In Psalm 96:6, this signifies divine good and truth in the church. (Apocalypse Explained 288[4])

In Isaiah 49:5, this is attributed to truth which cannot be resisted. (Arcana Coelestia 426[3])

In Isaiah 52:1, this relates to Zion because Zion signifies the celestial church which is in the good of love to the Lord. (Arcana Coelestia 4545[2])

In Luke 10:27, this signifies the will and understanding extended to extremes. Strength' relates truth and falsity.

'Strength,' as in Revelation 1:6, signifies divine omnipotence, and relates to divine love.

(Izinkomba: Arcana Coelestia 3727 [1-8]; Luke 10)

13. The Lord's Divine Nature in Heaven Is Love for Him and Thoughtfulness toward One's Neighbor

In heaven, the divine nature that emanates from the Lord is called divine truth, for reasons that will be given below. This divine truth flows into heaven from the Lord, out of his divine love. Divine love and the divine truth that derives from it are like the sun's fire and the light that comes from it in our world. The love is like the sun's fire, and the derivative truth is like the light from the sun. By reason of correspondence, fire means love and light means the truth that flows from it. ¹

This enables us to determine the character of the divine truth that emanates from divine love: in its essence, it is divine good united to divine truth, and because it is united, it gives life to everything in heaven the way the warmth of the sun, united to its light, makes everything fruitful on earth in spring and summer. It is different when the warmth is not united to light, when the light is therefore cold. Then everything slows down and lies there, snuffed out.

The divine good we have compared to warmth is the good of love within and among angels, and the divine truth we have compared to light is the means and the source of this good of love.

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