Arcana Coelestia volume 7 - Swedenborg Foundation

ARCANA COELESTIA 3579Confess ye to Jehovah. Confess ye to the God of gods. Confess yeto the Lord of lords (Ps. 136:1–3);where Jehovah or the Lord is called “God of gods” from the Divinetruth which proceeds from him, and “Lord of lords” from theDivine good which is in him.[3] So in the Revelation:The lamb shall overcome them; for he is Lord of lords, and King ofkings (Rev. 17:14).He that sat upon the white horse hath upon his vesture and uponhis thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords (Rev. 19:16);that the Lord is here called “King of kings” from Divine truth, and“Lord of lords” from Divine good is plain from the particulars; the“name written” is his quality (n. 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009,2724, 3006); the “vesture” on which it was written is the truth offaith (n. 1073, 2576, 4545, 4763); the “thigh” on which also thatquality was written is the good of love (n. 3021, 4277, 4280,4575). From this also it is plain that the Lord from Divine truth iscalled “king of kings” and from Divine good “lord of lords.” (Thatthe Lord is called “king” from Divine truth may be seen above, n.2015, 2069, 3009, 3670, 4581.)[4] From this it is also clear what is meant by the “Lord’s Christ,”in Luke:Answer was made to Simeon by the Holy Spirit, that he should notsee death, until he had seen the Lord’s Christ (Luke 2:26);the “Lord’s Christ” is the Divine truth of the Divine good; for“Christ” is the same as “messiah,” and “messiah” is the “anointed”or “king” (n. 3008, 3009). “The Lord” here is Jehovah. In theWord of the New Testament the name “Jehovah” is nowhere used;but instead of it “Lord” and “God” (n. 2921); as also in Luke: