714. For particulars to be kept in their proper order and relationship there must be universals, from which they come into being and in which they continue in being. The particulars must also in some way be an image of the universals to which they refer; otherwise the whole world would cease to exist along with its parts. It is this relationship which ensures that everything in the universe has been preserved intact from the first day of creation down to the present, and will continue into the future. It is well known that everything in the universe has reference to good and truth. The reason is that all things were created by God from the Divine good of love by means of the Divine truth of wisdom. Take anything you like, whether animal, plant or stone, and those three most universal principles are imprinted on it in some relationship or other.

The number "four" in the Bible represents things being linked together or joined. This is partly because four is two times two, and two represents the ultimate linking between our desire to be good and our understanding of truth. We can also see this in the fact that most buildings are rectangular, with the four sides linking together to make a whole. We also divide directions into four -- north, east, south and west -- and talk about the "four corners" of something meaning all of it. So our special thinking naturally looks at four sides as linking together into a whole.

(റഫറൻസുകൾ: Apocalypse Explained 417; Arcana Coelestia 1686, 9103, 9601, 9767, 9864)