(1) This was done successively.

Jesus grew and waxed strong in spirit and in wisdom: and the grace of God was upon Him. Luke ii 40.

Jesus increased in wisdom and age, and in favour with God and men. Luke ii 52.

[2] (2) The Divine operated through the Human, as the soul does through the body. This appears from the following passages:

The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He seeth the Father do. John v 19.

I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. And He that hath sent me is with me: He hath not left me alone. John viii 28, 29; v 30.

I have not spoken of myself; but the Father who sent me, He gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. John xii 49, 50.

The words that I speak unto you, I speak not of myself, but the Father, that dwelleth in me, He doeth the works. John xiv 10.

I am not alone, because the Father is with me. John xvi 32.

[3] (3) The Divine and the Human operated unanimously. This appears from the following passages:

What things soever the Father doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. John v 19.

As the Father raiseth up the dead and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom He will. John v 21.

As the Father hath life in Himself, so hath He given to the Son to have life in Himself. John v 26.

Now they have known that all things which thou hast given me are of thee. John xvii 7.

[4] (4) The Divine is united to the Human and the Human to the Divine. This appears from these passages:

If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and ye ... have seen Him. Jesus said to Philip who desired to see the Father, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me, hath seen the Father ... Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me ...? Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me. John xiv 6-11.

If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do . . . believe the works; that ye may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father. John x 37, 38.

That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee. John xvii 21.

At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father. John xiv 20.

No one is able to pluck my sheep out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one. John x 29, 30.

The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His hand. John iii 35.

All things that the Father hath are mine. John xvi 15.

All mine are thine, and thine are mine. John xvii 10.

Thou hast given the Son power over all flesh. John xvii 2.

All power is given unto me in heaven and on earth. Matt. xxviii 18.

[5] (5) The Divine Human is to be approached. This is manifest from the following passages:

That all men should honour the Son, as they honor the Father. John v 23.

If ye had known me, ye should have known My Father also. John viii 19.

He that seeth me seeth Him that sent me. John xii 45.

If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also; and from henceforth ye know Him, and have seen Him. John xiv 7.

He that receiveth me receiveth Him that sent me. John xiii 20.

The reason of this is, that no one can see the Divine itself, which is called the Father, but he may see the Divine Human. For the Lord says,

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him. John i 18.

No one hath seen the Father save He who is with the Father; He hath seen the Father. John vi 46.

Ye have neither beard the Father's voice at any time, nor seen His shape. John v 37.

[6] (6) Since the Lord made His Human Divine from the Divine in Himself, and since the Human is to he approached, and is the Son of God; it is therefore necessary to believe on the Lord, who is both Father and Son. This is manifest from the following passages:

Jesus said, As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become sons of God, even to them that believe on His name. John i 12.

That whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have eternal life. John iii 15.

God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have eternal life. John iii 16.

He that believeth on the Son is not judged: but he that believeth not is judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son of God. John iii 18.

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. John iii 36.

The bread of God is He that cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world ... He that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. John vi 33, 35.

This is the will of Him that sent me, that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth on Him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. John vi 40.

They said unto Jesus, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered, This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent. John vi 28, 29.

Verily I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. John vi 47.

Jesus cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. John vii 37, 38.

If ye believe not that I am, ye shall die in your sins. John viii 24.

Jesus said . . . I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

And whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. John xi 25, 26.

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. John xii 46; viii 12.

While ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. John xii 36.

Verily, I say unto you. . . The dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. John v 25.

Abide in me, and I in you. I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. John xv 4, 5.

They were to abide in the Lord, and the Lord in them. John xiv 20; xvii 23.

I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me. John xiv 6.

[7] In these passages, and in all others where the Father is mentioned, the Divine that was in the Lord from conception is meant; which, according to the doctrine of faith of the Christian world, was as the soul in the body with man. The Human itself from this Divine is the Son of God. Now, since this also was made Divine; and, lest man should approach the Father alone, and thereby in thought, faith, and consequently in worship should separate the Father from the Lord in whom He is, therefore, after teaching that the Father and He are one, that the Father is in Him and He in the Father, that man should abide in Him, and that no one cometh to the Father but through Him, the Lord further teaches that we must believe in Him and that man is saved by a faith directed to Him.

[8] That the Human in the Lord was made Divine is a truth of which many in Christendom can form no conception; chiefly for the reason that they think concerning man from his material and not from his spiritual body; although all angels, who are spiritual beings, are also men, perfect in form; and everything Divine proceeding from Jehovah God, from its first things in heaven to its last in the world, has a tendency towards the human form. Angels are in the human form, and every thing Divine tends to that form; as may be seen in the work HEAVEN AND HELL, Numbers 73-77 and Numbers 453-460, and will be more fully illustrated in subsequent works, from angelic wisdom concerning the Lord.