Friday, May 05, 2023

AC 8137 - The Divine Effect

AC 8137 [3]

. . . the evil flee from the presence of the Lord,
that is, the presence of the good and truth that are from Him,
feeling horror and torment at their mere approach;
and also by reason of this presence
they become encompassed about
with their own evils and falsities,
for these then burst forth from them;
and indeed these evils and falsities encompass
and are interposed
in order to prevent the Divine from flowing in
and tormenting them.
This is the Divine effect which is here signified by
the "glorification in Pharaoh and in his army."
That this effect is from the Divine Human of the Lord,
is because, as before said,
by the Lord's coming into the world
and assuming the Human and making it Divine,
He cast all falsities and evils into hell,
and reduced truths and goods in the heavens into order,
and liberated from damnation
those who were of the spiritual church.


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