254. 'For Thou hast created all things, and by Thy will they exist and have been created' signifies that all things of heaven and the Church have been made and formed, and that [men] are reformed and regenerated, out of Divine Good by means of the Divine Truth that is also the Word. This is the spiritual sense of these words, because by 'to create' is signified to reform and regenerate by means of Divine Truth, and by 'the Lord's will' is signified Divine Good. Whether 'Divine Good and Divine Truth' is said, or 'Divine Love and Divine Wisdom', it is the same, because all good is of love and all truth is of wisdom. That all things of heaven and the Church exist out of Divine Love and Wisdom, indeed, that the world has been created out of them, has been abundantly shown in ANGELIC WISDOM CONCERNING DIVINE LOVE AND WISDOM also that love and good is of the will, while wisdom and truth is of the understanding. From this it is plain that by 'the Lord's will' is understood His Divine Good or Divine Love. [2] That 'to create' in the Word signifies to reform and regenerate, is plain from these places:-
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit in the midst of me Ps. li 10 [H.B. 12].
Thou openest Thine hand, they are filled with good, Thou sendest forth Thy spirit, they are created Ps. civ 28, 30.
The people that shall be created shall praise Jah Ps. cii 18 [H.B. 19].
Behold, I create a new heaven and a new land, rejoice for ever in that which I am creating: behold, I am going to create Jerusalem an exultation Isa. lxv 17, 18.
Jehovah creating the heavens, stretching out the land, giving soul to the people upon it, and spirit to those walking therein Isa. xlii 5, xlv 12, 18.
Thus has Jehovah said, thy Creator, O Jacob, thy Former, O Israel, I have redeemed thee, I have called thee with My Name; everyone called by My Name, in My glory I have created him Isa. xliii 1, 7.
In the day that thou wast created, they were prepared; thou wast perfect in thy ways in the day that thou wast created, until perversity was found in thee Ezek. xxviii 13, 15.
These things are concerning the king of Tyre, by whom those are signified who by means of Divine Truth are in intelligence.
That they may see, recognise, pay attention to, and understand, that the hand of Jehovah has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created this Isa. xli 19, 20.
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