613.“都有祂父的名，写在额上”表出于他们里面的爱和信而对主的神性和神性人的承认。“父的名”表示在万物皆来自、并被称为父的神性和被称为子的神性人方面的主，因为这二者如同灵魂与身体那样合而为一，是一个位格；因此，在天上，“父神”除了指主，并非指其他人，在新天堂，主也被称为父。此处经上之所以说“有祂父的名在额上”，还因为“父”表示主的神性之爱的神性良善，在福音书的圣言中，当称呼为主时，“父”处处表示神性之爱的神性良善，“子”则表示神性智慧的神性真理。当主荣耀了祂的人性时，这二者如同灵魂与身体，并身体与灵魂那样合一（21，170节）；由于这二者为一，故经上在别处说“神和羔羊的名字在他们的额上”（启示录22:4）。因此，论到此处所论述的这些人，经上说他们“有父的名写在额上”，因为“以色列十二支派中受印的有十四万四千”表示高层天堂的天使，他们都处于属天之爱的良善，而“父”表示这良善，如前所述。此处所论述的天使是高层天堂的天使，这一点可见于第七章的解读，尤其369节。“写在额上”表示凭他们里面的爱和信仰而承认，“写”或“写在”表示他们里面的承认，“额”表示爱和由此而来的聪明或信仰（347，605节）。
被称为“父”的神性与被称为“子”的神性人如灵魂与身体那样为一，所以要靠近主的神性人，并以此而非其它方式靠近被称为“父”的神性；证明这一点的圣言经文有很多，若加以引用，会占用大量篇幅。《新耶路撒冷教义之主篇》（29-36，38-45节等）一书引用了许多，在此仅从中引用以下少许经文用来确认：
天使对马利亚说，看哪，你要怀孕生子，可以给祂起名叫耶稣。祂要为大，称为至高者的儿子。马利亚对天使说，我没有亲近男人，怎么有这事呢？天使回答说，圣灵要临到你身上，至高者的能力要荫庇你，因此你所要生的圣者必称为神的儿子。（路加福音 1:30-35）
有主的使者在梦中向约瑟显现，说，不要怕，只管娶过你的新妇马利亚来，因她所怀的孕是从圣灵来的；约瑟没有和她同房，直到等她生了头生子。（马太福音1:20，25）
太初有道，道与神同在，道就是神，道成了肉身，我们也见过祂的荣光，正是父独生子的荣光。（约翰福音1:1-2，14）
犹太人想要杀耶稣，因祂称神为祂的父，将自己和神当作平等。耶稣回答说，凡父所做的事，子也照样做；父怎样叫死人起来，使他们活着，子也照样随自己的意思使人活着；我实实在在地告诉你们，时候将到，死人要听见神儿子的声音、听见的人就要活了。（约翰福音5:18-25）
父怎样在自己有生命，就赐给儿子也照样在自己有生命。（约翰福音5:26）
我就是道路，真理，生命；若不藉着我，没有人能到父那里去；你们若认识我，也就认识我的父；从今以后，你们认识祂，并且已经看见祂。腓力对祂说，求主将父显给我们看；耶稣对他说，腓力，我与你们同在这样长久，你还不认识我吗？人看见了我，就是看见了父；你怎么说将父显给我们看呢？我在父里面，父在我里面，你不信吗？你们当信我，我在父里面，父在我里面。（约翰福音 14:6-11）
我赐给我的羊永生；我与父原为一。犹太人恼怒祂将自己当作神；祂说，我行父的事；当信这些事；叫你们又知道又相信父在我里面，我在父里面。（约翰福音10:28-38）
人看见我，就是看见那差我来的。（约翰福音12:45）
凡父所有的，都是我的。（约翰福音16:15）
父已将万有交在祂手里。（约翰福音13:3）
父啊，你曾赐给我权柄管理凡有血气的；认识你，独一的真神，并且认识你所差来的耶稣基督，这就是永生。（约翰福音17:1-3，10）
天上地上所有的权柄都赐给我了。（马太福音28:18 ）
你们奉我的名无论求什么，我必成就；我必成就。（约翰福音 14:13-14）
真理的圣灵不是凭自己说的，祂要将受于我的告诉你们。（约翰福音16:13-14）
常在我里面的，我也常在他里面，这人就多结果子；因为离了我，你们就不能作什么。（约翰福音15:5；等等）
旧约中的此类经文更多，仅从中引用少许:
因有一婴孩为我们而生，有一子赐给我们。政权必担在祂的肩头上，祂名称为奇妙、策士、神、勇士、永恒的父、和平的君！（以赛亚书9:6）
必有童女怀孕生子，给祂起名叫以马内利（就是神与我们同在的意思）。（以赛亚书7:14）
看哪，日子将到，我要给大卫兴起一个公义的苗裔，祂必掌王权；这是他们所称祂的名：耶和华我们的义。（耶利米书23:5，6；33:15，16）
到那日，人必说，看哪，这是我们的神，我们素来等候祂，祂必拯救我们；这是耶和华，我们素来等候祂，我们必因祂的救恩欢喜快乐。（以赛亚书25:9）
神真在你们中间，再没有别的神；救主，以色列的神啊，你实在是自隐的神。（以赛亚书45:14，15）
不是我耶和华吗？除了我以外，再没有神，我是公义的神，又是救主，除了我以外，再没有别的神。（以赛亚书45:21，22）
惟有我是耶和华，除我以外没有救主。（以赛亚书43:11）
我耶和华是你的神，在我以外，你不可认识别的神，除我以外并没有救主。（何西阿书13:4）
耶和华啊，你是我们的父，从万古以来，你名称为我们的救赎主。（以赛亚书63:16）
以色列的君，以色列的救赎主，万军之耶和华如此说，我是首先的，我是末后的，除我以外再没有真神。（以赛亚书44:6）
耶和华你的救赎主如此说，我耶和华是造就万物，独自铺张诸天的。（以赛亚书44:24）
耶和华你的救赎主，以色列的圣者如此说，我是耶和华，你的神。（以赛亚书48:17）
耶和华，我的磐石，我的救赎主。（诗篇19:14）
他们的救赎主大有能力；万军之耶和华是祂的名。（耶利米书 50:34）
万军之耶和华是祂的名，救赎你的是以色列的圣者，祂必称为全地的神。（以赛亚书54:5）
凡有血气的必都知道我耶和华是你的救主，是你的救赎主，是雅各的大能者。（以赛亚书49:26；60:16）
至于我们救赎主，万军之耶和华是祂的名。（以赛亚书 47:4）
此外还有其它地方（如路加福音1:68；以赛亚书62:11-12；63:1，4，9；耶利米书15:20-21；何西阿书13:4，14；诗篇31:5；44:26；49:15；55:17-18；69:18；71:23；103:4；107:2；130:7-8）。撒迦利亚书:
那日，耶和华必作全地的王；那日，耶和华必为独一无二的，祂的名也是独一无二的。（撒迦利亚书 14:8，9）
不过，这些只是少数。
613. Having His Father's name written on their foreheads. This symbolizes the acknowledgment out of love and faith among them of the Lord's Divinity and of His Divine humanity.
The name of the Father means the Lord in respect to the Divine called the Father from which springs all else, and at the same time in respect to His Divine humanity called the Son, since the two are one and the same person, united like a soul and body. In heaven, therefore, no other father than the Lord is meant by God the Father, and in the new heaven the Lord is also called Father.
We are told here that they had the Father's name on their foreheads because the Father also means the Divine goodness of the Lord's Divine love, which in the Gospels is everywhere meant by the Father when referred to by the Lord, while the Divine truth of His Divine wisdom is meant by the Son. When the Lord glorified His humanity, these two were united like a soul with its body and a body with its soul (see nos. 21, 170).
Because the two are one, therefore we find reference elsewhere to the name of God and of the Lamb being "on their foreheads" (Revelation 22:4). Therefore, with respect to the people who are the subject here, we are told that they had the Father's name written on their foreheads, inasmuch as the 144,000 that were sealed of the twelve tribes of Israel mean angels of the higher heavens, all of whom are prompted by the goodness of celestial love, and that is, as we said, the love meant by the Father.
That the angels who are the subject here are angels of the higher heavens may be seen in the exposition of chapter 7, especially in no. 369 there.
Having the name written on their foreheads symbolizes an acknowledgment in them out of love and faith - having it written or inscribed symbolizing an acknowledgment in them, and the forehead symbolizing love and the resulting intelligence or faith (nos. 347, 605).
[2] We say that the Divine called the Father and the Divine humanity called the Son are one like a soul and body, consequently that people must approach the Lord in His Divine humanity, and that in this way and in no other is the Divine called the Father approached; and this can be seen from so many passages in the Word that they would fill pages if we were to cite them all. We cited a number of them in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Lord, nos. 29-36 38-45, and later, and by way of confirmation we will present only some of them here, as follows:
The angel said to (Mary), ."..behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest...."
But Mary said..., "How shall this be, since I do not know a man?"
The angel answered..., "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore... the Holy One who is to be born of you will be called the Son of God. (Luke 1:30-35)
...an angel of the Lord appeared to (Joseph) in a dream, saying, ."..do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit...." ...and (Joseph) did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. (Matthew 1:20, 25)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... And the Word became flesh..., and we beheld His glory, as though the glory of the only begotten of the Father... (John 1:1-2, 14)
...the Jews sought... to kill (Jesus), because He... said that God was His Father, making Himself equal to God. Jesus answered..., ."..whatever (the Father) does, the Son also does in like manner. ...as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom He will. ...assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming... when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. (John 5:18-25)
...as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself... (John 5:26)
"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him."
Philip said to Him, ."..show us the Father...."
Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long a time, and have you not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how then do you say, 'Show us the Father'? Do you not believe that I dwell in the Father, and the Father in Me? ...Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me...." (John 14:6-11)
"I give (My sheep) eternal life... I and My Father are one."
(Then the Jews were angered that He made Himself God. And He said, "I do the works of My Father.") ."..believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him." (John 10:28-38)
"He who sees Me sees Him who sent Me." (John 12:45)
"All things that the Father has are Mine." (John 16:15)
...that the Father had given all things into His hands... (John 13:3)
"Father..., ...You have given (Me) authority over all flesh... This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only... God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent... All that is Mine are Yours, and what are Yours are Mine...." (John 17:1-3, 10)
"All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth." (Matthew 28:18)
"Whatever you ask in My name, that I will do...." (And) "I will do it." (John 14:13-14)
."..the Spirit of truth... will not speak on its own, but... will take of what is Mine and declare it to you." (John 16:13-14)
He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. (John 15:5)
[3] And so on. There are still more passages in the Old Testament, some of which we will present also:
...unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, God, Hero, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6)
A virgin shall conceive... a Son, and His name shall be called God-With-Us. (Isaiah 7:14)
"Behold, the days are coming... when I will raise to David a righteous offshoot, who shall reign as a King... And this is His name by which He will be called: JEHOVAH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS." (Jeremiah 23:5-6; 33:15-16)
Then it will be said in that day: "Behold, ...our God, for whom we have waited, for Him to free us, ...Jehovah, for whom we have waited; we will rejoice and be glad in His salvation." (Isaiah 25:9)
God is in you only, and... there is no other God. Surely You are God, who hide Yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior! (Isaiah 45:14-15)
Is it not I, Jehovah? And there is no other God besides Me; a just God and a Savior, there is none besides Me. (Isaiah 45:21-22)
I... am Jehovah, and besides Me there is no savior. (Isaiah 43:11)
I am Jehovah your God... and you shall acknowledge no God but Me; and there is no Savior besides Me. (Hosea 13:4)
...You (Jehovah) are our Father..., our Redeemer from of old Your name. (Isaiah 63:16)
Thus said Jehovah, the King of Israel, and His Redeemer, Jehovah Zebaoth: "I am the First and the Last, and besides Me there is no God." (Isaiah 44:6)
Thus said Jehovah, your Redeemer...: "I am Jehovah, who makes all things, ...all alone, ...by Myself." (Isaiah 44:24)
Thus said Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am Jehovah your God...." (Isaiah 48:17)
...O Jehovah, my rock, and my Redeemer! (Psalms 19:14)
Their Redeemer is strong, Jehovah Zebaoth His name. (Jeremiah 50:34)
...Jehovah Zebaoth is His name; and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He shall be called the God of the whole earth. (Isaiah 54:5)
That all flesh may know that I, Jehovah, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. (Isaiah 49:26, cf. 60:16)
As for our Redeemer, Jehovah Zebaoth is His name... (Isaiah 47:4)
Thus said Jehovah, your Redeemer... (Isaiah 43:14, cf. 49:7)
And so elsewhere, as in Luke 1:68; Isaiah 62:11-12; 63:1, 4, 9.
And in Zechariah:
In that day... Jehovah shall become King over all the earth. In that day there shall be one Jehovah, and His name one. (Zechariah 14:8-9)
These are but a few of the passages.
613. 'Having His Father's Name written upon their foreheads' signifies the acknowledgment of the Divine and of the Lord's Divine Human by virtue of the love and faith with them. By 'the Father's Name' is understood the Lord as to the Divine from Whom [all things are] which is called 'the Father,' and at the same time as to the Divine Human which is called 'the Son,' since they are one and one Person, united as soul and body. In heaven, therefore, by 'God the Father' is understood none other than the Lord; and also the Lord in the New Heaven is called 'Father.' It is here said 'the Father's Name upon their foreheads' because also by 'the Father' is understood the Divine Good of the Lord's Divine Love which in the Word of the Evangelists is everywhere understood by 'the Father' when named by the Lord, and by 'the Son' the Divine Truth of Divine Wisdom. These two were united as soul to body and body to soul when the Lord glorified His Human, as may be seen (21, 170); and because they are one it is therefore said elsewhere 'the Name of God and the Lamb upon their foreheads' (chapter 22:4). It is therefore said of those who are treated of here that they had 'the Father's Name written upon [their] foreheads,' because by the 144000 sealed out of the 12 tribes of Israel are understood the angels of the higher heavens, all of whom are in the good of celestial love, and by 'the Father,' as was said, that good is understood. That the angels of whom it treats here are the angels of the higher heavens may be seen in the Exposition of chapter 7, specifically at 363 there. By 'written upon [their] foreheads' is signified the acknowledgment by virtue of the love and faith in them, by 'written' or 'written upon' is signified the acknowledgment in them, and by 'the forehead 'is signified love and the consequent intelligence or faith (347, 605).
[2] That the Divine that is called 'Father' and the Divine Human that is called 'Son' are one like soul and body, and consequently that the Lord as to the Divine Human is to be approached, and that thus and not otherwise is the Divine that is called 'Father' approached, can be established out of so many passages in the Word that if quoted they would fill many pages. They have been adduced in ample measure in THE DOCTRINE OF THE NEW JERUSALEM CONCERNING THE LORD 29-36, 38-45 seq., out of which only some shall be quoted here, which are these:
The angel said to Mary, Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a Son, and shalt call His Name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest. But Mary said, How shall this come to be, since I know not a man? The angel answered, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the Vigour of the Most High shall overshadow thee, from which the Hot Thing that shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Luke 1:30-35.
The angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream saying, Do not fear to accept Mary thy bride, for that which is born in her is of the Holy Spirit; and Joseph knew her not until she had brought forth her first-born Son. Matthew 20:25.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, and the Word was mode flesh, and we saw His glory, as the glory of the Only-begotten from the Father. John 1:1-2, 14.
The Jews were seeking to kill Jesus, because He had declared God to be His Own Father (Patrem Proprium), making His Very Self equal to God. Jesus answered, Whatsoever things the Father does, these also the Son does likewise; just as the Father raises up the dead and makes them live, so also the Son makes whom He wills live. Truly I say unto you that the hour shall come when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear shall live. John 5:18-25. Just as the Father has Life in His Very Self, so does He give to the Son to have Life in His Very Self. John 5:26.
I am the way, the truth (veritas), and the life; no one comes to the Father except by Me: if you have known Me, you have known My Father also, and henceforth you have known Him and seen Him. Philip says to Him, Show us the Father; Jesus says to him, Am I so long a time with you, and thou hast not got to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how dost thou then say, Show us the Father? Dost thou not believe that I am in the Father and the Father remains in Me? Believe Me, that I am in the Father and the Father in Me. John 14:6-11.
I give eternal life to My sheep; I and the Father are One. And the Jews were indignant that He should make Himself God; and He said, I do the works of the Father, Believe in the works that you may recognise and believe that the Father is in Me and I in the Father. John 10:28-38.
He who sees Me sees Him Who sent Me. John 12:45.
All things whatsoever the Father has are Mine John 16:10, 15.
That the Father had given all things into His hands. John 13:3.
Father, Thou hast given Me authority over all flesh (potestatem omnis carnis); This is life eternal, that they should recognise Thee the only God, and Jesus Christ Whom Thou hast sent. All Mine are Thine, and Thine Mine. John 17:2-3, 10.
All authority in the heavens and on earth has been given unto Me. Matthew 28:18.
Whatsoever you ask in My Name, this will I do, and I will do it. John 14:13-14.
The Spirit of the truth (veritas) shall not speak out of himself but he shall take of Mine and make it known to you. John 16:13-14.
He who abides in Me and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit, for without Me you can do nothing. John 15:5; besides elsewhere.
[3] There are still more passages in the Old Testament, of which also some shall be quoted:
Unto us a Boy is born, unto us a Son is given, the government is upon
His shoulder, and His Name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God, Hero, the Father of Eternity, the Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6; [H.B. 5].
A virgin shall conceive a Son, and His Name shall be called God with us. Isaiah 7:14.
Behold, the days are coming when I shall raise up unto David a just branch, who shall reign a king; and this is His Name which they shall call Him, Jehovah our Justice. Jeremiah 23:5-6; 33:15-16.
Then it shall be said in that day, Behold our God for Whom we have waited that He might deliver us, Jehovah for Whom we have waited; let us exult and be glad in His Salvation. Isaiah 25:9.
Only within Thee is God, and there is no God besides; assuredly Thou art a hidden God, O God of Israel the Saviour. Isaiah 45:14-15.
Is it not I Jehovah? and there is no God else beside Me, a just God and a Saviour, there is none beside Me. Isaiah 45:21-22.
I am Jehovah, and beside Me there is no Saviour. Isaiah 43:11.
I am Jehovah thy God; and thou shalt not acknowledge a God beside Me, and there is no Saviour beside Me, Hosea 13:4.
Thou, O Jehovah, art our Father, our Redeemer from an age is Thy Name. Isaiah 63:16.
Thus said the King of Israel, and His Redeemer Jehovah Zebaoth, I am the First and the Last, and beside Me there is no God. Isaiah 44:6.
Thus said Jehovah thy Redeemer, I am Jehovah doing all things, and the Only One from My Very Self. Isaiah 44:24.
Thus said Jehovah thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, I am Jehovah thy God. Isaiah 48:17.
Jehovah my Rock, and my Redeemer. Psalms 19:14; [H.B. 15].
Their Redeemer is strong, Jehovah Zebooth is His Name. Jeremiah 50:34.
Jehovah Zebaoth is His Name, and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel, the God of the whole land shall He be called. Isaiah 54:5.
That all flesh may know that I am Jehovah thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. Isaiah 49:26; 60:16.
As for our Redeemer, Jehovah Zebaoth is His Name. Isaiah 47:4.
Thus said thy Redeemer Jehovah. Isaiah 43:14; 49:7.
Also elsewhere, as Luke 1:68; Isaiah 62:11-12; 63:1, 4, 9; Jeremiah 15:20-21; Hosea 13:4, 14; Psalms 31:5; [H.B. 6]; 44:26 [H.B. 27]; Psalms 49:15 [H.B. 16]; 55:17-18 [H.B. 18-19]; 69:18 [H.B. 19]; Psalms 71:23; 103:4; 107:2; 130:7-8. And in Zechariah:
In that day Jehovah shall be King over the whole land; in that day Jehovah shall be One, and His Name One, 14:9. But these are just a few.
613. Having His father's name written on their foreheads, signifies their acknowledgment of the Lord's Divine and Divine Human from love and faith with them. By "the name of the Father" is meant the Lord as to the Divine from whom all things are, which is called the Father, and at the same time, as to the Divine Human, which is called the Son, because they are One and one Person, united like soul and body; for which reason, in heaven, by "God the Father" no other is meant than the Lord, and the Lord is also called Father in the New Heaven. The reason why it is here said, "the name of His Father on their foreheads," is also because by "Father" is meant the Divine good of the Lord's Divine love, which in the Word of the Evangelists is everywhere meant by "the Father," when named by the Lord, and the Divine truth of the Divine wisdom by "the Son;" which two were united as soul to body and body to soul, when the Lord glorified His Human (see 21, 170); and since they are one, it is therefore said in another place:
The name of God and of the Lamb on their forehead, (Revelation 22:4).
Concerning these, therefore, who are here treated of, it is said, that "they had the Father's name written on their foreheads," because by "the one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed out of the twelve tribes of Israel," are meant the angels of the higher heavens, who are all in the good of celestial love, and by the Father, as was said, that good is meant. That the angels here treated of are angels of the higher heavens, may be seen in the explanation of chapter 7, particularly at 362. By "written on their foreheads" is signified acknowledgment from love and faith in them; by "written" or "inscribed" is signified acknowledgment in them, and by "the forehead" is signified love and thence intelligence or faith, (347, 605).
[2] That the Divine, which is called the Father, and the Divine Human, which is called the Son, are One, like soul and body, and consequently that the Lord is to be approached as to the Divine Human, and that thus and not otherwise the Divine, which is called the Father, is approached, appears from so many passages in the Word, that they would fill many pages, if they were to be adduced; a large collection of them may be found in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem concerning the Lord 29-36, 38-45, and following; from which a few only shall here be quoted by way of confirmation, which are these:
The angel said to Mary, Behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a Son, and shalt call His name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest. But Mary said, How shall this be, since I know not a man. The angel answered, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee, therefore also, that Holy One which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God, (Luke 1:30-35).
The angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Fear not to take Mary thy bride, for that which is born in her is from the Holy Spirit; and Joseph knew her not, until she brought forth her firstborn Son, (Matthew 1:20, 25).
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word, and the Word was made flesh, and we saw His glory, the glory as of the Only-begotten of the Father, (John 1:1-2, 14).
The Jews sought to kill Jesus, because He had said that God was His own Father, making Himself equal to God. Jesus answered, Whatsoever the Father doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise; as the Father raiseth up the dead and vivifieth them, even so the Son vivifieth whom He will; Verily I say unto you, that the hour shall come, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that hear shall live, (John 5:18-26).
As the Father hath life in Himself, so hath He given to the Son to have life in Himself, (John 5:26).
I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one cometh to the Father but by Me; if ye have known Me, ye have known my Father also; and from henceforth ye have known Him and have seen Him. Philip saith unto Him, Show us the Father; Jesus saith unto Him, Have I been so long time with you, and thou hast not known Me, Philip? He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou then, show us 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 14:6-11).
I give unto my sheep eternal life; I and the Father are one. And the Jews were indignant that He made Himself God; and He said, I do the works of the Father; believe the works; that ye may know and believe that the Father is in Me and I in the Father, (John 10:28-38).
He that seeth Me, seeth Him who sent Me, (John 12:45).
All things whatsoever the Father hath are Mine, (John 16:15).
That the Father had given all things into His hands, (John 13:3).
Father, Thou hast given Me power over all flesh; this is life eternal, that they should know Thee the only God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent. All Mine are Thine, and Thine are Mine, (John 17:2-3, 10).
All power is given unto Me in heaven and on earth, (Matthew 28:18).
Whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, this I will do; and I will do it, (John 14:13-14).
The Spirit of Truth shall not speak from Himself, but He shall receive of Mine and declare it unto you, (John 16:13-14).
He that abideth in Me, and I in Him, the same bringeth forth much fruit; for without Me ye can do nothing, (John 15:5 besides other places).
[3] There are still more in the Old Testament, from which also a few shall be adduced:
Unto us a Boy is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, God, Hero, Father of eternity, Prince of peace, (Isaiah 9:6).
A virgin shall conceive a Son, and His name shall be called God with us, (Isaiah 7:14).
Behold, the days shall come, that I will raise up unto David a just branch, who shall reign a King; and this is His name, which they shall call Him, Jehovah our justice, (Jeremiah 23:5-6; 33:15-16).
Then it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God whom we have waited for, that He may free us; this is Jehovah whom we have waited for; let us exult and be glad in His salvation, (Isaiah 25:9).
Only in thee is God, and there is no God beside; verily Thou art a God that hidest Thyself, O God of Israel, the Savior, (Isaiah 45:14-15).
Am not I Jehovah, and there is no God else beside Me, a just God and a Savior, there is none beside Me, (Isaiah 45:21-22).
I am Jehovah, and beside Me there is no Savior, (Isaiah 43:11).
I Jehovah am thy God, and thou shalt not acknowledge a God beside Me, and there is no Savior beside Me, (Hosea 13:4).
Thou, O Jehovah, art our Father, our Redeemer, Thy name is from everlasting, (Isaiah 63:16).
Thus said the king of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts, I am the First and the Last, and beside Me there is no God, (Isaiah 44:6).
Thus said Jehovah thy Redeemer, I am Jehovah that maketh all things, and alone by Myself, (Isaiah 44:24).
Thus said Jehovah thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, I am Jehovah thy God, (Isaiah 48:17).
Jehovah, my Rock, and my Redeemer, (Psalms 19:14).
Their Redeemer is strong; Jehovah of Hosts is His Name, (Jeremiah 50:34).
Jehovah of Hosts is His name, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, the God of the whole earth shall He be called, (Isaiah 54:5).
That all flesh may know that I Jehovah am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the Mighty one of Jacob, (Isaiah 49:26; 60:16).
As for our Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, (Isaiah 47:4).
Thus said thy Redeemer Jehovah, (Isaiah 43:14; 49:7 And elsewhere, as Luke 1:68; Isaiah 62:11-12; 63:1, 4, 9; Jeremiah 15:20-21; Hosea 13:4, 14; Psalms 31:5; 44:26; 49:15; 55:17-18; 69:18; 71:23; 103:4; 107:2; 130:7-8).
And in Zechariah:
In that day Jehovah shall be King over all the earth; in that day Jehovah shall be one, and His name one, (Zechariah 14:9).
But these are few.
613. "Habentes Nomen Patris Ipsius scriptum in frontibus suis," significat agnitionem Domini ac Domini Humani Domini ex amore et fide apud illos. - Per "Nomen Patris" intelligitur Dominus quoad Divinum a Quo quod vocatur Pater, et simul quoad Divinum Humanum quod vocatur Filius, quoniam unum sunt et una Persona, unita sicut anima et corpus; quare in Caelo per "Deum Patrem" non intelligitur alius quam Dominus; et quoque Dominus in Caelo Novo vocatur Pater. Quod hic dicatur "Nomen Patris in frontibus illorum," est quoque quia per "Patrem" intelligitur Divinum Bonum Divini Amoris Domini, quod in Verbo Evangelistarum ubivis intelligitur per "Patrem" cum a Domino nominatur, ac Divinum Verum Divinae Sapientiae per "Filium;" quae duo unita sunt sicut anima corpori et corpus animae, quando Dominus Humanum Suum glorificavit (videatur 21, 170); et quia unum sunt, ideo dicitur alibi,
"Nomen Dei et Agni in frontibus suis," (22:4).
De his itaque, de quibus hic agitur, dicitur quod "Nomen Patris haberent scriptum in frontibus," quia per "centum quadraginta quatuor millia signatos ex duodecim tribubus Israelis" intelliguntur Angeli superiorum Caelorum, qui omnes in Bono amoris caelestis sunt, et per "Patrem," ut dictum est, id Bonum intelligitur. Quod angeli, de quibus hic agitur, sint Angeli superiorum Caelorum, videatur in Explicatione capitis septimi, in specie 369, 1ibi. Per "scriptum in frontibus" significatur agnitio ex amore et fide in illis; per "scriptum" seu "inscriptum" significatur agnitio in illis, et per "frontem" significatur amor et inde intelligentia seu fides (347, 605). Quod Divinum quod Pater vocatur, ac Divinum Humanum quod Filius, sint unum sicut anima et corpus, et consequenter quod Dominus quoad Divinum Humanum adeundus sit, et quod ita et non aliter adeatur Divinum quod Pater vocatur, constare potest ex tam multis locis in Verbo, ut implerent membranas si adducerentur; in aliqua copia adducta sunt in Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae de Domino (29-36, 38-45, seq.); ex qua hic solum aliqua in confirmationem afferentur, quae sunt:
"Dixit Angelus Mariae, Ecce concipies in utero, et paries Filium, et vocabis Nomen Ejus Jesum. Hic erit magnus, et Filius Altissimi vocabitur. Sed Maria dixit, Quomodo fiet hoc, quoniam virum non cognosco. Respondit Angelus, Spiritus Sanctus veniet super te, et Virtus Altissimi obumbrabit te; unde quod nascetur ex te Sanctum, vocabitur Filius Dei," (Luca 1:30-35); 2
"Angelus Domini in somnio apparuit Josepho, dicens, Ne timeas accipere Mariam Sponsam tuam, nam quod in ea natum, ex Spiritu Sancto est; et Joseph non cognovit eam, usque dum peperit Filium suum primogenitum," (Matthaeus 1:20, 25);
"In principio erat Verbum, et Verbum erat apud Deum, et Deus erat Verbum, et Verbum Caro factum est, et vidimus gloriam Ipsius, sicut gloriam Unigeniti a Patre," (Johannes 1:1-2, 14);
Judaei quaerebant Jesum interficere, "quod Patrem proprium dixisset Deum, parem Se Ipsum faciens Deo; respondit Jesus, Quae Pater facit, haec etiam similiter facit Filius; quemadmodum Pater suscitat mortuos et vivificat, ita etiam Filius quos vult vivificat: amen dico vobis, quod veniet hora, quando mortui audient vocem Filii Dei, et qui audient, vivent," (Johannes 5:18-19, 21, 25); 3
"Quemadmodum Pater habet vitam in Se Ipso, ita dedit Filio vitam habere in Se Ipso," (Johannes 5:26);
"Ego sum via, veritas et vita; nemo venit ad Patrem nisi per Me; si Me cognovistis, etiam Patrem Meum cognovistis, et abhinc cognovistis Ipsum et vidistis Ipsum. Dicit Ipsi Philippus, Monstra nobis Patrem. Dicit illi Jesus, Tantum tempus vobiscum sum, et non nosti Me, Philippe; qui vidit Me vidit Patrem; quomodo ergo tu dicis, monstra nobis Patrem; nonne credis, quod Ego in Patre et Pater in Me sit; 4credite Mihi, quod Ego in Patre et Pater in Me," (Johannes 14:6-11);
"Ego vitam aeternam do ovibus Meis; Ego et Pater unum sumus." Et Judaei indignati, quod Se Ipsum faceret Deum; et dixit, Facio opera Patris, "operibus credite, ut cognoscatis et credatis, quod Pater in Me et Ego in Patre," (Johannes 10:28-38);
"Qui videt Me, videt Ipsum Qui misit Me," (Johannes 12:45);
"Omnia quaecunque Pater habet Mea sunt," (Johannes 16:15);
"Quod Pater dederit omnia in manus Ipsius," (Johannes 13:3);
"Pater, dedisti Mihi potestatem omnis carnis: haec est vita aeterna, ut cognoscant Te solum Deum, et Quem misisti Jesum Christum: omnia Mea Tua sunt et Tua Mea," (Johannes 17:2-3, 10);
"Data est Mihi omnis potestas in Caelis et in Terris," (Matthaeus 28:18);
"Quodcunque petieritis in Nomine Meo, hoc faciam; et Ego faciam," (Johannes 14:13-14);
Spiritus veritatis "non loquetur ex Se Ipso, sed ex Meo accipiet, et an nuntiabit vobis," (Johannes 16:13-14);
"Qui manet in Me et Ego in illo, hic fert fructum multum; quia sine Me non potestis facere quicquam," (Johannes 15:5).
(Praeter alibi)
Sunt adhuc plura in Veteri Testamento, ex quibus etiam aliqua afferentur:
"Puer natus est nobis, Filius datus est nobis, super Cujus humero Principatus: et vocabitur nomen Ipsius, Mirabilis, Consiliarius, Deus, Heros, Pater Aeternitatis, Princeps Pacis," (Esaias 9:5 (B.A. 6));
"Virgo concipiet Filium, et vocabitur Nomen Ipsius Deus nobiscum," (Esaias 7:14);
"Ecce dies venient, cum suscitabo Davidi Germen justum, Qui regnabit Rex; et hoc Nomen Ipsius quod vocabunt Ipsum, Jehovah Justitia nostra," (Jeremias 23:5-6; 33:15-16);
"Tunc dicetur in die illo, Ecce Deus noster Quem exspectavimus ut liberet nos; Jehovah Quem exspectavimus; exultemus et laetemur in Salute Ipsius," (Esaias 25:9);
"Tantummodo inter te Deus, et praeterea non Deus; profecto Tu Deus occultus, Deus Israelis Salvator," (Esaias 45:14-15);
"Nonne Ego Jehovah: et non amplius Deus praeter Me; Deus Justus et Salvator non praeter Me," (Esaias 45:21-22);
"Ego Jehovah, et non praeter Me Salvator," (Esaias 43:11);
"Ego Jehovah Deus tuus, et Deum praeter Me non agnosces: et Salvator non praeter Me," (Hoschea 13:4);
"Tu Jehovah Pater noster, Redemptor noster a saeculo Nomen Tuum," (Esaias 63:16);
"Sic dixit Rex Israelis, et Redemptor ejus Jehovah Zebaoth, Ego Primus et Ultimus, et praeter Me non Deus," (Esaias 44:6); 5
"Sic dixit Jehovah Redemptor tuus, Ego Jehovah faciens omnia, et Solus a Me Ipso," (Esaias 44:24);
"Sic dixit Jehovah Redemptor tuus, Sanctus Israelis, Ego Jehovah Deus tuus," (Esaias 48:17);
"Jehovah Petra mea, et Redemptor meus," (Psalm 19:15 6(B.A. 14))
"Redemptor eorum fortis, Jehovah Zebaoth Nomen Ipsius," (Jeremias 50:34);
"Jehovah Zebaoth Nomen Ipsius, et Redemptor tuus Sanctus Israelis, Deus totius Terrae vocabitur," (Esaias 54:5);
"Ut sciat omnis caro; quod Ego Jehovah Salvator tuus et Redemptor tuus fortis Jacobi," (Esaias 49:26; 60:16); 7
"Quod ad Redemptorem nostrum, Jehovah Zebaoth Nomen Ipsius," (Esaias 47:4);
"Sic dixit Redemptor vester 8Jehovah," (Esaias 43:14; 49:7).
(Et alibi, ut Luca 1:68; Esaias 62:11-12; 63:1, 4, 9; 9Jeremias 15:20-21; Hoschea 13:4, 14; Psalm 31:6 (B.A. 5); Psalm 44:27 (B.A. 26); Psalm 49:16 (B.A. 15); Psalm 55:18-19 (B.A. 17-18); Psalm 69:19 (B.A. 18); Psalm 71:23; Psalm 103:4; 10Psalm 107:2; Psalm 130:7-8).
Et apud Sachariam:
"In die illo erit Jehovah in Regem super totam Terram; in die illo erit Jehovah unus, et Nomen Ipsius unum," (14:9).
Sed haec pauca sunt.
Footnotes:
1. 369 pro "362"
2. 30-35 pro "34, 38"
3. 18, 19, 21, 25 pro "18-26"
4. sit pro "manet"
5. 6 pro "2"
6. xix. pro "xv."
7. 16 pro "60"
8. vester pro "tuus"
9. lxiii. pro "liii."
10. 4 pro "1"