338. To receive power, and riches, and wisdom. That this signifies that Omnipotence, Omniscience, and Divine Providence belong to Him, is clear from the signification of power, when said of the Lord, as denoting Omnipotence; from the signification of riches, when said of the Lord, as denoting Omniscience; and from the signification of wisdom, when said of the Lord, as denoting the Divine Providence. The reason why these things are signified, is, because nothing can be said of the Lord but what is above all things; therefore, when it is said that He has power, it is meant that He has all power, which is Omnipotence; and when it is said that He has riches, it is meant that He has all spiritual riches, by which is signified intelligence, consequently Omniscience. That by riches in the Word are signified the knowledges of truth and good, and thence intelligence, may be seen above (n. 236). And when it is said, as in this passage, that He has wisdom, it is meant that He has all wisdom, which is the Divine Providence. For true wisdom consists in perceiving what conduces to the eternal life of any one, and disposing him thereto, which is effected when man not only knows those things and perceives them with his understanding, but also when he wills and does them. The Divine Wisdom, however, is to provide those things for man; thus it is the Divine Providence. Further, what the Divine Providence is, may be seen in the work concerning the New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Doctrine, n. 267-279.