The Lord from eternity, Who is Jehovah, came into the world to subdue
the hells and to glorify His Humanity. Without Him no mortal could
have been saved; and they are saved who believe in Him.
--_True Christian Religion, n._ 2
The Lord came into the world to save the human race which would
otherwise have perished in eternal death. This salvation the Lord
effected by subjugating the hells, which infested every man coming
into the world and going out of the world, and by glorifying His
Humanity; for so He can hold the hells subdued to eternity. The
subjugation of the hells, and the glorification at the same time of
His Humanity, were effected by temptations let into the Humanity He
had from the mother, and by unbroken victories. His passion on the
cross was the last temptation and complete victory.
--_Heavenly Doctrine, n._ 293