TCR 597
The existence of temptations
is known at the present time,
but hardly anyone knows their origin and nature
or what good they do.
TCR 599
In people's struggles or temptations
the Lord carries out an individual redemption,
just as He did a total redemption
when He was in the world.
By
struggles and temptations in the world
the Lord glorified His Human,
that is, He made it Divine.
It is likewise now with people
individually;
when someone is subject to temptations,
the Lord
struggles for him,
overcoming the spirits of hell who assail him;
and after his temptation He glorifies him,
that is, renders him
spiritual.
After His universal redemption
the Lord brought
everything
in heaven and in hell into a state of order.
He does much
the same
with a person after temptation,
for He brings into a state
of order everything
in him relating to heaven and the world.
After
the act of redemption
the Lord established a new church;
likewise
too He establishes in a person
what is to do with the church,
and
makes him a church
at the level of the individual.
After redemption
the Lord granted peace
to those who believed in Him; for He said:
I leave peace with you,
My peace I give to you;
not as the world
gives do I give it to you.
(John 14:27)
Likewise He grants to a person after temptation
to feel peace,
that is, gladness of mind and consolation.
These facts show
that
the Lord is the Redeemer for ever.
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