Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 2210

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2210. Verse 14 Will anything be too wonderful for Jehovah? At the set time I will return to you, about this time next year,a and Sarah will have a son.

'Will anything be too wonderful for Jehovah?' means that everything is possible to Jehovah. 'At the set time I will return to you' means a state that is to come. 'About this time next year, and Sarah will have a son' means that the Lord would at that point cast off the human rational and put on the Divine Rational.

Notes

a lit. near this time of life


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