Consider the beautiful but cryptic statements of John 1:1:

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

God's love has always been and will always be infinite and perfect. That means the expression of God's love -- His truth -- has also always been and will always be infinite and perfect.

The Lord has shared this truth with us in various ways since the beginning of humanity. The earliest people received truth directly, flowing into the inner parts of their minds from heaven. Later, people understood it through nature seeing the Lord's love expressed in mountains, trees, rivers, and the sun, moon and stars. By using natural language as a container for spiritual language, the Lord expressed truth within the Bible inside its stories, laws and prophecies. When humanity reached its lowest point, God took on a human form and walked among us as Jesus. In this way, the Lord brought us Divine truths in an accessible and tangible way. By accepting and loving the Lord as Jesus we can open ourselves to His love.

Finally, the Heavenly Doctrine received through the pen of Emanuel Swedenborg are themselves a container for Divine Truth, both in speaking plainly about heaven and by unlocking the truth as it is contained in the Bible.

The Word itself is Divine Truth; the Lord's expression of love has and never will change.

77. Internal Meaning of Jeremiah, Chapter 11

1-3 Let them do the commandments and acknowledge the Lord; this is meant by the covenant. (3)

4 It was with them when they were reformed. (3)

5-6 Every good and truth of the church is theirs by means of it. (3)

7-8 This they were often told, but they did not obey, (3, 4)

9-10 but all did the contrary, and acknowledged another god. (3)

11-13 Therefore there is no help for them, because they all love falsities and worship other gods. (3)

14 Intercession will not avail. (3, 3)

15-17 They have profaned the church and its good and truth. (3, 16)

18-19 This was made manifest by their delivering the Lord up to death. (9)

20 Therefore retribution awaits them. (15)

21 They do not wish to hear about the Lord. (4)

22-23 They will perish by means of falsities on the day of judgment. (15)