36. 7. THUS GOD BECAME MAN, AS IN FIRST THINGS SO ALSO IN LAST. God is Man, and every angel and spirit is a man from God. This is shown in several places in the work HEAVEN AND HELL; and will be more fully shown in the small works on ANGELIC WISDOM. Now God from the beginning was Man in first things, but not in last; but after He assumed the Human in the world, He also became Man in ultimates. This follows from what has just been established, that the Lord united His Human to His Divine, and thus made His Human Divine also. Hence it is that the Lord is said to be the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last, and Alpha and Omega; as in Revelation:
I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, saith the Lord, He who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty. Rev. i 8, 11.
When John saw the Son of Man-in the midst of the seven candlesticks ... he fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand upon him, saying ... I am the First and the Last. Rev. i 13, 17; ii 8; xxi 6.
Behold, I come quickly . . . to give every man according to his work. I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last. Rev. xxii 12, 13
And in Isaiah:
Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah Zebaoth; I am the First and I am the Last. Isa. xliv 6; xlviii 12.
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