Tuesday, September 09, 2025

AR 804 - Salvation, Glory and Honor, Power; AR 806 Anger and Revenge

AR 804

Salvation to the Lord our God 
symbolizes an acknowledgment and confession 
that salvation is made possible by the Lord. 
Glory and honor to the Lord our God 
symbolizes an acknowledgment and confession 
that the Lord is the source 
of Divine truth and Divine good, 
thus that these are received from Him. 
Power to the Lord our God 
symbolizes an acknowledgment and confession 
that the power is the Lord's.

AR 806

Anger and revenge are attributed to the Lord 
when evil people are separated from the good 
and cast into hell, 
as happens at the time of a last judgment. 
That time is therefore called 
wrath and a day of wrath, and a day of vengeance.
Not that the Lord is angry or vengeful, 
but that those people are angry at the Lord 
and filled with vengeance against Him. 
The case is like that of a criminal 
after sentence has been passed, 
who is angry at the law 
and filled with vengeance against the judge. 
For the law is not angry, 
nor is the judge taking revenge.

 

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