309# “看哪，已经得胜的狮子”表示主凭祂自己的能力征服地狱，并使地狱和天堂里的一切事物都恢复秩序。这从当论及主时，“得胜”的含义清楚可知，即：当主在世时，祂征服地狱，使地狱和天堂里的一切事物都恢复秩序，这一切是通过被允许进入祂人身的试探，然后通过不断的胜利实现的(对此，可参看《新耶路撒冷及其属天教义》， 293, 294, 301, 309节)。因此，这由当论及主时的“得胜”来表示；主凭自己的能力做这些事，故被称为“狮子”；因为“狮子”表示能力(参看AE 278节)。从圣言可知，主凭自己的能力做这些事；但由于很少有人意识到这一点，所以我想说说它。主出于自成孕时就在祂里面的神性做这一切；祂作为一个人所拥有的这神性从祂的父拥有一个灵魂；每个人的灵魂都通过身体运作，因为身体服从灵魂。自成孕时就在主里面的神性是祂自己的神性；《亚他那修信经》说这神性与在那里被称为父的神性同等；因为该信经说：父如何，子如何，无限，不受造，永恒，全能，神，主，他们无分大小、先后，完全同等。该信经还说：主的神性和人性非为二，乃为一位格，如灵魂与身体成为一人，神性与人性是一基督。
那些相信《亚他那修信经》的人由此也可以知道，主凭自己的能力做这些事，因为这能力来自祂的神性。由此可以清楚看出，应当如何理解主在约翰福音所说的这些话：
乃是住在我里面的父祂做工作。你们当信我，我在父里面，父在我里面。(约翰福音14:10–11)
又：
我实实在在对你们说，子凭着自己不能作什么，惟有看见父作什么，才作什么。凡父所作的，子也照样作。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。因为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5:19, 21, 26)
由于主称为“父”的神性是祂的神性，不是别的神性，所以可以看出凡祂从父所做的，以及从祂称为子的人身所做的，都是从祂自己做的；因此，祂凭自己的能力做一切事，因为祂从祂自己的东西来做这一切。
309. Behold the Lion hath prevailed. That this signifies that the Lord from His own power subjugated the hells, and reduced all things there and in the heavens to order, appears from the signification of prevailing, when said of the Lord, that is, that when He was in the world He subjugated the hells, and reduced all things there and in the heavens to order, and this by temptations admitted into His Human, and then by continual victories. (Concerning which see the 14:10, 11).
And elsewhere in the same:
"Verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do; for whatsoever things he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. As the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them, even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. As the Father hath life in Himself, so also hath He given to the Son to have life in Himself" (5:19, 21, 26).
Because the Divine, which the Lord calls the Father, was His own Divine, and not another Divine, therefore it is evident that whatever He did from the Father, and also whatever [He did] from the Human, which He calls the Son, He did from Himself; and thus that He did all things by His own power, because [He did them] from what was His own.
309. Behold, the Lion hath overcome, signifies that the Lord from His own power subjugated the hells, and reduced all things there and in the heavens to order. This is evident from the signification of "overcoming," when predicated of the Lord, namely, that when He was in the world He subjugated the hells, and reduced all things there and in the heavens to order, and this by temptations admitted into His Human, and then by continual victories (of which see in John 14:10-11).
And elsewhere in the same:
Verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, except what He seeth the Father doing; for whatever things He doeth, these also the Son doeth in like manner. As the Father raiseth up the dead and quickeneth them, even so the Son quickeneth whom He will. As the Father hath life in Himself, so also gave He to the Son to have life in Himself (John 5:19, 21, 26).
As the Divine, which the Lord calls "the Father," was His Divine, and not another Divine, it can be seen that whatever He did from the Father, as well as whatever He did from the Human which He calls "the Son," He did from Himself; and thus that He did all things by His own power, since He did them from what was His.
309. "Ecce vicit Leo." - Quod significet Dominum, quod ex propria potentia subjugaverit inferna, et redegerit omnia ibi et in caelis in ordinem, constat ex significatione "vincere", cum de Domino, quod, cum in mundo fuit, subjugaverit inferna, ac redegerit ibi et in caelis omnia in ordinem, et hoc per tentationes in Humanum suum admissas et per continuas tunc victorias (de qua re videatur in Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae, n. 293, 294, 301, 302); hoc itaque significatur per "vincere", cum de Domino: et quia Dominus illa fecerat ex propria potentia, dicitur "Leo", nam "leo" significat potentiam (videatur supra, n. 278). Quod Dominus illa fecerit ex propria potentia, notum est ex Verbo; sed quia pauci id sciunt, velim aliquid de eo dicere. Fecit id Dominus ex Divino, quod in Ipso ex conceptione erat, quod erat Ipsi sicut anima est homini ex patre; et anima cujusvis operatur per corpus, corpus enim est ejus obedientia. Divinum, quod Ipsi inerat ex conceptione, erat suum Divinum, quod in Fide Athanasiana dicitur aequale Divino quod ibi Pater vocatur; dicitur enim,
Quod sicut Pater etiam Filius, infinitus, increatus, aeternus, omnipotens, Deus, Dominus, et quod nemo Eorum maximus et minimus, nec primus et ultimus, sed prorsus aequales;
et quoque dicitur,
Quod Divinum et Humanum Domini non sint duo, sed unica Persona, et quod sicut anima et corpus faciunt unum hominem, ita Divinum et Humanum est unus Christus.
Inde sciri potest, etiam ab illis qui fidem habent Athanasio, quod Dominus ex propria potentia, quia ex suo Divino, illa fecerit. Ex his manifeste constare potest quomodo intelligenda sunt quae Dominus dicit apud Johannem,
"Pater, qui in Me manet, Ipse facit opera; credite Mihi quod Ego in Patre, et Pater in Me " (14:10, 11);
et alibi apud eundem,
"Amen dico Vobis, Non potest Filius facere quicquam a Se Ipso, nisi quid viderit Patrem facientem; quae namque Ipse facit, haec etiam Filius similiter facit:.... quemadmodum Pater suscitat mortuos et vivificat, ita etiam Filius quos vult vivificat;.... quemadmodum Pater habet vitam in Se Ipso, ita etiam dedit Filio vitam habere in Se Ipso" (5:19, 21, 26);
quia Divinum, quod Dominus vocat "Patrem", fuit suum Divinum, et non aliud Divinum, inde constare potest, quod quicquid ex Patre fecerat ex Se fecerit, et quoque quicquid ex Humano, quod vocat "Filium"; et sic quod omnia, quia ex suo, ex propria potentia fecerit.