Father." John xvi. 28. "I go and come to Him who sent Me." vii. 33. xvi. 5. 16. xvii. 11. 13. "If ye shall see the Son of Man ascend up, where He was before ?" vi. 62. "No one hath ascended up to heaven, but He who came down from heaven." iii. 13. Every man who is saved, ascends into heaven, yet not of himself, but of the Lord. Only the Lord ascended of himself.

36. VII. THAT THUS GOD BECAME MAN, AS IN FIRST PRINCIPLES, SO ALSO IN THE LAST. That God is a Man, and that every angel and spirit is a man from God, is shown in several places in the treatise concerning HEAVEN AND HELL; and more fully in the treatises concerning ANGELIC WISDOM. But God from the beginning was Man in first principles, though not in the last; but after He assumed the Human, in the world, He also became a Man in the last. This follows from what was proved above; that the Lord united his Human to his Divine, and thus made his Human also Divine. It is from this, that the Lord is called the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last, and the Alpha and the Omega, as in the Revelation; "I am ALPHA and OMEGA, THE BEGINNING and THE END, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." i. 8. 11. John, when he saw the Son of Man in the midst of the seven candlesticks, "fell at his feet as dead. But He laid his right hand upon him, saying, I am THE FIRST and THE LAST." i. 13. 17. ii. 8. xxi. 6. "Behold I come quickly, that I may give to every one according to his work. I am ALPHA and OMEGA, THE BEGINNING and THE END, THE FIRST and THE LAST." xxii. 12, 13. And in Isaiah; "Thus saith Jehovah the King of Israel, and his Redeemer Jehovah of hosts; I am THE FIRST and THE LAST." xliv. 6. xlviii. 12.

THAT THE LORD IS GOD HIMSELF, FROM WHOM, AND CONCERNING WHOM, THE WORD IS.

37. In the first article we began to demonstrate, that the whole Sacred Scripture is concerning the Lord, and that the Lord is the Word; here it will be further demonstrated, from the passages of the Word, where the Lord is called Jehovah, the God of Israel and of Jacob, the Holy One of Israel, Lord and God; as also King, the Anointed of Jehovah, and David. It is proper to state beforehand, that it has been given me to read over all the Prophets, and the Psalms of David, and to examine each verse, and see what was treated of there; and it was seen, that no other subjects were treated of, but the church established and to be established by the Lord, the coming of the Lord, his combats, glorification, redemption, and salvation, and heaven from Him; and at the same time their opposites. Because all those are the works of the Lord, it was manifest, that the whole Sacred Scripture is concerning the Lord, and thence that the Lord is the Word. But this cannot be seen, except by those who are in illustration from the Lord, and who also know the spiritual sense of the Word. All the angels of heaven are in this sense; wherefore, when the Word is read by man, they do not comprehend any other: for spirits and angels are with man continually; and because they are spiritual, they understand all things spiritually, which man understands naturally. That the whole Sacred Scripture is concerning the Lord, can be seen but obscurely from those passages that are cited from the Word above, in the first article, n. 1-6; and now from these, which will be adduced concerning the Lord, that He is so often called Lord and God; from which, however, it may evidently appear, that it was He who spoke by the prophets, by whom it is every where said, Jehovah spoke, Jehovah said, and the saying of Jehovah.

THAT THE LORD EXISTED BEFORE HIS COMING INTO THE WORLD, is manifest from these passages. John the Baptist said, "That is He who is to come after me, who was before me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to loose. This is He of whom I said, He who cometh after me, is preferred before me, for He was before me." John i. 27. 30. In the Revelation; "They fell before the throne, on which

was the Lord, saying, We give Thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, who art, who wast, and who art to come." xi. 16, 17. Also in Micah; "Thou Bethlehem Ephratah, it is but little that thou art among the thousands of Judah; out of thee shall come forth one, who is to be Ruler in Israel whose goings forth have been from old, from the days of eternity." v. 2. Also from the words of the Lord in the Evangelists; that He was before Abraham; that He had glory with the Father before the foundation of the world; that He came forth from the Father; and that the Word was from the beginning with God, and that God was the Word, and that this became flesh. That the Lord is called Jehovah, the God of Israel and of Jacob, the Holy One of Israel, God, and Lord; also King, the Anointed of Jehovah, and David, may be evident from what follows.

38. I. THAT THE LORD IS CALLED JEHOVAH, is manifest from these passages; "Thus saith JEHOVAH thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Former, O Israel; fear not, for I have REDEEMED thee. I am JEHOVAH, thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy SAVIOR." Isaiah xliii. 1. 3. "I am JEHOVAH your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King." 15. "That all flesh may know that I JEHOVAH am thy SAVIOR, and thy REDEEMER, the Mighty One of Jacob." xlix. 26. "That thou mayst know that I JEHOVAH am thy SAVIOR and thy REDEEMER, the Mighty one of Jacob." Ix. 16. "JEHOVAH thy FORMER from the womb." xlix. 5. "JEHOVAH my Rock and my REDEEMER." Psalm xix. 14. "Thus saith JEHOVAH thy Maker and FORMER from the womb. Thus said JEHOVAH the King of Israel, and his REDEEMER JEHOVAH OF HOSTS." Isaiah xliv. 2. 6. "As for our REDEEMER, JEHOVAH OF HOSTS is his name, the Holy One of Israel." xlvii. 4. "With everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith JEHOVAH thy REDEEMER." Isaiah liv. THEIR REDEEMER IS STRONG, JEHOVAH OF HOSTS IS HIS NAME. Jeremiah 1. 34. "JEHOVAH is my rock, my fortress, the horn of my salvation, my SAVIOR." 2 Samuel xxii. 3. "Thus saith JEHOVAH your REDEEMER, the Holy One of Israel." Isaiah xliii. 14. xlviii. 17. "Thus saith JEHOVAH the REDEEMER of Israel, his Holy One, kings shall see." xlix. 7. "I am JEHOVAH, and besides Me there is no SAVIOR." xliii. 11. "Am not I JEHOVAH, and there is none else beside Me, and there is no SAVIOR beside Me; look unto Me, that ye may be saved, all ye ends of the earth." xlv. 21, 22. "I am JEHOVAH thy God, and there is

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no SAVIOR beside Me." Hosea xiii. 4. DEEMED me, O JEHOVAH, God of truth." Psalm xxxi. 5. "Let Israel hope in JEHOVAH, for with JEHOVAH there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous REDEMPTION; He shall REDEEM Israel from all his iniquities." cxxx. 7, 8. JEHOVAH OF HOSTS is his name, and thy REDEEMER, the Holy One of Israel, the God of the whole earth shall He be called." Isaiah liv. 5. In these passages, Jehovah is called Redeemer and Savior; and because the Lord alone is the Redeemer and Savior, it is He that is meant by Jehovah. That the Lord is Jehovah, that is, that Jehovah is the Lord, is manifest also from the following passages; "There shall come forth a Rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots, and the SPIRIT OF JEHOVAH shall rest upon Him." Isaiah xi. 1, 2. "And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God, we have waited for Him, that He may save us; this is JEHOVAH, we have waited for Him, let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation." xxv. 9. "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye a way for JEHOVAH, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.-For the GLORY OF JEHOVAH shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. Behold, THE LORD JEHOVIH Ccometh with a strong hand, and his arm shall rule for Him." Isaiah xl. 3. 5. 10. "I JEHOVAH Will give Thee for a covenant to the people, for a light of the Gentiles. I am JEHOVAH, this is my name, and my glory will I not give to another." xlii. 6. 8. "Behold

the days, when I shall raise up to David a righteous Branch, who shall reign as King and prosper, and shall do judgment and justice in the earth; and this is his name, which they shall call Him, JEHOVAH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS." Jeremiah xxiii. 5, 6. xxxiii. 15, 16. "Thou Bethlehem Ephratah, out of thee shall come forth to Me one, who is to be Ruler in Israel; He shall stand and feed in THE STRENGTH OF JEHOVAH." Micah v. 1. 3. "Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, on whose shoulder shall be the government; and his name shall be called God, Hero, THE FATHER OF ETERNITY; of the increase of his government there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, to order and to establish it in judgment and justice, from henceforth even for ever.' Isaiah ix. 6, 7. "JEHOVAH shall go forth and fight against the nations; and his feet shall stand upon the mount of Olives which is before the face of Jerusalem." Zech. xiii. 3, 4. 66 Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be ye

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lifted up, ye everlasting doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? JEHOVAH strong and mighty, JEHOVAH mighty in battle." Psalm xxiv. 7—10. In that day JEHOVAH OF HOSTS shall be for a crown of glory and for a diadem of beauty to the residue of his people." Isaiah xxviii. 5. "I will send you Elijah the prophet, before the great DAY OF Jehovah." Malachi iv. 5; besides other passages, where it is said, THE VAH is great and near, as Ezekiel xxx. 3. Joel ii. 11. Amos v. 18. 20. Zeph. i. 14, 15. 18.

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39. II. THAT THE LORD IS CALLED THE GOD OF ISRAEL, AND THE GOD OF JACOB, is manifest from these passages. "Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant which Jehovah hath made with you. And they saw THE GOD OF ISRAEL, and there was under his feet, as it were, a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the substance of heaven." Exodus xxiv. 8-10. "The multitudes wondered when they saw the dumb speaking, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the GOD OF ISRAEL." Matthew xv. 8. "Blessed be the LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, for He hath visited and redeemed his people, and hath raised up a horn of salvation for us, in the house of David." Luke i. 68, 69. "I will give Thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that Thou mayst know, that I Jehovah, who call Thee by name, am THE GOD Of Israel." Isaiah xlv. 3. "The house of Jacob, who swear by the name of Jehovah, and of THE GOD OF ISRAEL: for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the GOD OF ISRAEL, Jehovah of hosts is his name." xlviii. 1, 2. "Jacob shall see his children, in the midst of him they shall sanctify my name, and they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and fear the GOD OF ISRAEL." xxix. 23. In the last days-many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of THE GOD OF JACOB, who will teach us concerning his ways, that we may walk in his paths." ii. 3. Micah iv. 2. "That all flesh may know, that I Jehovah am thy Savior, and thy REDEEMER THE MIGHTY ONE OF JACOB." Isaiah xlix. 26. "I Jehovah am thy Savior, and thy Redeemer the MIGHTY ONE OF JACOB." lx. 16. "Tremble thou earth, at the presence of Jehovah, at the presence of THE GOD OF JACOB." Psalm exiv. 7. "David swore to Jehovah, and vowed to THE MIGHTY GOD OF JACOB; surely I will not enter into the