Apocalypse Revealed (Coulsons) n. 193

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193. 'And I will write upon him the Name of My God' signifies that Divine Truth shall be inscribed on their hearts. 'To write upon' anyone signifies to inscribe so that it may be in him as though his; and 'the Name of My God' signifies Divine Truth. Here something shall be said of the fact that 'My God' is Divine Truth. In the Word of the Old Testament in innumerable places JEHOVAH GOD is mentioned, as also separately sometimes JEHOVAH and sometimes GOD, and by 'JEHOVAH' is understood the Lord as to Divine Good, and by 'GOD' the Lord as to Divine Truth, or, what is the same, by 'JEHOVAH' is understood the Lord as to Divine Love, and by 'GOD' the Lord as to Divine Wisdom, and each of them is mentioned on account of the heavenly marriage in the details of the Word. This is a marriage of Love and Wisdom, or a marriage of good and truth, concerning which marriage [something] may be seen in THE DOCTRINE OF THE NEW JERUSALEM CONCERNING THE SACRED SCRIPTURE (n. 80-90). [2] In the Word of the New Testament, however, 'Jehovah God' is not mentioned, but 'Lord God', for 'Lord', like 'Jehovah', signifies Divine Good or Divine Love. From these [considerations] it can be established that by 'the Name of My God' is signified the Lord's Divine Truth. That 'Name', when said of the Lord, is everything by means of which He is worshipped may be seen above (n. 81); and everything by means of which He is worshipped relates to Divine Good and Divine Truth. As it is not known what is understood by these words of the Lord:-

Father, glorify Thy Name; and there came a voice out of heaven, I have glorified it, and will glorify it again John xii 28,

it shall be stated. When the Lord was in the world He made His Human Divine Truth, which also is the Word; and when He went out of the world He fully united Divine Truth to the Divine Good that was in Him from conception; for the Lord glorified His Human, that is, made it Divine, as He makes a man spiritual; for first He imparts truths out of the Word to the man, and afterwards He unites them to good, and by means of that uniting the man is made spiritual.


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