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Sacred Scripture # 80
80. There Is a Marriage of the Lord and the Church in the Details of the Word and a Consequent Marriage of Goodness and Truth
UNTIL the present time, no one has seen that there is a marriage of the Lord and the church in the details of the Word and a consequent marriage of goodness and truth, and no one could see it because the spiritual meaning of the Word had not been uncovered, and without this, the marriage cannot be seen.
There are two levels of meaning in the Word that are hidden within the literal meaning, namely, a spiritual level and a heavenly level. Spiritually understood, the contents of the Word refer for the most part to the church, while understood on a heavenly level they refer for the most part to the Lord. On a spiritual level they also refer to divine truth and on a heavenly level they refer to divine goodness. As a result, this marriage is found in the literal meaning of the Word.
However, this is not apparent to anyone who does not know the meanings of words and names on the basis of the spiritual and heavenly meanings of the Word, since some words and names focus attention on what is good and some on what is true, and some include both, so unless this is realized the marriage in the details of the Word cannot be seen. That is why this mystery has not been disclosed before.
Arcana Coelestia # 4323
4323. At the ends of previous chapters I have begun to show that every single part of the human being corresponds to heaven. I have done so from actual experience from the world of spirits and from heaven, to the end that people may know the source from which they receive their being and from which they are kept in being, and that there is constant flow from that source into them. Later on it will be shown, likewise from experience, that although a person rejects the influx from heaven - that is, from the Lord by way of heaven - and accepts that from hell, the Lord nevertheless maintains constantly that person's correspondence with heaven, so that if he chooses he can be led from hell to heaven, and through heaven to the Lord.
