THE SACRED SCRIPTURE, OR THE WORD (pt. 4)

The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine
Emanuel Swedenborg
• Doctrinal Series •
THE SACRED SCRIPTURE, OR THE WORD
(pt. 4)

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The Word, because it is a revelation from the Divine, is Divine in each and all things; for what is from the Divine cannot be otherwise.

What is from the Divine descends through the heavens even to man; wherefore in the heavens it is accommodated to the wisdom of the angels who are there, and on earth it is accommodated to the apprehension of the men who are there.

Wherefore in the Word there is an internal sense, which is spiritual, for the angels, and an external sense, which is natural, for men.

Hence it is that the conjunction of heaven with man is effected through the Word.

(The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 252)