AC 2034 - His Union and His Love

AC 2034 [2. 3]

. . . in the union of Himself with the Father
the Lord had in view
the conjunction of Himself with the human race,
and that He had this at heart,
because it was His love;
for all conjunction is effected by means of love,
love being conjunction itself.

. . . and this His love,
which was such that the salvation of the human race,
as beheld in the union of Himself with His Father,
was to Him the inmost joy.