Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 1493

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1493. 'She is your wife' means that he ought to possess no other truth than that which was to be joined to the celestial. This is clear from the meaning of 'a wife' as truth that is to be joined to the celestial, dealt with above at verse 12. Here, as has been stated, the order is described by which the Lord advanced to intelligence, and so to wisdom, to the end that His whole person might be Wisdom itself - as He was as to the Divine Essence He might also become as to the Human Essence.


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