63. All the while the Lord is constantly fighting on our behalf against evil and falsity and through these battles strengthens us in truth and goodness. The time of conflict is when the Lord is at work (for which reason the prophets call a regenerate person the work of God's fingers [Psalms 8:3, 6; Isaiah 19:25; 29:23; 45:11; 60:21; 64:8; Lamentations 4:2]), and he does not rest until love takes the lead. Then the conflict ends.
When the work progresses so far that faith is united with love, it is called very good, since the Lord now makes us likenesses of himself.
At the end of the sixth day, evil spirits retreat and good ones take their place. We are led into heaven, or the paradise of heaven, described in the next chapter.
