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Ezekiel 31:13

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13 Upon his fallen [trunk] do all the fowl of the heavens dwell, and all the beasts of the field are upon his branches:

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The Word

  
A detail from the Winchester Bible, this shows God putting words in the mouth of Jeremiah.

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.

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Tremble

  

In Genesis 27:33, this signifies a great alteration and change of state when one is regenerating, and comes to the point when the dominion of truth gives place to the good. (Arcana Coelestia 3593)

In Genesis 42:28, this signifies a common terror because of the permissions of Providence. (Arcana Coelestia 5502, 5503)

People in good do, indeed, tremble at the presence of the Divine, but it is a holy tremor before they receive divine goodness. (Arcana Coelestia 8816)

In Psalm 55:5, this signifies distress felt in temptations. (Apocalypse Explained 282[6])

'To tremble,' as in Jeremiah 10:10, relates to the church when falsities are believed and called truths.

'To tremble' or 'to be amazed,' as in Ezekiel 26:15-18, signifies a complete change of state.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 400)