THE DIVINE OF THE LORD IN HEAVEN IS LOVE TO HIM AND CHARITY TOWARDS THE NEIGHBOR
-The Divine going forth from the Lord is called in Heaven - Divine Truth. The Divine Love and the Divine Truth therefrom are related to each other as are the fire of the sun and the light therefrom in the world, love being as the fire of the sun and the truth therefrom as light from the sun. .... In its essence, it is Divine Good conjoined to Divine Truth, and because it is conjoined, it gives life to all things of Heaven just as the heat of the sun conjoined to the light in the world makes all things of the earth fruitful, as happens in the spring and summer. (HH 13)
"In this sermon and the following one, to the person who is not a New Church person or who is unfamiliar with the Third Testament, there is shown that the Word of God primarily concerns the Lord, that the Word is not about with the various persons in their historical roles, but that history and its characters are a means of teaching about the Lord. In these sermons the signification of the names Abram and Sarai as the Lord as a child growing up on earth, is taught. In this, one can see that there is an internal or a spiritual sense in the literal sense of the Word. Thus, one can come to learn some things of what the Lord as a Man had to go through when He came on earth in order to redeem and regenerate man."