that as he prepareth his understanding by truths from the word of God, he thereby fitteth it to receive faith from God; and as he prepareth his will by works of charity, he thereby fitteth it to receive love from God; just as a jeweller fitteth a diamond to receive and emit the brightness of the light, according to his manner of cutting it. T. C. R. GOD'S POWER OF REDEMPTION CIRCUMSCRIBED BY BARON SWEDENBORG.-" MEMORABLE RELATION, NO. 73." "God could not, with all his omnipotence, have redeemed mankind, unless he had himself been made man; nor could he have made his humanity divine, unless it had been at first like the humanity of an infant, and afterwards like that of a child, and lastly had fashioned itself to be a recipient, and habitation, into which its father might enter, as was effected by fulfilling all things contained in the Holy Scriptures, that is, all the laws of order therein; for in proportion as this was accomplished, the humanity united itself to the Father, and the Father united himself to the humanity. T. C. R. CHRIST'S SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD 66 By sitting on the right hand, is not meant literally to sit on the right hand, but it signifies 66 "The the omnipotence of God by means of the humanity which he assumed in the world; by this humanity he is in the last and lowest parts of nature, as well as in the first and purest principles of spirit; by this he entered into, destroyed and subdued the hells, by this he reduced the heavens under order and regulation; consequently by this he redeemed both men and angels, and redeemeth them to all eternity. If ye consult the Word of God, and are in a capacity to receive illumination, ye will be enabled to discover that by the right hand is there meant omnipotence, as in Isaiah, MINE HAND hath laid the foundation of the earth, and MY RIGHT HAND hath spanned the heavens," Chap. xlviii. 13. Lord hath sworn by his RIGHT HAND, and by the arm of his strength," lxii. 8. "THY RIGHT HAND hath holden me up," Psalm xviii. 35. "Let thy HAND be upon the MAN OF THY RIGHT HAND, and upon the Son of Man whom thou madest so strong for thine own self," Psalm lxxx. 17. Hence it is evident how this passage is to be understood, "Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit thou at MY RIGHT HAND, until I make thine enemies thy footstool: The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Sion; rule thou in the midst of thine enemies," Psalm cx. 1, 2. This whole psalm throughout treateth of the Lord's combats with the hells, and of his conquests over them; and since the right hand of God signifieth omnipotence, therefore the Lord saith, that he shall sit at "THE RIGHT HAND OF POWER," Matt. xxvi. 63, 64; and at "THE RIGHT HAND OF THE POWER OF GOD," Luke xxii. 69. True Christ. Religion. THE APOSTLES SENT FORTH IN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD TO PREACH THE GOSPEL. 791. 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