596. And his face as the sun.- That this signifies the Divine Love of the Lord, from which is all Divine Truth which is the Word in heaven and in the church, is evident from the signification of face, when used in reference to the Lord, as denoting the Divine Love, the Divine Mercy, and every good (see above, n. 74, 412); and from the signification of sun, when used in reference to the Lord, as also denoting the Divine Love (see above, n. 401, 525, 527). And because from the Lord as the sun in the angelic heaven proceeds all light there, and since the light there is Divine Truth, therefore this, from which is all Divine Truth, is meant, and because the Word includes all Divine Truth, and since the same Word which is in the world, is also in heaven, and because the strong angel coming down out of heaven means the Lord as to the Word, as may be seen above (n. 593), therefore it is here said the Divine Truth, which is the Word in heaven and in the church. That the same Word which is in the world, is also in heaven, may be seen in Heaven and Hell 259, 261, 303-310).

We tend to think of "fruit" in two ways in natural language. One is as food that grows on trees and vines, sweet and delicious, and able to be eaten without harming the plant in any way. Another is as the things we produce, what our work yields for the betterment of the world. These are obviously connected: we are like trees, producing things that "feed" the world in some way, just as the tree produces fruit that feeds us. It makes sense, then, that the idea of fruit in the Bible is bound closely to the idea of goodness. Fruits that are eaten represent the desire for good and the energy to do what is good; fruit that is produced is the actual good that we go into the world and do.