Verse 6. But Divine Truth from the Lord insinuates into the minds of those who are in the good of life, and in faith, and thus in the external church, that the spiritual man cannot engage in temptation without the co-operation of the natural man, because the latter must be in harmony with the former, since charity should unite them;

1426. That 'Abram' represents the Lord as regards His Human Essence is clear from all that has been said concerning Abram. Later on He represents Him both as regards the Human Essence and as regards the Divine Essence, though by then he is called Abraham. The things stated in verse 1 and down to the present verse represent and mean a first awareness that He was taking to Himself celestial and thus Divine things. Advances of His Human Essence closer to His Divine Essence begin here.