THE LORD FROM ETERNITY, WHO IS JEHOVAH, CREATED THE UNIVERSE AND ALL THINGS THEREOF FROM HIMSELF, AND NOT FROM NOTHING

It is known throughout the world, and acknowledged by every wise man from interior perception that God Who is the Creator of the universe is one. And it is known from the Word that God the Creator of the universe is called "Jehovah", from the verb "to be", because He alone is. It has been shown in THE DOCTRINE OF THE NEW JERUSALEM CONCERNING THE LORD by many passages in the Word that the Lord from eternity is that same Jehovah. Jehovah is called the Lord from eternity, because Jehovah assumed a Human in order that He might save men from hell. And later He commanded His disciples to call Him Lord. Therefore in the New Testament Jehovah is called "the Lord", as can be established from the following:

Thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. Deut. VI

and in the New Testament:

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. Matt. XXII 37

It is the same in other passages in the Evangelists, taken from the Old Testament.