Nine Questions # 4
4. QUESTION 4.
Does not the Son, by whom Jehovah is said to have created the worlds Hebrews 1 and 11, mean the same thing as the Divine Wisdom in Jeremiah 10:12; 51:15, so that the essential Wisdom or Logos of God in first principles has now become the Truth or Logos of God in ultimates?
ANSWER
It does follow that the Lord, that is, the Word or Divine Truth by which all things were made which were made, and by which the world was created, John 1:3, was the Divine Wisdom which together with the Divine Love constitutes one Divine Essence, thus one and the same God; for the Divine Wisdom is also the Divine Truth, since all the parts of Wisdom are truths. Being their very containant, Wisdom brings forth nothing but truths, and so this is entirely in keeping with Jeremiah 10:12; 2:15. This is also how the passage in David, Psalms 33:6, should be understood. The 'breath of His mouth' is also wisdom, and 'the Word' there is Divine Love and Divine Wisdom together, for it is said, 'And the Word was God', John 1:1.
Hebrews 1
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God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
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has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.
3
His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
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having become so much better than the angels, as he has inherited a more excellent name than they have.
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For to which of the angels did he say at any time, "You are my Son. Today have I become your father?" and again, "I will be to him a Father, and he will be to me a Son?"
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Again, when he brings in the firstborn into the world he says, "Let all the angels of God worship him."
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Of the angels he says, "Who makes his angels winds, and his servants a flame of fire."
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But of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom.
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You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows."
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And, "You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.
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They will perish, but you continue. They all will grow old like a garment does.
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As a mantle, you will roll them up, and they will be changed; but you are the same. Your years will not fail."
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But which of the angels has he told at any time, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet?"
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Aren't they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?
