8327. 'On the mountain of Your inheritance' means the heaven where the good of charity resides. This is clear from the meaning of 'mountain of inheritance' as heaven. For 'mountain' means the good of love, 795, 796, 2722, 4210, 6435, and 'inheritance' means another's life, in this instance the Lord's; thus the life of goodness and truth which is derived from the Lord is meant, since those who possess this life are heirs of the kingdom and are called sons, 2658, 2851, 3672, 7212. Since these things are meant by 'the mountain of inheritance', heaven is also meant; for heaven is heaven by virtue of the good of love and it is the inheritance belonging to those who are the Lord's.

7212. 'And I will give it to you as an inheritance' means the Lord's life there lasting forever. This is clear from the meaning of 'an inheritance', when used in reference to heaven, as the Lord's life, dealt with in 2658; and since everything that is given as an inheritance is the perpetual possession of the one to whom it is given - in heaven the everlasting possession, since people live forever there - the Lord's life there lasting forever is meant. The reason why the life in heaven is the Lord's life, and why consequently those who are there have His life within them, is that they have within them the truth and goodness which emanate from the Lord; goodness that is present in truth is the Lord Himself, while truth that has goodness within it is the life flowing from the Lord by which they all live. From this it is evident that those who have good within themselves, and truth from that good, as all in heaven do, have the Lord's life within them.