99. By reason of the fact that the Lord also became the Word in ultimates, the state of the Church was entirely changed. All the Churches before His Coming were representative Churches, and these were not able to see Divine Truth, except in the shade. But after the Lord's Coming into the world, a Church was instituted by Him which saw Divine Truth in the light. The difference is as between evening and morning. The state of the Church before His Coming is also called evening, and the state of the Church after His Coming is called morning. Before His Coming into the world the Lord was indeed present with men of the Church, but mediately through heaven; whereas after His Coming into the world He is present with men of the Church immediately. For in the world He put on the Divine Natural also, in which He is present with men. The glorification of the Lord is the glorification of His Human, which He assumed in the world; and the glorified Human of the Lord is the Divine Natural.