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Daniel 7:23

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23 Er sprach also: Das vierte Tier: ein viertes Königreich wird auf Erden sein, welches von allen Königreichen verschieden sein wird; und es wird die ganze Erde verzehren und sie zertreten und sie zermalmen.

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Arcana Coelestia # 1990

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1990. 'Jehovah appeared to Abram' means manifestation. This is clear without explanation, for, as has been stated, Abram represents the Lord. No human being at all in the whole world has seen Jehovah, the Lord's Father; the Lord alone has done that, as He Himself has stated in John,

Nobody has ever seen God; the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, He has made Him known. John 1:18.

In the same gospel,

You have never heard His voice nor seen His shape. John 1:37.

And again in the same gospel,

No one has seen the Father except Him who is with the Father, He has seen the Father. John 6:46.

[2] The Infinite itself which stands above all the heavens and above man's inmost being cannot be manifested except by means of the Divine Human, which exists solely with the Lord. Communication of the Infinite with finite beings is not possible at all from any other source. This also explains why, when Jehovah appeared to members of the Most Ancient Church and subsequently to members of the Ancient Church which existed after the Flood, and also after that to Abraham and the prophets, He was manifested to them as a human being. That it was indeed the Lord, He Himself openly teaches in John,

Abraham your father rejoiced to see My day, and saw it and was glad. Truly, truly, I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am. John 8:56, 58.

This is also taught in the Prophets, for example in Daniel who saw Him as 'a son of man', Daniel 7:13.

[3] From these quotations it becomes clear that the Infinite Being (Esse), which is Jehovah, could not possibly be manifested to man except through the Human Essence, that is, through the Lord, and so has not been manifested to anyone except the Lord alone. So that He could be present with and be joined to mankind, after mankind had removed itself entirely from the Divine and had immersed itself in foul desires and so in merely bodily and earthly things, He adopted the Human Essence itself by being born. He did so in order that the Infinite Divine could be joined to man even though man was so remote. Otherwise mankind would have died the death of those for ever damned. As for all the other arcana concerning the manifestation of Jehovah in the Lord's Human, when His state was a state of humiliation, before He had fully united the Human Essence to the Divine Essence and glorified it, these will in the Lord's Divine mercy be explained later on, to the extent that they are capable of being understood.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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#150 Every Eye Shall See Him (Revelation 1:7)

Napsal(a) Jonathan S. Rose

Title: Every Eye Shall See Him, Even Those Who Pierced Him

Topic: Second Coming

Summary: We look at this and other predictions of the Second Coming and whether they are to be taken literally or in some other, more figurative sense.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Revelation 1:7
John 19:33-34, 36-37
Zechariah 12:10; 13:6
Revelation 1:7
1 Thessalonians 4:15-17
Ephesians 4:8, 10
Acts of the Apostles 1:9-11
Matthew 24
Daniel 7:13-14
Philippians 3:18-20
John 16:16, 22
Ephesians 1:18
1 Timothy 6:10
Jeremiah 31:34
Ezekiel 60

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Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 8/21/2013. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com