SS 99 - After the Lord Was Born, the Church Changed

SS 99

The state of the church was completely changed
by the Lord's becoming the Word in ultimates.
All the churches that had existed before His advent
were representative churches
and could see Divine truth in the shade only;
but after the Lord's coming into the world
a church was instituted by Him
that saw Divine truth in the light.
The difference is like that
between evening and morning,
and the state of the church before His advent
is also called "the evening,"
and that of the church after it "the morning."
Before His coming into the world
the Lord was indeed present
with the people of the church,
but mediately through heaven,
whereas since His coming into the world
He is present with them immediately,
for in the world He put on the Divine Natural,
in which He is present with people.
The glorification of the Lord
is the glorification of His Human
that He assumed in the world,
and the Lord's glorified Human is the Divine Natural.