Arcana Coelestia, Vol. VII

treated of, and the same is true of “Jehovah;” but when truth is treated of, “God” and “King” are used. For this reason by a “lord” is signified good, as is evident from the following passages. In Moses :—

Jehovah your God, He is God of gods, and Lord of lords (Deut. x. 17).

In David :—

Confess ye to Jehovah. Confess ye to the God of gods. Confess ye to the Lord of lords (Ps. cxxxvi. 1–3);

where Jehovah or the Lord is called “God of gods” from the Divine truth which proceeds from Him, and “Lord of lords” from the Divine good which is in Him. [3] So in the Revelation :—

The Lamb shall overcome them; for He is Lord of lords, and King of kings (xvii. 14).

And again :—

He that sat upon the white horse hath upon His vesture and upon His thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords (xix. 16);

that the Lord is here called “King of kings” from Divine truth, and “Lord of lords” from Divine good, is plain from the particulars; the “name written” is His quality (n. 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2724, 3006); the “vesture” on which it was written is the truth of faith (n. 1073, 2576, 4545, 4763); the “thigh” on which also that quality was written, is the good of love (n. 3021, 4277, 4280, 4575). From this also it is plain that the Lord from Divine truth is called “King of kings” and from Divine good “Lord of lords.” (That the Lord is called “King” from Divine truth may be seen above, n. 2015, 2069, 3009, 3670, 4581.) [4] From this it is also clear what is meant by the “Lord’s Christ,” in Luke :—

Answer was made to Simeon by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, until he had seen the Lord’s Christ (ii. 26);

the “Lord’s Christ” is the Divine truth of the Divine good; for “Christ” is the same as “Messiah,” and “Messiah” is the “Anointed” or “King” (n. 3008, 3009). “The Lord” here is Jehovah. In the Word of the New Testament the name “Jehovah” is nowhere used; but instead of it “Lord” and “God” (n. 2921); as also in Luke :—