II. The Lord is the Word

Since the Word is Divine truth, and this goes forth from the Lord's
Divine Esse (being), as light from the sun, it follows that the Lord is
the Word because He is Divine truth. The Lord is the Word, because He
is Divine truth, and this goes forth His Divine Esse (being), which is
Divine love, because the Divine love was in Him when in the world as a
soul is in its body; and as Divine truth goes forth from Divine love as
light goes forth from the sun, as has been said, so the Lord's Human in
the world was Divine truth going forth from the Divine love that was in
Him. That the Divine itself, which is called "Jehovah" and the
"Father," and which is the Divine love, was in the Lord from conception,
is evident in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. In Matthew from these
words:

When Mary the mother of Jesus had been betrothed to Joseph, "before they
came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit." And the
angle said to Joseph in a dream, "Fear not to take unto thee Mary thy
wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit" . . .
This came to pass that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the
Lord by the prophet: . . . "Behold a virgin shall be with child, and
shall bring forth a son." And Joseph "knew her not until she had
brought forth her firstborn son; and he called His name Jesus" (i.
18-25).

And in Luke from these words:

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 Most High." . . . Then Mary said unto the