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298. The right hand, when said of the Lord, signifies both omnipotence and omniscience, because there the south is at the right in heaven, and the north is at the left; and by the south is signified Divine truth in light, and by the north Divine truth in shade. And because Divine good has all power by means of the Divine truth, therefore by the right hand, when said of the Lord, omnipotence is signified; and because as Divine good has all intelligence and wisdom by means of Divine truth, and to the right in heaven is Divine truth in light as has been said, therefore, by the right hand, when said of the Lord, is also signified omniscience. That the south is at the right in heaven and that there Divine truth is in light, and that those who are there are in intelligence and wisdom; and that the north is at the left there, and that there Divine truth is in shade, may be seen in the work concerning Heaven and Hell, where the four quarters in heaven are treated of (n. 141-153). That all power is from Divine good by means of Divine truth, may be seen in the same work, where the subject treated of is concerning the power of the angels of heaven (n. 228-235): also, that all intelligence and wisdom are from Divine good by means of Divine truth, may be seen in the same work, where the subject treated of is concerning the wisdom of the angels of heaven (n. 265-275): and concerning the wise and simple in heaven (n. 346-356).
[2] That the right hand, when said of the Lord, signifies both omnipotence and omniscience, and when said of men, power and wisdom, is evident from the following passage.
In David:
"The north and the right hand thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. Thou hast a mighty arm; strong is thy hand, and thy right hand shall be exalted. Justice and judgment are the support of thy throne; mercy and truth shall stand together before thy faces" (89:12-14).
That by the right hand is here meant the south, is evident, for it is said, the north and the right hand, thou hast created; and the south signifies the Divine truth in light, thus in the highest sense (in which the Lord is spoken of) the omnipotence and omniscience, which Divine good has by means of Divine truth, as has been said above. Because both, omnipotence as well as omniscience, are signified, it is therefore said, Tabor and Hermon, justice and judgment, mercy and truth. Tabor and Hermon here signify those who are in Divine good and in Divine truth: justice and judgment signify Divine good and Divine truth, and similarly mercy and truth; by both together, in the spiritual sense, is signified Divine good by Divine truth. Omnipotence and omniscience, which Divine good has by means of Divine truth, are signified by "Thou hast a mighty arm," and by "strong is Thy hand, and Thy right hand shall be exalted."
[3] Again:
"If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget" (Psalms 137:5).
Jerusalem signifies the church as to the doctrine of Divine truth; and the right hand of Jehovah, Divine truth in light, because those are at the right hand of the Lord in heaven who are in light and in wisdom from Divine truth, as was said above: hence it is evident why it is said, "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget."
[4] Again:
"I was foolish and ignorant. But I am always with thee; thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou guidest me by thy counsel, and afterwards receivest me in glory" (Psalms 73:22-24).
Forasmuch as by the right hand, when said of man, is signified wisdom which is from Divine truth, it is therefore said, "I was foolish and ignorant; Thou guidest me in thy counsel, and afterwards receivest me in glory." To guide by counsel, is to lead by means of Divine truth: and to receive in glory, is to bless with intelligence: for glory, when said of the Lord, signifies Divine truth and Divine wisdom, but when said of man, it signifies intelligence therefrom.
[5] Again:
"Jehovah is thy keeper; Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night" (Heaven and Hell 122, 123; and in the Arcana Coelestia 2441, 7078, 8487, 9755, 10130, 10189, 10420, 10702).
[6] Again:
"Let thy hand, Jehovah, be before the man of thy right hand, before the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself" (Psalms 80:17).
"Let thy hand, Jehovah," means for a guard from omnipotence and omniscience: "the man of the right hand" for whom there is a guard, signifies the wise; and "the son of man," the intelligent, both by means of Divine truth.
[7] Again:
"Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty, in thy grace and in thine honour. In thine honour, mount up, ride on the Word of truth, of meekness, and of justice; thy right hand shall teach thee wonderful things. Kings' daughters are among thine excellent; at thy right hand shall stand the queen in the best gold of Ophir" (131, 288). It is also likewise said, "In thine honour, mount up, ride on the Word of truth." In honour to mount up, signifies to combat from Divine good, and to ride upon the Word of truth signifies to combat from Divine truth, thus from Divine good by means of Divine truth. The Lord's omnipotence and omniscience are signified by "Thy right hand shall teach thee wonderful things." "The kings' daughters among the excellent," signify affections of truth, and "the queen who is at the right hand in the best gold of Ophir," signifies heaven and the church, and those therein who are in truths from good, the right hand denoting truth in light, and gold of Ophir the good of love.
[8] Again:
"The saying of Jehovah unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet. The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his anger" (Last Judgment 46: and in the Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 293, 294, 301, 303.)
[9] In the Evangelists:
"Jesus said, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hands of power" (Matthew 26:63, 64; Mark 14:61, 62; Luke 22:69).
And in Mark:
"The Lord after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat at the right hand of God" (16:19).
To sit at the right hands of power, and at the right hand of God, signifies the omnipotence and omniscience which belong to the Lord from Divine good by means of the Divine truth.
[10] In Isaiah:
"I have strengthened thee, I have also helped thee by the right hand of my justice. I, Jehovah God, strengthening thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I help thee" (709, 732, 2586, 2769, 2807, 2822, 3921, 4287, 4402, 7010, 9167.)
[11] Again:
"Jehovah hath said to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings to open before him doors that the gates may not be shut" (45:1).
By Cyrus, in a representative sense, is meant the Lord. His omnipotence and omniscience from Divine good by means of Divine truth, from which in the world He subjugated all the hells, and afterwards keeps them subjugated for ever, is signified by "whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings": also, by "to open before him doors that the gates may not be shut." By the nations which should be subdued before Him, are signified the hells as to evils; and by the kings whose loins He should loose, are signified the hells as to falsities; by the doors which should be open before Him that the gates may not be shut, is signified that from omniscience all things are manifest to Him, and that from omnipotence He has the power of saving.
[12]By the right hand are signified the omniscience and omnipotence which belong to the Lord from Divine good by means of the Divine truth, also in the following passages:
In David:
"Jehovah continually before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved" (Psalm 16:8).
Again:
O God, "Thy right hand sustains me" (Psalm 18:35).
Again:
"O God, thy right hand is full of justice" (Psalm 48:10).
In Isaiah:
"My hand hath founded the earth and my right hand hath spanned the heavens" (Isaiah 47:13).
Again:
God "hath sworn by his right hand and by the arm of his strength" (62:8).
And in the Apocalypse,
The Son of man "having in his right hand seven stars" (1:16).
In David:
"The right hand of Jehovah doeth valour: the right hand of Jehovah [is] exalted" (118:15, 16).
[13] Because by the right hand, when said of angels and men, are meant the wisdom and the intelligence which they have from Divine good by means of Divine truth proceeding from the Lord, therefore
The angel of the Lord was seen by Zechariah standing at the right hand of the altar of incense (Luke 1:11).
And the angel was seen in the sepulchre where the Lord was laid, sitting on the right hand (Mark 16:5, 6).
And therefore also the sheep are said [to be] placed on the right hand, and the goats on the left (Matthew 25:33, 34).
By the sheep are here meant those who are in truths from good, or in the faith of truth from the good of charity: but by the goats are meant those who are in faith without charity, which faith is called faith alone, and, regarded in itself, is no faith.
[14] On account of this signification of the right hand, when Aaron and his sons were inaugurated into the priesthood, the blood was sprinkled upon their right ear and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of the right foot (Exodus 29:20). By the blood here is signified Divine truth from Divine good; by the right ear, the perceptive [faculty] of truth from good; by the right hand and the right foot are signified the intelligence and power of truth from good in the internal or spiritual man, and in the external or natural man; and by the thumb and great toe, what is full.
[15] Because as most things in the Word have also an opposite sense, so also has the right hand; and in that sense it signifies falsity from evil, and reasoning and combat thereof against truth from good.
As in David:
"Thou hast set up the right hand of his enemies" (151, 152): and the reason thereof, n. 122, 123.)
298. "Right hand," in reference to the Lord, signifies both omnipotence and omniscience, for the reason that in heaven the south is on the right and the north on the left; and the "south" signifies Divine truth in light, and the "north" Divine truth in shade; and as Divine good has all power through Divine truth, "right hand" in reference to the Lord signifies omnipotence, and as Divine good has all intelligence and wisdom through Divine truth, and to the right in heaven Divine truth is in light (as was said), so "right hand" in reference to the Lord also signifies omniscience. (That in heaven the south is on the right, and there Divine truth is in light, and those who are there are in intelligence and wisdom; and that the north is on the left, and Divine truth there is in shade, see in the work on Heaven and Hell, where The Four Quarters in Heaven are treated of, n 141-153; that all power is from Divine good through Divine truth, see the same work, where The Power of the Angels of Heaven is treated of, n. 228-233; then that all intelligence and wisdom is also from Divine good through Divine truth, see the same work, where The Wisdom of the Angels of Heaven is treated of, n. 265-275; and the Wise and Simple in Heaven, n 346-356)
[2] That "right hand" in reference to the Lord signifies both omnipotence and omniscience, and in reference to men power and wisdom, can be seen from the following passages. In David:
The north and the right hand Thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in Thy name. Thou hast an arm with might; strong is Thy hand; Thy right hand shall be exalted. Justice and judgment are the support of Thy throne; mercy and truth shall stand together before Thy faces (Psalms 89:12-14).
Here the "right hand" plainly means the south, for it is said, "the north and the right hand Thou hast created," and the "south" signifies Divine truth in light; thus in the highest sense, which treats of the Lord, it signifies omnipotence and omniscience, which Divine good has through Divine truth (as was said above). Because both omnipotence and omniscience are signified, it is said, "Tabor and Hermon," "justice and judgment," "mercy and truth." By "Tabor and Hermon" those in Divine good and those in Divine truth are signified; by "justice and judgment," and in a like manner by "mercy and truth," Divine good and Divine truth are signified; the two together signify in the spiritual sense Divine good through Divine truth. Omnipotence and omniscience, which Divine good has through Divine truth, are signified by "Thou hast an arm with might," and by "strong is Thy hand; Thy right hand shall be exalted."
[3] In the same:
If I shall forget thee, O Jerusalem, let My right hand forget (Psalms 137:5).
"Jerusalem" signifies the church in respect to the doctrine of Divine truth; and the "right hand of Jehovah," Divine truth in light, since (as was said above) those are at the right hand of the Lord in heaven who are in light and in wisdom from Divine truth; thence it is evident why it is said, "If I shall forget thee, O Jerusalem, let My right hand forget."
[4] In the same:
Behold, I am brutish, I know not. But I am continually with Thee; Thou hast held my right hand. Thou leadest me in Thy counsel, and afterwards receivest me with glory (Psalms 73:22-24).
Since "right hand," in reference to man, signifies wisdom from Divine truth, it is said, "I am brutish, I know not. Thou leadest me in Thy counsel, and afterwards receivest me with glory," "to lead in counsel" meaning to lead by Divine truth, and "to receive with glory" meaning to make blessed with intelligence; "glory" in reference to the Lord signifying Divine truth and Divine wisdom, but in reference to man intelligence therefrom.
[5] In the same:
Jehovah is thy keeper; Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night (Heaven and Hell 122, 123 ; and Arcana Coelestia 2441, 7078, 8487, 9755, 10130, 10189, 10420, 10702.)
[6] In the same:
Let Thy hand, O Jehovah, be over the man of Thy right hand, over the son of man whom Thou hast made strong for Thyself (Psalms 80:17).
"Let Thy hand, O Jehovah," means guard by omnipotence and omniscience; "the man of the right hand," who is guarded, signifies one who is wise; and "the son of man," one who is intelligent, each through Divine truth.
[7] In the same:
Gird the sword upon the thigh, O mighty One, with Thy splendor and in Thine honor; in Thine honor mount, ride on the Word of truth, of gentleness, and of righteousness; Thy right hand shall teach Thee wonderful things. Kings' daughters are among Thy precious ones; on Thy right hand shall stand the queen in the best gold of Ophir (131, 288). It is also said, "in Thine honor mount, ride on the Word of truth," "in honor to mount" signifying to combat from Divine good, and "to ride upon the Word of truth" signifying to combat from Divine truth, thus from Divine good through Divine truth. The Lord's omnipotence and omniscience are signified by "Thy right hand shall teach Thee wonderful things;" "kings' daughters, who are among the precious ones" signify the affections of truth; and "the queen who is on the right hand in the best gold of Ophir" signifies heaven and the church and those therein who are in truths from good; the "right hand" meaning truth in light, and "gold of Ophir" the good of love.
[8] In the same:
The saying of Jehovah to my Lord, Sit thou at My right hand until I shall make thine enemies a stool for thy feet. The Lord at thy right hand hath stricken through kings in the day of His anger (Last Judgement 46; and in the Doctrine of the New Jerusalem (n. 293-294, 301, 303).
[9] In the gospels:
Jesus said, Henceforth shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power (Matthew 26:64; Mark 14:62; Luke 22:69);
and in Mark:
The Lord after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God (Mark 16:19).
"To sit at the right hand of power," and "at the right hand of God" signifies the omnipotence and omniscience which the Lord has from Divine good through Divine truth.
[10] In Isaiah:
I have strengthened thee, yea, I have helped thee, [yea, I have upheld thee, ] by the right hand of My righteousness. I, Jehovah God strengthening thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I help thee (Arcana Coelestia 709, 732, 2586, 2769, 2807, 2822, 3921, 4287, 4402, 7010, 9167).
[11] In the same:
Jehovah said to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before Him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open doors before Him, that the gates may not be shut (Isaiah 45:1).
"Cyrus" in the representative sense is the Lord. The Lord's omnipotence and omniscience from Divine good through Divine truth, by which in the world He subjugated all the hells, and thereafter keeps them subjugated forever, is signified by "whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings;" also by "to open doors before him that the gates may not be shut;" "the nations to be subdued before Him" signify the hells in respect to evils; and "the king whose loins He should loose," signify the hells in respect to falsities; "the doors open before Him, that the gates may not be shut," signifies that by omniscience all things are manifest to Him, and that by omnipotence He has power to save.
[12] "The right hand" signifies the omniscience and omnipotence that the Lord has from Divine good through Divine truth also in the following passages. In David:
Jehovah is always before me; because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved (Psalms 16:8).
In the same:
O God, Thy right hand sustaineth me (Psalms 18:35).
In the same:
O God, Thy hand is full of righteousness (Psalms 48:10).
In Isaiah:
My hand hath founded the earth, and My right hand hath spanned the heavens (Isaiah 48:13).
In the same:
God hath sworn by His right hand and by the arm of His strength (Isaiah 62:8).
In Revelation:
The Son of man, having in His right hand the seven stars (Revelation 1:16).
In David:
The right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly; the right hand of Jehovah has been exalted (Psalms 118:15-16).
[13] As "right hand," in reference to angels and men, means the wisdom and intelligence that they have from Divine good through Divine truth proceeding from the Lord.
So there appeared to Zechariah the angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense (Luke 1:11);
And an angel was seen in the tomb where the Lord had been, sitting on the right side (Mark 16:5-6);
And for the same reason the sheep are said to have been set on the right hand, and the goats on the left (Matthew 25:33-34 seq.);
"sheep" here being those who are in truths from good, or in the faith of truth from the good of charity; and "goats" being those who are in faith without charity, which faith is called faith alone, and regarded in itself is no faith.
[14] Because of this signification of "right hand" when Aaron and his sons were inaugurated into the priesthood:
Blood was sprinkled upon their right ear and upon their right hand, and upon the great toe of the right foot (Exodus 29:20);
"blood" here signifying Divine truth from Divine good; "the right ear" the ability to perceive truth from good; "the right hand" and "the right foot" understanding and power of truth from good in the internal or spiritual man and in the external or natural man; and "great toe" fullness.
[15] As most expressions in the Word have also a contrary sense, so has "right hand," which in that sense signifies falsity from evil, and its reasoning and combat against truth from good. As in David:
Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries (151-152; and why, n. 122-123.)
298.
Quod "dextra", cum de Domino, significet et omnipotentiam et omniscientiam, est quia ad dextrum in caelo est meridies, et ad sinistrum ibi est septentrio, et per "meridiem" significatur Divinum Verum in luce, et per "septentrionem" Divinum Verum in umbra: et quia omnis potentia est Divino Bono per Divinum Verum, ideo per "dextram", cum de Domino, significatur omnipotentia; et quia omnis intelligentia et sapientia est Divino Bono per Divinum Verum, ac ad dextrum in caelo est Divinum Verum in luce, ut dictum est, ideo per "dextram", cum de Domino, etiam significatur omniscientia. (Quod ad dextrum in caelo sit meridies, et quod ibi sit Divinum Verum in luce, ac illi qui ibi in intelligentia et sapientia, et quod ad sinistrum ibi sit septentrio, et quod ibi sit Divinum Verum in umbra, videatur in opere De Caelo et Inferno, ubi agitur De Quatuor Plagis in Caelo, n. 141-153; quod omnis potentia sit ex Divino Bono per Divinum Verum, in eodem opere ubi agitur De Potentia Angelorum Caeli, n. 228-233; tum quod omnis intelligentia at sapientia etiam sit ex Divino Bono par Divinum Verum, in eodem opere ubi agitur De Sapientia Angelorum Caeli, n. 265-275; ac De Sapientibus et Simplicibus in Caelo, n. 346-356.)
[2] Quod "dextra", cum de Domino, significet et omnipotentiam et omniscientiam, et cum de hominibus potentiam et sapientiam, constat ex sequentibus his locis :
Apud Davidem,
"Septentrionem et dextram Tu creasti; Thabor et Chermon per nomen tuum exultabunt; Tibi brachium cum virtute; fortis est manus tua, exaltabitur dextra tua; justitia et judicium fulcrum throni tui; misericordia et veritas consistent ante facies tuas" (Psalms 89:13-15 [B.A. 12-14]);
quod per "dextram" hic intelligatur meridies, patet, nam dicitur, "Septentrionem et dextram Tu creasti"; ac "meridies significat Divinum Verum in luce, ita in supremo sensu (in quo de Domino) omnipotentiam et omniscientiam, quae sunt Divino Bono per Divinum Verum, ut supra dictum est. Quia utraque tam omnipotentia quam omniscientia significatur, ideo dicitur "Thabor et Chermon", "justitia et judicium", "misericordia et veritas": per "Thaborem et Chermonem" significantur qui in Divino Bono ac in Divino Vero sunt, per "justitiam et judicium" significatur Divinum Bonum ac Divinum Verum, similiter per "misericordiam
et veritatem"; per utrumque simul in sensu spirituali significatur Divinum Bonum per Divinum Verum. Omnipotentia et omniscientia, quae sunt Divino Bono per Divinum Verum, significatur per "Tibi brachium cum virtute", et per "Fortis est manus tua, exaltabitur dextra tua."
[3] Apud eundem,
"Si oblitus fuero tui, Hierosolyma, oblita fuerit dextra mea" (Psalm. 137:5);
"Hierosolyma" significat ecclesiam quoad doctrinam Divini Veri, et "dextra Jehovae" Divinum Verum in luce, quoniam (ut supra dictum est) ad dextram Domini in caelo sunt qui in luce et in sapientia ex Divino Vero: inde patet cur dicitur, "Si oblitus fuero tui, Hierosolyma, oblita fuerit dextra mea."
[4] Apud eundem,
"Ecce stolidus, non cognosco;.... sed Ego semper tecum, apprehendisti manum dextrae meae; in consilio tuo ducis me, et postea gloria acceptas me" (Psalms 73:22-24);
quia per "manum dextrae", cum de homine, significatur sapientia quae ex Divino Vero, ideo dicitur, "Stolidus non cognosco, ... in consilio tuo ducis me, et postea gloria acceptas me": "in consilio ducere" est per Divinum Verum, et "gloria acceptare" est intelligentia beare; "gloria" enim, cum de Domino, significat Divinum Verum et Divinam Sapientiam; cum autem de homine, significat intelligentiam inde.
[5] Apud eundem,
"Jehovah custos tuus, Jehovah umbra tua super manu dextrae tuae; interdiu sol non percutiet te, aut luna in nocte " (Psalm. 121 [5, ] 6, 6);
esse "umbra super manu dextrae" significat esse tutela contra malum et falsum; "umbra" ibi pro umbraculo ne laedatur, et "manus dextrae" pro potentia et sapientia ex Divino Vero, quae laederentur per malum et falsum nisi Dominus tutaretur: quia haec significantur, ideo dicitur, "Interdiu sol non percutiet te, aut luna in nocte"; per "solem" ibi significatur amor sui et inde omne malum, et per " lunam" falsum mali. (Quod haec per "solem" et "lunam" significentur, videatur in opere De Caelo et Inferno 122, 123; et in Arcanis Caelestibus, n. 2441, 7078, 8487, 9755, 10130, 10189, 10420, 10702.)
[6] Apud eundem,
"Sit manus tua, Jehovah, pro viro dextrae tuae, pro filio hominis confortasti Te" (Psalm. 80:18[17]);
"sit manus tua, Jehovah", pro custodia ex omnipotentia et omniscientia; "vir dextrae", pro quo custodia, significat sapientem, et "filius hominis" intelligentem, utrumque per Divinum Verum.
[7] Apud eundem,
"Accinge gladium super femur, Potens decore tuo et in honore tuo; in honore tuo conscende, equita super verbo veritatis, mansuetudinis et justitiae; docebit Te mirabilia dextra tua:.... filiae regum inter pretiosas tuas; consistet regina ad dextram tuam in auro optimo Ophiris" (Psalm. 40:5:4, 5, 10 [B.A. 3, 4, 9]);
haec de Domino; "accingere gladium super femur", significat Divinum Verum pugnans ex Divino Bono, quare dicitur, "Potens decore et in honore tuo"; per "decus" significatur Divinum Verum, et per "honorem" Divinum Bonum: (videatur supra, n. 131 [a] et 288 [b]): tum etiam dicitur, "In honore tuo conscende, equita super verbo veritatis"; per "in honore conscendere" significatur pugnare ex Divino Bono, et per "equitare super verbo veritatis" significatur pugnare ex Divino Vero, ita ex Divino Bono per Divinum Verum: omnipotentia et omniscientia Domini significantur per "Docebit Te mirabilia dextra tua"; "filiae regum" quae "inter pretiosas", significant affectiones veri; "regina" quae "ad dextram in auro optimo Ophiris", significat caelum et ecclesiam, et ibi illos qui in veris ex bono sunt; "dextra" est verum in luce, et "aurum Ophiris" est bonum amoris.
[8] Apud eundem,
"Dictum Jehovae ad Dominum meum, Sede ad dextram meam, usque dum posuero inimicos tuos scabellum pedum tuorum. .... .Domi- nus ad dextram tuam, percussit in die irae reges" (Psalms 110:1, 5;Matth. 22 (44qqqMatth. 22bb44 1
; Marcus 12:36; Luca 20:42, 43);
quod haec de Domino dicta sint, notum est; per illa describitur pugna Domini in mundo contra inferna et subjugatio eorum, quae facta est ex Divino Bono per Divinum Verum: "dextra" ibi significat Divinum Verum: quare dicitur", usque dum posuero inimicos tuos scabellum pedum tuorum "; per" inimicos significantur inferna; per "ponere illos scabellum pedum" significatur prorsus subjugare: simile significatur per "Dominus ad dextram tuam, percussit in die irae reges"; "dies irae" est status pugnae, et "reges" sunt qui in falsis ex malo. Quod Dominus, cum in mundo fuit, induerit Divinum Verum ex Divino Bono, et quod per id subjugaverit inferna, ac omnia in caelis disposuerit in ordinem, videatur in opusculo De Ultimo Judicio (n. 46), et in Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae (n. 293, 294, 301, 303).
[9] Apud Evangelistas,
"Jesus dixit, Ex nunc videbitis Filium hominis sedentem ex dextris potentiae" (Matthaeus 26:63, 64; Marcus 14:61, 62; Luca 22:69);
et apud Marcum,
"Dominus postquam locutus est illis, sublatus est in caelum, et consedit ex dextra Dei" (16:19);
"sedere a dextris potentiae" et "a dextra Dei", significat omnipotentiam et omniscientiam quae Domino ex Divino Bono per Divinum Verum.
[10] Apud Esaiam,
"Corroboravi te, etiam adjuvi te per dextram justitiae meae :. .... Ego Jehovah Deus confirmans dextram tuam, dicens tibi, Ne timeto, Ego adjuvo te" (41:10, 13);
"Corroboravi te, etiam adjuvi te, "significat ex omnipotentia et omniscientia, quae est [ex] Divino Bono per Divinum Verum, dare potentiam et intelligentiam; quare dicitur, "Sustentavi te per dextram justitiae meae "; per "dextram" significatur Divinum Verum, et per "justitiam" Divinum Bonum; "confirmare dextram tuam", significat potentiam et sapientiam quae homini inde; quia utraque nempe omnipotentia et omniscientia, quae Domino ex Divino Bono per Divinum Verum, hic intelligitur, ideo dicitur "Jehovah Deus", Dominus enim ex Divino Bono dicitur "Jehovah", et ex Divino Vero "Deus" (videatur n. 709, 732, 2586, 2769, 2807, 2822, 3921, 2
[11] Apud eundem,
"Dixit Jehovah Uncto suo Korescho, cujus apprehendi dextram, ad subjiciendum coram illo gentes, et lumbos regum solvam, ad aperiendum coram illo januas, ut portae non claudantur" (45:1);
per "Koreschum" in sensu repraesentativo intelligitur Dominus; omnipotentia et omniscientia Ipsius ex Divino Bono per Divinum Verum, ex quo in mundo subjugavit omnia inferna, et postea illa in aeternum subjugata tenet, significatur per "cujus apprehendi dextram, ad subjiciendum coram illo gentes, et lumbos regum solvam", tum per "ad aperiendum coram illo januas ut portae non claudantur"; per "gentes" quae coram illo subjicientur, significantur inferna quoad mala, et per "reges" quorum lumbos solvet significantur inferna quoad falsa; per "januas" quae "coram illo aperientur ut portae non claudantur", significatur quod Ipsi ex omniscientia manifesta sint omnia et ex omnipotentia potestas salvandi.
[12] Per "dextram" significatur omniscientia et omnipotentia quae Domino ex Divino Bono per Divinum Verum, etiam in sequentibus his locis :
Apud Davidem,
"Jehovah coram me jugiter, quia a dextra mea, non dimovebor" (Psalm.16:8);
apud eundem,
Deus, "dextra tua sustentat me" (Psalms 18:36 [B.A. 35]);
apud eundem,
"Deus, .... justitia plena est dextra tua" (Psalms 48:11 [B.A. 10]);
apud Esaiam,
"Manus mea fundavit terram, et dextra mea pugillavit caelos" (48:13);
apud eundem,
"Juravit" Deus "per dextram suam, et per brachium roboris sui" (62:8):
in Apocalypsi,
Filius hominis "habens in manu dextra stellas septem" (1:16):
apud Davidem,
"Dextra Jehovae facit fortitudinem, dextra Jehovae exaltata" (Psalm.118:15, 16).
[13] Quia per "dextram", cum de angelis et de hominibus, intelligitur sapientia et intelligentia quae illis est ex Divino Bono per Divinum Verum procedens a Domino, ideo
Visus est Zachariae "Angelus Domini stans a dextris altaris suffimenti" (Luca 1:11);
Ac visus est angelus in monumento, ubi fuerat Dominus, sedens a dextris (Marcus 16:5, 6);
Ac ideo oves dicuntur positae a dextris, et hirci a sinistris (Matthaeus 25:33, 34. seq.);
per "oves" ibi intelliguntur qui in veris ex bono sunt, seu in fide veri ex bono charitatis; per "hircos" autem intelliguntur qui in fide absque charitate, quae fides vocatur sola fides, et in se spectata est nulla fides.
[14] Quia "dextra" talia significabat, ideo Aharon et filii ejus cum inaugurabantur in sacerdotium,
Sanguis spargebatur super eorum auriculam dextram, et super eorum dextrae manus et dextri pedis pollicem (Exodus 29:20);
per "sanguinem" ibi significatur Divinum Verum ex Divino Bono; per "auriculam dextram" significatur perceptivum veri ex bono; per "dextram manum" et "dextrum pedem" significatur intelligentia et potentia veri ex bono in interno seu spirituali homine et in externo seu naturali, et per "pollicem" significatur plenum.
[15] Quoniam pleraque in Verbo etiam oppositum sensum habent, quare etiam "dextra "; et in eo sensu significat "dextra" falsum ex malo, ac ratiocinationem et pugnam ejus contra verum ex bono :
-Ut apud Davidem,
"Exaltasti dextram inimicorum ejus" (Psalms 89:43 [B.A. 42]):
apud eundem,
"Quorum os loquitur vanitatem, et dextra eorum dextra mendacii" (Psalms 144:8, 11):
apud Esaiam,
"Ut non eripiat animam suam, nec dicat, Nonne mendacium in dextra mea?" (44:20):
in Apocalypsi,
Accipient characterem bestiae "in manu dextra aut in frontibus" (13:16; 14:9).
Quod "dextra", cum de malis, significet falsum ac inde ratiocinationem et pugnam contra verum, est quia plagae apud illos qui in malo sunt oppositae sunt plagis quae apud illos qui in bono sunt; et sic ad eorum dextram sunt vera in densa caligine, sed falsa sicut in maximo lumine. (Quod plagae in mundo spirituali illis qui in malo sunt oppositae sint plagis quae illis qui in bono sunt, videatur in opere De Caelo et Inferno 151, 152: causa, n. 122, 123.)
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