administration of justice is something love leaves to wisdom’s judgment;
and since justice relates to love and judgment to wisdom, this means that
love leaves the administration of love to its [partner,] wisdom. More
light will be shed on this secret in what follows. For now, the statement
above will have to serve as a general rule.
The following words in John mean that God is omnipotent, omni -
scient, and omnipresent through the wisdom of his love:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. All things were made by it, and nothing that was made
came about without it. In it there was life, and that life was the light for
humankind. And the world was made by it; and the Word became
flesh. (John 1 : 1 , 3 , 4 , 10 , 14 )
In this passage “the Word” means divine truth or, what amounts to the
same thing, divine wisdom. This is why the Word is also called “life” and
“light,” since life and light are nothing but wisdom.51 In the Word, “justice” is associated with love and “judgment” with
wisdom. For this reason I will present some passages to the effect that
God governs the world with these two qualities.
Jehovah, justice and judgmentare the support of your throne. (Psalms
89 : 14 )
Those who wish to glory should glory in this, that Jehovahcreates judg-
mentand justiceon earth. (Jeremiah 9 : 24 )
Jehovahshould be exalted because he filled the earth with judgmentand
justice.(Isaiah 33 : 5 )
Judgmentwill flow like water and justicelike a mighty stream. (Amos 5 : 24 )
Jehovah, your justiceis like the mountains of God; your judgmentsare
like a great deep. (Psalms 36 : 6 )
Jehovahwill bring out his justicelike a light, and [his] judgmentlike
noonday. (Psalms 37 : 6 )
Jehovahwill judge his people in justiceand his poor ones in judgment.
(Psalms 72 : 2 )
When I learn the judgmentsof your justice,seven times a day I praise
you for the judgmentsof your justice.(Psalms 119 : 7 , 164 )
I will betroth myself to you in justiceand judgment.(Hosea 2 : 19 )