Heaven and Hell # 215
215. Government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom is called judgment, since they are intent on that spiritual good that is the good of thoughtfulness toward their neighbor, and this good is in essence true. 1 What is true is a matter of judgment, and what is good is a matter of justice. 2
These angels too are led by the Lord, but indirectly (208); so they have officials, fewer or more depending on the needs of the community they live in. They also have laws that they observe in their life together. The officials manage everything according to the laws; they understand them because they are wise, and in matters of doubt they are enlightened by the Lord.
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1. [Swedenborg's footnote] People in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are focused on what is true and people in the heavenly kingdom on what is good: 863, 875, 927, 1023, 1043-1044, 1555, 2256, 4328, 4493, 5113, 9596. The good of the spiritual kingdom is the good of thoughtfulness toward one's neighbor, and this good is essentially truth: 8042, 10296.
2. [Swedenborg's footnote] Justice in the Word is associated with what is good and judgment with what is true, so to do justice and judgment is to do what is good and true: 2235, 9857."Great judgments" [Exodus 6:6] are laws of the divine design and are therefore divine truths: 7206.
