1. Divine Providence is the Government of the Lord's Divine Love and Wisdom.
To understand what Divine Providence is - that it is the government of the Lord's Divine love and wisdom - one ought to know what we said and showed previously concerning Divine love and wisdom in a treatise on that subject, namely the following:
That in the Lord Divine love is a property of Divine wisdom, and Divine wisdom a property of Divine love, Divine Love and Wisdom 34-39.
That Divine love and wisdom cannot but be and have expression in others it creates, Divine Love and Wisdom 47-51.
That everything in the universe has been created by Divine love and wisdom, Divine Love and Wisdom 52-53, 151-156.
That everything in the universe is a recipient of Divine love and wisdom, Divine Love and Wisdom 55-60.
That the Lord appears to angels as the sun, and that the heat emanating from that sun is love, and the light emanating from it is wisdom, Divine Love and Wisdom 83-98, 296-301.
That the Divine love and wisdom which emanate from the Lord are united, Divine Love and Wisdom 99-102.
That the Lord from eternity, who is Jehovah, created the universe and everything in it from Himself and not from nothing, Divine Love and Wisdom 282-284, 290-295.
Discussions of these points may be found in our treatise titled Angelic Wisdom Regarding Divine Love and Divine Wisdom.
