Apocalypse Explained, volume 1 - Swedenborg Foundation

APOCALYPSE EXPLAINED 437written to the angel of this church (see above, n. 203); and toimplant in that faith is to acknowledge in heart. “The Lord’s newname” is His Divine Human, because this prophetic book, which iscalled Revelation, treats of those who will be in the New Jerusalem,and of those who will not, and not of the successive states of thechurch as is believed (see above, n. 5); and those who will be in theNew Jerusalem are all who will acknowledge the Lord’s DivineHuman. It is therefore also said at the end of The Doctrine of theNew Jerusalem:That there is a trine in the Lord, namely, the Divine Itself, theDivine Human, and the proceeding Divine, is an arcanum from heaven,and is for those who will be in the holy Jerusalem (n. 297).It can be seen that this is “the Lord’s new name,” since this truthwas not before acknowledged in the church. What besides this ismeant in the Word by “the name of Jehovah,” “the name of theLord,” and “the name of Jesus Christ,” can be seen above (n. 26,102, 133, 148); and that the Lord’s Divine Human is meant (n.26,102). This is meant by “the name of Jehovah,” because “name”in the Word signifies the quality of a state and of a thing (seeabove, n. 148), and the Divine quality by which all things werecreated and made in the heavens and on earth, is the Lord’s DivineHuman, as is said in John:In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, andGod was the Word. All things were made through Him, and withoutHim was not anything made that was made. And the world was madethrough Him. And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, andwe beheld His glory, the glory as of the only-begotten from the Father,full of grace and truth (1:1–3, 10, 14).From this it can be seen why “the name of Jehovah” means theLord’s Divine Human. That this is meant in the Word by “thename of Jehovah” the Lord Himself shows in John:Jesus said, Father, glorify Thy name. And there came a voice out ofheaven, saying, I have glorified it, and will glorify it again (12:25).To “glorify” is to make Divine. In the same: