DW 8 - "The First and the Last"

DW 8 [3]

. . . all Divine influx is from first things into ultimates,
and through a connection with ultimates into intermediates,
and thus the Lord binds together all things of creation,
and for this reason He is called "the First and the Last."

For the same reason He came into the world
and put on a human body and therein glorified Himself,
that from firsts and also from ultimates
He might govern the universe,
both heaven and the world.
The same is true of every Divine operation.
This is so because in ultimates all things co-exist,
for all things that are in successive order
are in ultimates in simultaneous order;
consequently all things that are in simultaneous order
are in a continuous connection
with all things in successive order.
This makes clear
that the Divine in the ultimate is in its fullness.

. . . all creation has been effected in ultimates,
and that every Divine operation passes through to ultimates
and there creates and operates.
That the angelic mind is formed in man
is evident from man's formation in the womb,
also from his formation after birth,
also from the law of Divine order
that all things should return from ultimates
to the first from which they are,
and man to the Creator from whom he is.