2844. 'And not withheld your son, your only son' means the union of the Human and the Divine which was effected by means of the final degree of temptation. This is clear from what has been stated above in 2827, where the same words occur, except for the omission of 'from Me' in the present verse, which means that the union is to advance further still. As regards the union of the Lord's Human Essence with His Divine Essence ever advancing until it was complete, see 1864, 2033.

2827. 'And have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me' means the union of the Human to the Divine which was effected by means of the final degree of temptation. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'your son', that is to say, Isaac, as the Divine Rational, dealt with already, or the Divine Human since this has its beginnings in the Rational, 2106, 2194, the expression 'only' being used because it was the only begotten, see 2773; and from the meaning of 'not withholding from Met as causing it to be united, namely to the Divine itself. As regards this union being effected by means of the final degree of temptation, this is evident from all that has gone before.