Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 6984

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6984. 'Nor indeed from now as You speak to Your servant' means that he will for that reason lack it into eternity, although the Divine flows into the Human. This is clear from the meaning of 'from now' - that is, from today - as what is eternal or lasts forever, dealt with in 2838, 3998, 4304, 6165, so that it means into eternity since subsequent time is implied; from the meaning of 'speaking' as influx, dealt with in 2951, 5481, 5743, 5797, an influx from the Divine being meant by 'as You (Jehovah) speak'; and from the meaning of 'servant' as the Lord's Human when it had not yet been made Divine, dealt with in 2159 (but because when it had been made Divine it was one with Jehovah, it was then the Lord and Master).


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