AC 10730 [2-3]
By the “Sabbath” in its proper sense
is meant rest and peace,
because when the Lord united
His Human to the Divine Itself
He had
peace,
for the combats then ceased,
and all things in the heavens and in
the hells
had been reduced into order.
And accordingly there was peace
not for Him only;
but also for the angels in the heavens,
and for people on
earth,
there were peace and salvation.
As these two truths treated of here
are the very universal on which
all other things of the church depend,
therefore the hallowing of the
Sabbath,
by which these two are meant,
is the only thing here set
forth.
For the universal truth of all
is that the Lord united His Human
to the Divine Itself,
and that from this a person
has peace and salvation.
And it is also a universal truth
that a person must be conjoined with the
Lord,
in order that he may have peace and salvation,
and this is
effected by means of regeneration.
For this reason also,
among the
Israelitish nation
the Sabbath was the chief representative
and the
chief sign of a covenant with Jehovah,
that is, of conjunction with the
Lord;
a “covenant” denotes conjunction.
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