Verse 9. And therefore more and more into a state of opposition to Divine Truth from Divine Good, as had been the case with preceding corrupt churches; nor does its state of intellectual pride, combined with external worship, separate from internal, cease.

126. LIGHT AND HEAT IN HEAVEN

People who think only from nature cannot comprehend that there is light in the heavens. Yet, such is the light in the heavens that it exceeds by many degrees the noonday light of the world. I have often seen that light even during the evening and night. At first, I marvelled when I heard angels saying that the light of the world is little more than a shadow in comparison with the light of heaven, but, having seen it, I can testify that it is so. The brightness and splendour are such as cannot be described. The things that I have seen in the heavens have been seen in that light, thus more clearly and distinctly than things in this world.