AC 3712 - Divine Doctrine Is Divine Truth Is The Word of the Lord

AC 3712 [2-3]

Divine doctrine is Divine truth;
and Divine truth is all the Word of the Lord;
Divine doctrine itself is
the Word in the supreme sense,
in which the Lord alone is treated of;
and from this,
Divine doctrine is the Word in the internal sense,
in which the Lord's kingdom
in the heavens and on earth is treated of.
Divine doctrine is also the Word in the literal sense,
in which the things that are
in the world and upon earth are treated of.
And whereas the literal sense contains within it
the internal sense,
and this the supreme sense,
and as the literal sense
altogether corresponds thereto
by means of representatives and significatives,
therefore also the doctrine therefrom is Divine.
As Jacob represents the Lord's Divine natural,
he represents also the Word as to the literal sense;
for it is well known that the Lord is the Word,
that is, all Divine truth.

The natural of the Word is circumstanced
no otherwise than is its literal sense,
for this is relatively a cloud;
whereas its rational --
that is, the interior spiritual of the Word --
is circumstanced as is the internal sense;
and as the Lord is the Word,
it may be said that the internal sense
is represented by Isaac,
but the supreme sense by Abraham.
From this we can see what is meant by
conjunction with Divine doctrine,
when this is predicated of the Lord's Divine natural
which is represented by Jacob.
Nevertheless these things are not so in the Lord,
for all in Him is Divine good,
and not Divine truth,
and still less Divine natural truth;
but Divine truth is the Divine good
appearing in heaven before the angels,
and on earth before men;
and although it is an appearing,
still it is Divine truth,
because it is from the Divine good;
just as light is of the sun,
because from the sun.