AC 5307 - The Spirit of God

AC 5307

For the "spirit of God" denotes
that which proceeds from the Divine,
thus from good itself,
because the Divine is good itself,
and that which proceeds from it
is truth in which is good,
which is what is meant in the Word by the "spirit of God;"
for the spirit itself does not go forth,
but truth itself in which is good,
or holy truth,
the spirit being instrumental in bringing it forth.
This truth in which is good
is here the celestial of the spiritual,
which is represented by Joseph.

It is known in the church
that "Joseph" in the spiritual sense is the Lord . . ..
For the Lord is represented by
Abraham, and also by Isaac, as well as by Jacob,
and He is also represented by Moses and Elijah,
by Aaron, by David, besides by many others in the Word,
and yet not in the same way by one as by another.
By Abraham the Lord is represented as to the Divine Itself,
by Isaac as to the Divine rational,
by Jacob as to the Divine natural,
by Moses as to the law or historic Word,
by Elijah as to the prophetic Word,
by Aaron as to the priesthood,
and by David as to the royalty.
. . .That which Joseph represents is called
"the celestial of the spiritual from the natural,"
the only words by which it can be expressed.
For the celestial is good from the Divine,
and the spiritual is truth from that good,
and thus is the truth of the good from His Divine Human.
This the Lord was when He lived in the world;
but when He had glorified Himself,
He passed above it,
and became the Divine good itself
or Jehovah even as to the Human.