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Ruben! gij zijt mijn eerstgeborene, mijn kracht, en het begin mijner macht; de voortreffelijkste in hoogheid, en de voortreffelijkste in sterkte!
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Ruben! gij zijt mijn eerstgeborene, mijn kracht, en het begin mijner macht; de voortreffelijkste in hoogheid, en de voortreffelijkste in sterkte!
6374. 'And to him will be the obedience of the peoples' means that from His Divine Human truths would go forth that were able to be received. This is clear from the meaning of 'obedience' as the reception of truths which go forth from the Lord; and from the meaning of 'peoples' as those governed by truths - thus also truths themselves, dealt with in 1259, 1260, 3581 - and therefore as those who belong to the spiritual Church, 2928.