781. Et de chevaux, et de chariots, et de corps, et âmes d'hommes, signifie toutes ces choses selon l'entendement de la Parole et la doctrine qui en procède, et selon les biens et les vrais du sens de sa lettre, qui ne sont point en eux, parce qu'ils falsifient et adultèrent la Parole, en appliquant les choses qui y sont contre son sens réel, afin de dominer sur le Ciel et sur le Monde. Ces choses sont dites au cas génitif, parce qu'elles appartiennent à celles qui précèdent : que par les chevaux il soit signifié l'entendement de la Parole, on le voit, No. 298 ; que par les chars il soit signifié la doctrine qui procède de la Parole, on le voit, No. 437, par conséquent de même par les chariots ; que par les corps et les âmes d'hommes soient signifiés les biens et les vrais du sens de la lettre de la Parole, c'est parce que par eux sont signifiées les mêmes choses que par le corps et le sang dans la Sainte Cène ; par le corps dans la Sainte Cène est signifié le Divin Bien du Seigneur, et par le sang le Divin Vrai du Seigneur, et comme le corps et le sang signifient ce Bien et ce Vrai, ils signifient aussi le Divin Bien et le Divin Vrai de la Parole, parce que le Seigneur est la Parole ; mais in au lieu du Sang il est dit l’âme, et cela, parce que par l'âme est pareillement signifié le Vrai, voir ci-dessus, Nos. 681, et parce que le Sang dans la Parole est appelé l’âme, — Genèse 9:4-5. Lévitique 17:12-14. Deutéronome 27:25 ; — la même chose est signifiée par âme d'homme, — Ézéchiel 27:13.

— Et aussi par semence d'homme, — Daniel 2:43.

— Des choses semblables sont signifiées par les Chevaux et les Chariots, dans Esaïe :

— « Alors on amènera tous vos frères sur les chevaux, et sur le char, et sur les chariots, et sur les mulets, et sur les dromadaires, à la montagne de ma sainteté, à Jérusalem. » — Esaïe 66:20.

— ces choses ont été dites de la Nouvelle Église du Seigneur, qui est Jérusalem, au sujet de ceux qui sont dans l'entendement de la Parole et dans la doctrine qui en procède, choses qui sont les chevaux, le char et les chariots. Or, comme ceux qui sont de la Religiosité Catholique-Romaine falsifient et adultèrent la Parole, en rappliquant à la domination sur le Ciel et sur le Monde, il est signifié qu'ils n'ont aucun bien ni aucun vrai d'après la Parole, et que par cette raison ils ne sont pas non plus dans la doctrine du bien et du vrai : Jérémie en parle ainsi :

— « Il m'a dévorée, il m'a confondue le Roi de Babel ; il m'a rendue vase vide, il m'a engloutie comme une baleine, il a rempli son ventre de mes délices. » — Jérémie 51:34-35.

— « Epée! contre les chevaux de Babel, et contre ses chars, et contre ses trésors, afin qu'ils soient pillés ; sécheresse sur ses eaux, afin qu'elles tarissent, parce que terre d'images taillées, elle ; et de choses horribles ils se glorifient. » — Jérémie 50:37-38.

2803. As regards Divine Truth being meant by 'son' and Divine Good by 'father', this becomes clear from the meaning of 'son' as truth, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, and of 'father' as good, and also from the conception and birth of truth as taking place from good. As has been shown many times, truth cannot have being or manifest itself except from good. The reason 'son' here means Divine Truth, and 'father' Divine Good, is that the union of the Divine Essence with the Human Essence, and of the Human Essence with the Divine Essence, is the Divine Marriage of Divine Good to Truth, and of Truth to Good; and from that marriage comes the heavenly marriage. For within Jehovah or the Lord there is nothing but that which is infinite, and this being so, no other idea can be conceived of Him than that He is the Being and Manifestation (Esse et Existere) of all good and truth, that is, He is Good itself and Truth itself. Good itself is the Father, and Truth itself the Son. Now because the Divine Marriage, as has been stated, is a marriage of Good and Truth, and of Truth and Good, the Father is in the Son, and the Son is in the Father, as the Lord Himself teaches in John,

Jesus said to Philip, Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? Believe Me that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me. John 14:10-11.

And elsewhere in the same evangelist,

Jesus said to the Jews, Even though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father. John 10:36, 38.

And elsewhere,

I pray for them - for all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine - that they may all be one, as You, Father, are in Me and I in You John 17:9-10, 21.

And elsewhere,

Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God glorified in Him. If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself. Father, glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You. John 13:31-32; 17:1.

[2] From these places one may see the nature of the union of the Divine and of the Human within the Lord - that each is linked mutually to the other and responds to the other - that is, it is a reciprocal union. This is the Union which is called the Divine Marriage, from which the heavenly marriage comes down, which is the Lord's kingdom itself in heaven and is referred to in John as follows,

On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. John 14:20.

And elsewhere,

I pray for these, that they may all be one, as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, I in them and You in Me, that the love with which You have loved Me may be in them, and I in them. John 17:21-23, 26.

[3] As regards this heavenly marriage being a marriage of good and truth, and of truth and good, see 2508, 2618, 2728, 2729 and following paragraphs. And since Divine Good cannot possibly have being or manifest itself without Divine Truth, and Divine Truth cannot possibly do so without Divine Good, but one is always reaching out to and responding to the other, it is therefore plain that the Divine Marriage has existed from eternity, that is, the Father in the Son, and the Son in the Father, as the Lord Himself teaches in John,

Now, Father, glorify Me in Your Own Self with the glory I had with You before the world was. John 17:5, 24.

But the Divine Human that had been born from eternity was also born in time, and what was born in time is the same as that which was glorified. This is what accounts for the Lord's saying many times that He was going to the Father who sent Him, that is, He was returning to the Father. And in John,

In the beginning was the Word (the Word being Divine Truth itself), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made. Furthermore the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of the Only Begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:1-3, 14.

See also John 3:13; 6:62.