Verse 8. For during the whole process of his regeneration and purification, he is, as to his ruling motive, wholly in love to the Lord.

346. And power, to ages of ages. That this signifies that to Him alone belongs Omnipotence to eternity, is clear from the signification of power, when predicated of the Lord, as denoting Omnipotence; and because Omnipotence belongs to the Lord from the Divine good by means of the Divine truth, it is therefore said, "honour, and glory, and power"; for by honour and glory are signified the Divine good and the Divine truth. That the Divine good has all power by means of the Divine truth, may be seen in the work concerning Heaven and Hell 231, 232, 539; and above, n. 209, 333. Power is here mentioned last, and by the angels of the ultimate heaven, because power, when the Lord is treated of, is said of the Divine Power in its fulness, and it is in its fulness in ultimates. (That the Divine in ultimates is in its fulness, thus in its power, may be seen in the Arcana Coelestia 5897, 6451, 8603, 9828, 9836, 10099, 10548; and in the work concerning Heaven and Hell 315.)