170. The universal end, that is, the end of all things of creation, is that there may be an eternal conjunction of the Creator with the created universe, and that is not possible unless there are subjects in which His Divine can be as in itself, thus in which it can dwell and abide. And these subjects, in order that they may be His dwelling-places and mansions, must be recipients of His Love and Wisdom as of themselves, thus such as will elevate themselves as if of themselves towards the Creator, and conjoin themselves with Him. No conjunction is possible without this reciprocity. These subjects are men who are able, as of themselves, to elevate and conjoin themselves. That men are such subjects and that they are recipients of the Divine, as of themselves, has been shown above many times. By means of that conjunction, the Lord is present in every work created by Him; for everything has been created finally for the sake of man. Wherefore the uses of all created things ascend by degrees from ultimates to man, and through man to God the Creator from Whom all things are as was shown above n. 65-68.