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Doctrine of the Lord # 41
41. The Lord is called Lord and God. This is apparent from so many passages that if I were to cite them, they would fill pages. Let the following few passages suffice:
In John, when the Lord told Thomas to look at His hands and touch His side, Thomas said, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:27-28)
In Psalms:
They remembered that God was their rock, and the Most High God their Redeemer. (Psalms 78:35)
And in Isaiah:
...Jehovah of Hosts is His name, and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. God of the whole earth shall He be called. (Isaiah 54:5)
The same is also apparent from the fact that people worshiped Him and fell on their faces before Him (Matthew 9:18, 14:33, 15:25, 28:9; Mark 1:40, 5:22, 7:25, 10:17; Luke 17:15-16; John 9:38).
Moreover in Psalms:
...we heard of it in Ephrathah.... Let us go into His dwelling place (and) bow ourselves at His footstool. (Psalms 132:6-7)
So, too, in heaven, as depicted in the book of Revelation:
...I was in the spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sitting on the throne...like a jasper and a sardius stone...; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.... (And) the twenty-four elders fell down before Him who sat on the throne and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne.... (Revelation 4:2-3, 10)
And in another place:
I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals.... And no one...was able to open...it. Then one of the elders said..., “...Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book and to loose its seven seals.” And I (saw) in the midst of the throne...a Lamb standing.... He came and took the book.... (And they) fell down before the Lamb..., and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever. (Revelation 5:1, 3, 5-8, 14)
Published by the General Church of the New Jerusalem, 1100 Cathedral Road, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania 19009, U.S.A. A translation of Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae de Domino, by Emanuel Swedenborg, 1688-1772. Translated from the Original Latin by N. Bruce Rogers. ISBN 9780945003687, Library of Congress Control Number: 2013954074.
Revelation 5
1
I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.
2
I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?"
3
No one in heaven above, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look in it.
4
And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look in it.
5
One of the elders said to me, "Don't weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome; he who opens the book and its seven seals."
6
I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.
7
Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne.
8
Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
9
They sang a new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
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and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on earth."
11
I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands;
12
saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!"
13
I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, "To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!"
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The four living creatures said, "Amen!" The elders fell down and worshiped.
