Count the cost
In Luke 14:28, this signifies to determine how one may procure for oneself interior truths. (Arcana Coelestia 4599[5])
In Revelation 18:19, this signifies the belief that for certain temporary actions people could receive spiritual blessings and rewards after death. (Apocalypse Revealed 789)
Arcana Coelestia #6820
6820. The community is the neighbour over the individual person because it consists of a group of people; therefore the same charity ought to be exercised towards it as towards the individual person, that is to say, in keeping with the kind of good that resides there. Thus it should be exercised towards a community of upright people in a way altogether different from that in which it should be towards a community of people who are not upright.