Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 4993

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4993. 'And all that he has he has given into my hand' means that everything was subject to its power and control. This is clear from what has been stated above in 4978, where similar words occur. But the difference is that there the subject is the second state which the celestial of the spiritual within the natural passed through, for at that point natural good applied itself to truth and made this its own, 4976, 4977. In that state good in actual fact had dominion, though truth appeared to do so, which was why the words used there meant that everything belonging to that good was seemingly subject to its power and control. Now however the subject is the third state which the celestial of the spiritual passed through when that good present within the natural was made spiritual. And because in this state spiritual natural good makes nothing its own, the words now used therefore mean that all was subject to the power and control of the celestial of the spiritual.


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