94. REDEMPTION.

See Judgment and Regeneration.

1. We are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. The justice of God by faith of Jesus Christ in all and upon all that believe (Romans 3:22, 24-25). To be justified by law, by works, by faith. See Law, Works, Faith.

To this end was the Son of God manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8).

Now is the judgment of this world: now is the prince of this world cast out (John 12:31).

The Comforter will reprove the world of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged (John 16:8, 11).

Be of good cheer; I have overcome the world (John 16:33).

Vision is the innermost revelation, which is of perception. Visions are according to the state of humankind. The visions of people whose interiors are closed, are totally different from what is shown to people whose interiors are open. For example, when the Lord appeared to the whole congregation on Mount Sinai, His appearance was a vision varying according to the states of the witnesses, appearing differently to the people than for Aaron, and differently from Aaron as to Moses. So also, the vision was totally different as exhibited to Moses and to the prophets. There are several kinds of visions, and they are more perfect, in proportion to how interior a person is. For the Lord it was the most perfect, because He had a perception of everything in the world of spirits, and in the heavens, and had immediate communication with Jehovah. This communication is described in the internal sense by 'the vision' in which Jehovah appeared to Abram in Genesis 15:1.

'Vision' in Zechariah 13:4 signifies falsities.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 1786)