AR 812 - Rejoice, exult, and give glory to the One God, the Lord

AR 812
Let us rejoice and exult, and give the glory to Him;
for the marriage of the Lamb is come,
(Revelation 19:7)
signifies joy of soul and heart, and consequently the glorification of the Lord,
that in the future there may be a full marriage of Him with the church.
By "rejoice and exult" is signified joy of soul and heart.
Joy of soul is joy of the understanding, or from the truth of faith;
and joy of heart is joy of the will, or from the goods of love.
The two are mentioned on account of the marriage of truth and good
in each thing of the Word.
By "giving glory to Him"
is signified to acknowledge and confess that all truth is from the Lord;
also to acknowledge that the Lord is the God of heaven and earth;
here therefore is signified to glorify,
because this involves both.
By "for the marriage of the Lamb is come,"
is signified because from now on there is the full marriage
of the Lord and the church.
That this may be signified, it is therefore said "the Lamb;"
and by "the Lamb" is meant the Lord as to the Divine Human.

[2] It may be evident almost without explanation,
that when the Lord's Human is acknowledged to be Divine,
there is effected a full marriage of the Lord and the church . . ..
That there is then the full marriage of the Lord and the church,
when His Human is acknowledged to be Divine, is manifest;
for then God the Father and He are acknowledged to be one,
as the soul and the body.
When this is acknowledged,
the Father is not approached for the sake of the Son;
but then the Lord Himself is approached,
and God the Father through Him;
because the Father is in Him, as the soul is in the body, as was said.
Before the Lord's Human is acknowledged to be Divine,
there is indeed a marriage of the Lord with the church;
but only with those who approach the Lord, and think of His Divine,
and not at all whether His Human is Divine or not.
The simple in faith and in heart do this; but rarely the learned and erudite.
Moreover also there cannot be given three husbands to one wife,
nor three souls to one body;
and therefore, unless one God is acknowledged, in whom is the Trinity,
and that that God is the Lord, there is no marriage.