The Bible

 

Genesis 18:31

Study

       

31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Arcana Coelestia #2236

Study this Passage

  
/ 10837  
  

2236. 'In order that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which He has spoken concerning him' means that the Human Essence will for that reason be joined to the Divine Essence. This is not so clear from the meaning of the words here, but it is clear from the consideration that everything stated in the Word implies the Lord's Coming to unite the Human Essence to the Divine Essence, by means of which, once these were united, He would save the human race. These are the things that are meant in the internal sense by the statement that He would bring upon Abraham that which He had spoken concerning him.

  
/ 10837  
  

Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.