Canons (Whitehead) n. 21

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21. CHAPTER VIII.

AFTER THE UNITION WAS ACCOMPLISHED HE RETURNED INTO THE DIVINE IN WHICH HE WAS FROM ETERNITY, TOGETHER WITH AND IN THE GLORIFIED HUMAN.

1. Jehovah God from eternity had a Human such as the angels in the heavens have, but of infinite essence, thus Divine; and He had not a human such as men have on the earths. 2. Jehovah God assumed a Human such as men have on the earths, according to His own Divine order, which is, that it should be conceived, born, grow up, and successively be imbued with Divine Wisdom and Divine Love. 3. Thus He united this Human with His Divine from eternity; and thus He went forth from the Father, and returned to the Father. 4. Jehovah God in this Human, and by it, exercised justice, and made Himself the Redeemer and Saviour. 5. And by its unition with His Divine, He made Himself the Redeemer and the Saviour to eternity. 6. Jehovah God, by the union of this Human with the Divine, exalted His Omnipotence; which is meant by "sitting on the right hand of God." 7. Jehovah God in this Human is above the heavens, illuminating the universe with the light of wisdom, and inspiring into the universe the virtue of love. 8. They who approach Him as Man, and who live according to His precepts, receive these two principles freely from Him. 9. Jehovah God alone is a full Man with the angels.


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