what is the same,
from successive things is formed
that which is simultaneous.
There are many things in the Lord,
and all are Jehovah.
This is the reason why
the sense of the letter makes a distinction,
while heaven by no means does so;
but acknowledges one God in a simple idea,
and no other than the Lord.

AC 3037

When it is said concerning Jehovah
that He "speaks,"
in the internal sense it is meant that He wills;
for whatever Jehovah speaks, He wills;
and when it is said concerning Jehovah
that He "swears,"
it is meant in the internal sense
that He understands it to be true;
thus by "swearing," when predicated of Jehovah,
is meant understanding . . ..