Gud
Herren är själv kärlek, uttryckt i form av visdom i sig. Kärlek är alltså Hans väsen, Hans inre. Vishet - den kärleksfulla förståelsen för hur man kan omsätta kärlek till handling - är lite mer extern, vilket ger kärlek ett sätt att uttrycka sig.
När Bibeln talar om "Jehova" representerar den den inre kärleken som är Herrens väsen. Den kärleken är en, hel och fullständig i sig, och Jehova är också en, ett namn som endast tillämpas på Herren. Visdom uttrycks emellertid i en mängd olika tankar och idéer, vad skrifterna gemensamt kallar gudomlig sanning. Det finns också många imaginära gudar, och ibland kan änglar och människor kallas gudar (Herren sa att Moses skulle vara som en gud för Aron). Så när Bibeln kallar Herren "Gud" hänvisar det i de flesta fall till gudomlig sanning.
I andra fall har "Gud" hänvisning till det som kallas den gudomliga människan. Fallet där är detta:
Som människor kan vi inte engagera Herren direkt som gudomlig kärlek. Det är för kraftfullt och för rent. Istället måste vi närma oss Honom genom att förstå Honom genom gudomlig sanning. Den gudomliga sanningen är alltså Herren i mänsklig form, en form vi kan närma oss och förstå. Således används "Gud" också med hänvisning till denna mänskliga aspekt, eftersom det är ett uttryck för sanning.
(参照: Uppenbarelseboken uppenbarad 21; Himmelska Hemligheter 300, 391, 624, 2001, 2769, 2807 [2], 4287 [4], 6905, 7268, 10154)
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Apocalypse Revealed＃21
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.
脚注:
1. The writer follows the rendering of Sebastian Schmidt here, though the word in the original Hebrew text is an adjective modifying "God," as it is interpreted in standard English translations.
