Divine Love and Wisdom (Harleys) n. 290

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290. THE LORD FROM ETERNITY, THAT IS, JEHOVAH, PRODUCED FROM HIMSELF THE SUN OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLD, AND FROM THAT, CREATED THE UNIVERSE, AND ALL THINGS THEREOF

The Sun of the spiritual world was treated of in Part II of this work, and the following facts were there set forth:

The Divine Love and Wisdom appear in the spiritual world as a Sun, (n. 83-88). Spiritual heat and light go forth from that Sun. (n. 89-92). That Sun is not God, but it is a going forth from the Divine Love and Wisdom of God-Man; it is the same with the heat and light from that Sun (n. 93-98). The Sun of the spiritual world is in the middle altitude, and appears distant from the angels as the sun of the natural world from men (n. 103-107). In the spiritual world the east is where the Lord appears as a Sun, and the remaining quarters are thence determined (n. 119-123, n. 124-128). Angels turn their faces continually to the Lord as a Sun (n. 129-134, 135-139). The Lord created the universe and everything therein by means of the Sun which is the first proceeding of the Divine Love and Wisdom (n. 151-156). The sun of the natural world is pure fire, and nature which derives its origin from that sun, is consequently dead; and the sun of the natural world was created in order that the work of creation might be completed and finished (n. 157-162). Without two suns, the one living and the other dead, creation is not possible (n. 163-166).


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