3700. And its head reaching to heaven. That this signifies with the Divine, namely, that there was communication therewith, is evident from the signification of the “head,” or summit of the ladder, as being that which is highest; and from the signification of “heaven,” as being that which is Divine; for in the supreme sense, in which the Lord is treated of, “heaven” signifies the Divine Itself; but in the representative sense, which treats of the man who is being regenerated, it signifies the inmost good and its derivative truth that is from the Lord, such as there is in heaven, and from which is heaven itself. This is also called “Divine,” because from the Lord; for the Lord, or what is the same, the Divine, which is from the Lord alone, is the all in all of heaven; and whatever is not from the Divine there, is not of heaven. For this reason it has been occasionally said above that the Lord is heaven itself, and that all who are in heaven are in the Lord.