AC 9987 - "Word"

AC 9987 [1, 5]

In the general sense a "word" means
an utterance of the mouth, or a speech;
and as a speech is a thought of the mind
uttered by means of words,
therefore a "word" means the thing that is being thought;
and from this, in the original tongue,
everything that really exists,
and is anything, is called a "word."
But in an eminent sense the "Word" is Divine truth,
for the reason that everything which really exists,
and which is anything,
is from Divine truth.

That "the word" denotes a law of order,
is because the Divine truth
that proceeds from the Lord
makes order in the heavens,
insomuch that it is order there.
For this reason
the laws of heavenly order are Divine truths.
The law of order
which is meant by "word" in this chapter (Exodus 29)
is the way in which the Lord glorified His Human,
that is, made it Divine,
for this is the subject here treated of
in the internal sense;
and from this in the relative sense
the regeneration of a person is treated of,
for the regeneration of a person
is an image of the glorification of the Lord.
That why this is the law of order in particular,
is because the Lord as to the Divine Human
is Order in the heavens,
and because everyone who is being regenerated
is brought into this order;
wherefore they who are in this order
are in the Lord.