17. In order that all of mankind may be arranged in this way, so great a range of spirits and guardian angels is provided that from Love alone, that is, the Messiah, every variety, and thus Divine harmony, is obtained.
[See WE 1393-94, explaining Gen. 32:9.] 1395. The descendants of Jacob likewise turned away from the Messiah, and while acknowledging out of fright the God who did miracles, they still bowed down to many other Gods. And they were brought back to the recognition and worship of the Messiah, Who is God Himself, Who created both heaven and Earth, Who is the new creator of Heaven and Earth, without Whom there could no longer be a Heaven and Earth, nor a human race other than a bestial one, worse than any wild animal, that would be entirely torn to pieces by wild animals. These facts are so clear that they can never come into doubt.
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