In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.. . . All things were made by Him and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life and the life was the light of men. . . . He was in the world and the world was made by Him. . . . And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory. John i. 1, 3, 4, 10, 14.

It is evident that the Lord is meant by the "Word", for it is said that the Word was made flesh, but what is specifically meant by the Word has not yet been known and will therefore be explained. In this passage, the Word is the Divine Truth which is in the Lord and from the Lord.# That is why the Lord is also called the Light, which is the Divine Truth, as has already been shown in this section. That by the Divine Truth all things were made and created will now be explained. [2] In heaven Divine Truth has all power, and apart from it there 1a11 is no power whatever.## From the Divine Truth all angels are called powers, and are powers to the extent that they are receptions or receptacles of it. By means of it, they prevail over the hells and over all that oppose them. A thousand enemies there cannot endure a single ray of the light of heaven which is Divine Truth. Since angels are angels from their reception of Divine Truth, it follows that the entire heaven is from no other source, for heaven consists of angels. [3] That there is such power latent in Divine Truth is incredible to those who have no other idea of truth than that it is thought or speech, which have no power in themselves except as others do them from obedience. But Divine Truth has power in itself, and such power that, by means of it, heaven was created and the world with all things therein. That there is such power latent in Divine Truth may be illustrated by two comparisons, namely, by the power of truth and good in man, and by the power of light and heat from the sun in the world.

By the Power of Good and Truth in Man Everything that a man does, he does from his understanding and will, from his will by means of good and from his understanding by means of truth. For all things in the will have relation to good, and all things in the understanding, to truth.### Therefore, it is from good and truth that man moves his whole body, and a thousand things therein rush with one accord to do their will and pleasure. This makes it clear that the whole body has been formed for subservience to good and truth, consequently formed from good and truth.

[4] By the Power of Heat and Light from the Sun in the World All things that grow in the world, such as trees, cereals, flowers, grasses, fruits and seeds, come into existence by no other means than by the heat and light of the sun, which shows what power of production there is in them. What, then, must be the power in Divine light which is Divine Truth, and in Divine heat which is Divine Good? For from these, heaven comes into existence and the world also, since the world comes into existence by means of heaven, as has already been shown. From these facts can be established how it is to be understood that "all things were made by the Word", and that "without Him was not anything made that was made", and that "the world was made by Him", namely, by means of Divine Truth from the Lord.### For the same reason, in the Book of Creation, Light is first spoken of, and then the things that are from Light (Gen. i. 3, 4). For this reason also, all things in the universe, both in heaven and the world, have relation to Good and Truth and to their conjunction, in order to be anything. # In the Sacred Scriptures "word" signifies various things, namely, speech, thought of the mind, everything that really comes into existence, also something, and in the highest sense Divine Truth, and the Lord (n. 9987). "Word" signifies Divine Truth (n. 2803, 2894, 4692, 5075, 5272, 9383, 9987). "Word" signifies the Lord (n. 2533, 2859). ## Divine Truth going forth from the Lord has all power (n. 6948, 8200). Truth from good has all power in heaven (n. 3091, 3563, 6344, 6423, 8304, 9643, 10019, 10182). Angels are called powers, and are powers by virtue of the reception of Divine Truth from the Lord (n. 9639). Angels are recipients of Divine Truth from the Lord and therefore in several places in the Word are called gods (n. 4295, 4402, 7873, 8192, 8301). ### The understanding is a recipient of truth, and the will a recipient of good (n. 3623, 6125, 7503, 9300, 9930), and, therefore, all things which are in the understanding have relation to truths, whether they really are truths, or are only thought to he so by man; and all things which are in the will have refer' ence so goods in like manner (n. 803, 10122). #### The Divine Truth going forth from the Lord, is the only real thing (n. 6880, 7004, 8200); for by it all things were made and created (n. 2803, 2884, 5272, 7835).