9667. And thou shalt overlay the planks with gold, and make their rings of gold, houses for the bars; and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold. That this signifies a representative of the good from which and through which are all things, is evident from the signification of “overlaying with gold,” and of “making of gold,” as being a representative of good (see n. 9510); by “the planks” also is signified the good which supports (n. 9634); by “the rings,” the conjunction of good and truth (n. 9493, 9495); and by “the bars,” the power of truth from good (n. 9496). The reason why all things are from good and through good, is that all things in the universe bear relation to good and truth, and good is that from which is truth, thus from which is everything. Good has its origin from the Divine Itself. The Lord’s Divine love is the Divine good, for all good belongs to love. The Divine love itself, thus the Divine good, is the very being that is called “Jehovah,” and also “the Lord;” the coming-forth therefrom is truth. From this it can be seen that all things are from good.