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The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Concerning The Lord
By Emanuel Swedenborg |
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CONTENTS
I. Universal Holy Scripture treats of the Lord: the Lord
is the Word (n. 1-7). By the law in a restricted sense are meant the ten Commandments of the Decalogue
(n. 8). By the law in a wider sense are meant all things written by Moses in his five
books (n. 9). By the law in the widest sense are meant all things of the Word (n. 10, 11).
IV.
By the passion of the cross the Lord did not take away sins, but bore them (n.
15-17).
V.
The imputation of the Lord's merit is nothing but the remission of sins after
repentance (n. 18). The Lord's Human, conceived of Jehovah the Father, and born of the virgin Mary,
is the Son of God (n. 192-22). The Lord is called the Son of man when His passion is treated of (n. 24). The Lord is called the Son of man when the judgment is treated of (n. 25). The Lord is called the Son of man when his Advent is treated of (n. 26). The Lord is called the Son of man when redemption, salvation, reformation, and
regeneration are treated of (n. 27). That the Son of man signifies the Lord in respect to the Word, was the reason
why the prophets also were called sons of man (n. 28). The Lord from eternity is Jehovah (n. 30). The Lord from eternity, or Jehovah, assumed the Human to save men (n. 31). The Lord made His human Divine from the Divine in Himself (n 32). The Lord made His Human Divine by means of temptations admitted into Himself,
and by means of continual victories in them (n. 33). The full unition of the Divine and the Human in the Lord was effected by means
of the passion of the cross, which was the last temptation (n. 34). By successive steps the Lord put off the human taken from the mother, and put on
a Human from the Divine within Him, which is the Divine Human, and is the Son of
God (n. 35). Thus God became Man, as in first principles. so also in ultimates (n. 36).
VIII.
The Lord is God himself, from whom and concerning whom is the Word (n. 37-44).
IX.
God is one, and the Lord is that God (n. 45).
X.
The Holy Spirit is the Divine proceeding from the Lord, and this is the Lord himself (n. 46-54). By "spirit" is meant man's life (n. 47). As man's life varies according to his state, by "spirit" is meant the varying
affection of life in man (n. 48). As By "spirit" is meant the life of one who is regenerate, which is called
spiritual life (n. 49). By "spirit" is meant spiritual life in those who are in humiliation (n. 492). Where "spirit" is said of the Lord, there is meant His Divine life, thus the
Lord Himself (n. 50). "Spirit" as used for Jehovah Himself, that is, the Lord (n. 502). By "spirit," when said of the Lord, is specifically meant the life of His
Wisdom, which is Divine Truth (n. 51). Jehovah Himself (that is, the Lord) spoke the Word through the prophets (n. 52).
XII. By the "New Jerusalem" (spoken of in the revelation) is meant a New
Church
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