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Tehkää sentähden parannuksen soveliaita hedelmiä,
Doctrine of the Lord # 31
31. The Lord from eternity, or Jehovah, assumed a humanity in order to save mankind. We have established this from the Word in preceding sections. We will explain elsewhere that mankind could not be saved in any other way.
That the Lord assumed a humanity is clear also from passages in the Word where we are told that He came forth from God, descended from heaven, and was sent into the world. For example, from the following:
I came forth from the Father and have come into the world. (John 16:28)
...I proceeded and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. (John 8:42)
...the Father...loves you, because you...have believed that I came forth from God. (John 16:27)
No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven.... (John 3:13)
...the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. (John 6:33, cf. 6:35, 41, 50-51)
He who comes from above is above all.... He who comes from heaven is above all. (John 3:31)
I know (the Father), for I am from Him, and He sent Me. (John 7:29)
To be sent by the Father into the world means to assume a humanity, as may be seen in no. 20 above.
Published by the General Church of the New Jerusalem, 1100 Cathedral Road, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania 19009, U.S.A. A translation of Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae de Domino, by Emanuel Swedenborg, 1688-1772. Translated from the Original Latin by N. Bruce Rogers. ISBN 9780945003687, Library of Congress Control Number: 2013954074.
