Le Seigneur est l'amour lui-même, exprimé sous la forme de la sagesse elle-même. L'amour, donc, est Son essence, Son plus profond. La sagesse - la compréhension aimante de la façon de mettre l'amour en action - est légèrement plus extérieure, donnant à l'amour un moyen de s'exprimer.

Lorsque la Bible parle de "Jéhovah", elle représente l'amour le plus profond qui est l'essence du Seigneur. Cet amour est un, entier et complet en soi, et Jéhovah aussi est un, un nom appliqué uniquement au Seigneur. La sagesse, cependant, s'exprime dans une grande variété de pensées et d'idées, ce que les Écrits appellent collectivement la vérité divine. Il existe également de nombreux dieux imaginaires, et parfois les anges et les gens peuvent être appelés dieux (le Seigneur a dit que Moïse serait comme un dieu pour Aaron). Ainsi, lorsque la Bible appelle le Seigneur "Dieu", elle se réfère dans la plupart des cas à la vérité divine.

Dans d'autres cas, "Dieu" fait référence à ce que l'on appelle le divin humain. L'affaire est la suivante :

En tant qu'êtres humains, nous ne pouvons pas engager directement le Seigneur comme amour divin. Elle est trop puissante et trop pure. Nous devons plutôt l'approcher en le comprenant à travers la vérité divine. La vérité divine, donc, est le Seigneur sous forme humaine, une forme que nous pouvons approcher et comprendre. Ainsi, "Dieu" est également utilisé en référence à cet aspect humain, car il est une expression de la vérité.

(Odkazy: L'Apocalypse Révélée 21; Arcanes Célestes 300, 391, 624, 2001, 2769, 2807 [2], 4287 [4], 6905, 7268, 10154)

21. To His God and Father. This symbolically means, thus images of His Divine wisdom and of His Divine love.

In the spiritual sense "God and Father" does not refer to two persons, but God means the Divine in respect to wisdom, and Father the Divine in respect to love. For the Lord has in Him two attributes: Divine wisdom and Divine love, or Divine truth and Divine good. These two are meant in the Old Testament by "God" and "Jehovah," and here by "God" and "Father."

Now because the Lord teaches that He and the Father are one, and that He is in the Father and the Father in Him (John 10:30; 14:10-11), therefore "God and Father" does not mean two persons, but the Lord alone. The Divine, moreover, is one and indivisible. Consequently the statement that Jesus Christ has made us kings and priests to His God and Father means, symbolically, that they appear before Him as images of His Divine wisdom and of His Divine love. The image of God consists in these two qualities in people and angels.

It may be seen in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Lord that the Divine, which in itself is one, is designated by various names in the Word.

That the Lord is also Himself the Father follows from the following declarations. In Isaiah:

...unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given..., (whose) name will be called Wonderful..., God, Mighty One, ¹ Father of eternity, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6)

In the same prophet:

You, Jehovah, are our Father, our Redeemer from everlasting is Your name. (Isaiah 63:16)

And in John:

"If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him."

Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father...."

Jesus said to him, ."..He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how then can you say, 'Show us the Father'... ...Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me...." (John 14:7-9, 11)

See no. 962 below.

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