AC 10409 [3-4]
. . . the goods, the satisfactions, and
the happiness
that are given and provided for a person by the Divine
are
eternal and have no end;
and consequently these are true blessings.
What
is temporary bears no ratio to what is eternal;
as what is finite in
time
bears no ratio to the infinite of time.
What endures to eternity,
this is;
but what has an end, this relatively is not.
That which is, the
Divine provides;
but not that which is not,
except insofar as it
conduces to that which is;
for Jehovah, which is the Divine Itself, is,
and that which is from Him also is.
From this it is evident what is the
quality
of that which is given
and provided for a person by the Divine,
and
what is the quality of that
which a person himself procures for himself.
Moreover, every person is led by the Divine
by means of his
understanding;
if he were not led thereby,
no person could be saved;
and
from this it is that the Divine
leaves this with a person in its freedom,
and
does not check it.
From this cause it comes to pass
that the
machinations and cunning devices of the evil
(which are from their
understanding) succeed;
but the favorable results thus obtained
come to
an end together with their life in the world,
and become unfavorable;
whereas those things
which are provided by the Divine for the good
have
no end,
and become favorable and happy to eternity.
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