AC 9528, 9534 - the Lord's mercy

AC 9528
. . . from pure love, and thus from pure mercy,
the Lord assumed the Human,
and endured the most grievous temptations,
and finally the passion of the cross,
that He might save the human race;
whereby merit and righteousness became His.

AC 9534
. . . the sphere of Divine good
encompasses heaven and all the societies in heaven,
and thus protects them
from the breaking in of evils from hell.
. . .  the Lord reigns also in the hells, but with this difference,
that the Divine sphere
which encompasses and protects heaven
is a sphere of Divine truth conjoined with Divine good;
whereas the sphere which guards hell
is a sphere of Divine truth separate from Divine good.
That this is the sphere in hell,
is because all who are there reject Divine good;
thus the Lord's mercy.