AC 7599 - looking towards, or away from, the Lord

AC 7599
... the Lord is "Jehovah" in the Word...
... by "the face of Jehovah" is signified mercy,
and from this, peace and every good,
and in the opposite sense
no mercy, no peace, and no good.
... because the evil turn themselves away from Jehovah, or the Lord,
for they turn themselves away from the good which is of charity,
and from the truth which is of faith, in which the Lord is;
and then the things that belong to the Lord are behind them,
and those which belong to themselves are in front of them;
and that which is behind them they neither see nor care for.
From this comes all evil to man, consequently unhappiness and hell.