Doctrine of Holy Scripture - Swedenborg Foundation

DOCTRINE OF HOLY SCRIPTURE 150Divine good, and Divine truth, for Divine good is of his Divinelove, and Divine truth is of his Divine wisdom), and in its essencethe Word is both of these; and as it conjoins man with the Lord,and opens heaven, it follows that the man who reads it from theLord, and not from himself alone, is filled by it with the good oflove and the truths of wisdom; his will with the good of love, andhis understanding with the truths of wisdom. In this way man haslife by means of the Word.4. Therefore in order to remove all doubt as to such being thecharacter of the Word, the Lord has revealed to me the Word’sinternal sense. In its essence this sense is spiritual, and in relation tothe external sense, which is natural, is as soul is to body. This senseis the spirit which gives life to the letter; it can therefore bearwitness to the divinity and holiness of the Word, and convinceeven the natural man, if he is willing to be convinced.In the Word there is a spiritual sense, hitherto unknownThis subject shall be considered in the following order:(a) What the spiritual sense is.2(b) This sense is in all things of the Word and in every singleparticular of it.(c) From this sense it is that the Word is divinely inspired, and isholy in every word.(d) Hitherto this sense has been unknown.(e) Henceforth it will be imparted solely to him who from theLord is in genuine truths.