EU 113, 122 - why the Lord was willing to be born on our earth

EU 113, 122

There are many reasons . . .

why it pleased the Lord to be born

and to assume the human on our earth,

and not on another.

The PRINCIPLE REASON was because of the Word,

in that it might be written on our earth;

and when written be afterwards published

throughout the whole earth;

and when once published be preserved to all posterity;

and that thus it might be made clear,

even to all in the other life,

that God became Man.

. . . the Divine truth in the letter,

which is called the Word,

. . . was also given on this earth,

and not on any other:

and because the Lord is the Word,

and is the First and the Last thereof,

therefore, that all things might exist according to order,

He was willing to be born on this earth,

and be made the Word,

according to what is written in John:

In the beginning was the Word,

and the Word was with God,

and God was the Word.

This was in the beginning with God.

All things were made by Him,

and without Him was not anything made which was made.

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us,

and we beheld His glory,

the glory as of the Only-begotten of the Father.

No one has seen God at any time;

the Only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father,

He has brought Him forth to view.

(John 1-14, 18)

The Word is the Lord as to the Divine truth,

thus the Divine truth from the Lord.

But this is an arcanum (secret)

which falls within the understanding of only a few.