win Me." xvi. 32. 3. That the Divine and Human operated unanimously, appears from these. "What things soever the Father doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise." John v. 19. "As the Father raiseth up the dead and quickeneth them, even so the Son quickeneth whom He will." v. 21. "As the Father hath life in Himself, so hath He given to the Son to have life in Himself." v. 26. "Now they know, that all things whatsoever Thou hast given Me are of Thee." xvii. 7. 4. That the Divine is united to the Human, and the Human to the Divine, is evident from these. "If ye know Me, ye know my Father also, and have seen Him." He said to Philip, desiring to see the Father, "Have I been so long with you, and hast thou not known Me, Philip? He that hath seen Me, hath seen the Father; believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? Believe Me, that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me." John xiv. 6-11. "If I do not the works of my Father, believe Me not; if I do, believe the works, that ye may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father." x. 36. 38. "That they all may be one, as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee." xvii. 22. "In that day ye shall know, that I am in my Father." xiv. 20. "No one shall pluck the sheep out of my Father's hand. I and the Father are one. x. 29, 30. "The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand." iii. 15. the Father hath are mine." xvi. 35. thine, and all thine are mine." xvii. 10. the Son power over all flesh." xvii. given to Me in heaven and in earth." 5. That the Divine Human is to be

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from the following passages. "That all should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father." John v. 23. ye had known Me, ye would have known my Father also." viii. 19. 66 He that seeth Me, seeth Him that sent Me." xii. 45. "If ye had known Me, ye would have known my Father also; and from henceforth ye know Him and have seen Him." xiv. 7. "He that receiveth Me, receiveth Him that sent Me." xiii. 20. The reason is, because no one can see the Divine itself, which is called the Father, but the Divine Human; for the Lord says, " No man hath ever seen God; the Only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him." i. 18. "No one hath seen the Father, but He who is with the Father, He hath seen the

Father." vi. 46. "Ye have not heard the voice of the Father at any time, nor seen his shape." v. 37. 6. Because the Lord made his Human Divine, from the Divine in Himself, and because the Human is to be addressed, and this is the Son of God, therefore the Lord, who is both the Father and the Son, is to be believed in. This appears from the following passages; "As many as received Him, to them gave He power to be sons of God, even to tHOSE BELIEVING IN HIS NAME." John i. 12. "That whosoever BELIEVETH IN HIM may not perish, but have eternal life." iii. 15. "For God so loved the world, that He gave his Only begotten Son, that whosoever BELIEVETH IN HIM might not perish, but have everlasting life." iii. 16. "He THAT BELIEVETH IN THE SON, is not judged; but he THAT BELIEVETH NOT, is judged already, because HE HATH NOT BELIEVED IN THE NAME OF THE ONLY-BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD." iii. 18. "He THAT BELIEVETH NOT THE SON, shall not see life, but the anger of God abideth on him.” iii. 36. "The bread of God is He that cometh down from heaven, and giveth life to the world. He that cometh to Me shall never hunger, and he THAT BELIEVETH IN ME shall never thirst." vi. 33. 35. "This is the will of Him who sent Me, that every one that seeth the Son and BELIEVETH IN HIM, may have everlasting life, and I will resuscitate him at the last day." vi. 40. "Then said they to Jesus, What shall we do, that we may work the works of God? Jesus answered, This is the work of God, that ye BELIEVE IN HIM WHOM HE HATH sent. "vi. 28, 29. Verily, verily, I say unto you, he THAT BELIEVETH IN ME hath everlasting life." vi. 47. "Jesus cried, saying, If any one thirst, let him come to Me and drink; whosoever BELIEVETH IN ME, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." vii. 37, 38. "UNLESS YE BELIEVE that I am, ye shall die in your sins." viii. "Jesus said, I am the resurrection, and the life, he THAT BELIEVETH IN ME, though he die, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and BELIEVETH IN ME, shall never die." xi. 25, 26. "Jesus said, I am come a light into the world, that WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN ME, may not abide in darkness." xii. 46. viii. 12. "While ye have the light, BELIEVE IN THE LIGHT, that ye may be children of light." xii. 36. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear shall live." v. 25. "Abide in Me, and I in you. I am the vine, ye are the branches; he that abideth in Me, and I in him, the

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same beareth much fruit; because without Me ye cannot do any thing." xv. 4, 5. That they should abide in the Lord, and the Lord in them. xiv. 20. xvii. 23. "I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one cometh to the Father, but by Me." xiv. 6. In these passages, and in all others, where the Father is named, the Divine is meant which was in the Lord from conception, which, according to the doctrine of faith of the Christian world, was as the soul in the body with man; the Human itself from this Divine is the Son of God. Now because this was made Divine, lest man should address the Father alone, and thereby in thought, faith, and thence in worship, should separate the Father from the Lord, therefore the Lord, after teaching that the Father and He are one; that the Father is in Him, and He in the Father; and that all should abide in Him; and that no one cometh to the Father, but by Him; also teaches that He is to be believed in, and that man is saved by a faith directed to Him. Many in Christendom cannot have any idea, that the Human in the Lord was made Divine; chiefly because they think concerning man from his material body, and not from the spiritual; when yet, all angels, who are spiritual, are also in full form men; and likewise every thing divine, which proceeds from Jehovah God, from its first principles in heaven, to its last in the world, tends to the human form. That angels are human forms, and that every thing divine tends to the human form, may be seen in the treatise concerning HEAVEN AND HELL, n. 73–77, and n. 453—460; and more fully in the ANGELIC WISDOM CONCERNING THE DIVINE LOVE.

33. IV. THAT THE LORD MADE HIS HUMAN DIVINE BY TEMPTATIONS ADMITTED THEREIN, AND BY CONTINUAL VICTORIES

THEN, has been shown above, n. 12-14; to which this only is to be added. Temptations are nothing else than combats against evils and falses; and because evils and falses are from hell, they are also combats against hell. There are also with men who undergo spiritual temptations, evil spirits from hell, who induce them. Man does not know that evil spirits induce temptations; yet it has been given me to know, from much experience, that they do. Hence it is, that a man, when from the Lord he conquers in temptations, is drawn out of hell and elevated into heaven; thence it is that man, by temptations or combats against evils, becomes spiritual, thus an angel. But the Lord fought from his own power against all the hells, and utterly subdued and

subjugated them; and by having at the same time glorified his Human, He keeps them forever subdued and subjugated. For before the coming of the Lord, the hells had risen to such a height, that they began to infest the very angels of heaven, and likewise every man coming into the world, and going out of the world. The reason that the hells had risen to such a height, was, because the church was utterly devastated; and the men of the world, from idolatries, were in mere falses and evils, and the hells are from men; thence it was, that, unless the Lord had come into the world, no man could have been saved. These combats of the Lord are much treated of in the Psalms of David and in the Prophets, and a little in the Evangelists. Those combats are what are meant by the temptations, which the Lord endured, the last of which was the passion of the cross. It is from them that the Lord is called Savior, and Redeemer. This is so far known in the church, that they say that the Lord conquered death, or the devil, that is, hell, and that He rose again victorious; as also, that without the Lord there is no salvation. That He also glorified his Human, and that thereby He became a Savior, Redeemer, Reformer, and Regenerator, forever, will be seen in what follows. That the Lord became a Savior by combats or temptations, is evident from the passages adduced above, n. 12-14, in abundance, and from this in Isaiah; "The day of vengeance is in my heart, and THE YEAR OF MY REDEEMED is come; I have trodden them down in my anger, I have brought down their strength to the earth, THEREFORE HE BECAME THEIR SAVIOR." lxiii. 4. 6. 8. The combats of

the Lord are treated of in that chapter. And in David; "Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors, that THE KING OF GLORY may come in. Who is this KING OF GLORY? JEHOVAH STRONG AND MIGHTY, JEHOVAH MIGHTY IN BATTLE." Psalm xxiv. 7, 8. These also are concerning the Lord.

34. V. THAT THE FULL UNION OF THE DIvine and HUMAN WAS EFFECTED IN HIM BY THE PASSION OF THE CROSS, WHICH WAS THE LAST OF THE TEMPTATIONS, was confirmed in its proper article above, in which it was shown, that the Lord came into the world, that He might subjugate the hells, and glorify his Human; and that the passion of the cross was the last combat, by which He fully conquered the hells, and fully glorified his Human. Now, because the Lord, by the passion of the cross, fully glorified his Human,

that is, united it to his Divine, and thus made his Human Divine, it follows, that He is Jehovah and God, also as to both. Wherefore in the Word, in many places, He is called Jehovah, God, and the Holy One of Israel, the Redeemer, Savior, and Former, as in the following. "Mary said, My soul doth magnify THE LORD, and my spirit hath rejoiced in GOD MY SAVIOR." Luke i. 46, 47. "The angel said to the shepherds, Behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, which shall be unto all people, that there is born this day, in the city of David, A SAVIOR, who is CHRIST THE LORD." Luke ii. 10, 11. 66 They said, This is indeed THE CHRIST, THE SAVIOR of the world." John iv. 42. "I will help thee, saith JEHOVAH, and THY REDEEMER, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL." Isaiah xli. 14. "Thus saith JEHOVAH THY CREATOR, O Jacob, and THY FORMER, O Israel; for I have REDEEMED thee. I am JEHOVAH THY GOD, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, THY SAVIOR." xliii. 1. 3. "Thus saith JEHOVAH YOUR REDEEMER, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL I AM JEHOVAH YOUR HOLY ONE, THE CREATOR OF ISRAEL, your King." xlii. 14. 15. "Thus saith JEHOVAH, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, and his FORMER." xlv. 11. "Thus saith JEHOVAH THY REDEEMER, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL." xlviii. 17. "That all flesh may know that I JEHOVAH am THY SAVIOR and THY REDEEMER, THE MIGHTY ONE OF JACOB." xlix. 26. "Then He shall come to Zion A REDEEMER." lix. 20. "That thou mayst know that I JEHOVAH am THY SAVIOR and THY REDEEMER, THE MIGHTY ONE OF JACOB." lx. 16. "JEHOVAH THY FORMER from the womb." xlix. 5. "JEHOVAH my Rock and MY REDEEMER." Psalm xix. 14.

They remembered that GOD was their rock, and THE HIGH GOD THEIR REDEEMER." lxxxviii. 35. "Thus saith JEHOVAH, THY REDEEMER, and THY FORMER from the womb." Isaiah xliv. 24. "As for OUR REDEEMER, JEHOVAH OF HOSTS is his name, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL.” xlvii. 4. "With everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith JEHOVAH THY REDEEMER." liv. 8. "Their REDEEMER is strong, JEHOVAH OF HOSTS is his name." Jerem. 1. 34. "Let Israel hope in JEHOVAH, for with JEHOVAH there is mercy, and with Him plenteous REDEMPTION. He shall REDEEM Israel from all his iniquities." Psalm cxxx. 7, 8, JEHOVAH my rock, my fortress, and the horn of my salvation, my SAVIOR." 2 Samuel xxii. 2, 3. "Thus saith JEHOVAH, THE REDEEMER of Israel, HIS HOLY ONE; Kings shall see and arise because of the Lord, who is faithful, THE HOLY