AR 566
[6] "Come here, and you will see something still more wonderful."
And they came, and entered into a chamber,
the walls of which shone as if from gold;
and they saw there also a table,
upon which lay the Word,
set around with precious stones in heavenly forms.
And the angel keeper said,
"When the Word is opened,
a light beams forth from it of ineffable brightness;
and at the same time there appears from the precious stones
a rainbow above and around the Word.
When any angel from the third heaven comes here,
and looks at the open Word,
there appears above and around the Word
a rainbow of various colors on a red ground.
When an angel comes here from the second heaven,
and looks, there appears a rainbow on a blue ground.
When an angel from the lowest heaven comes and looks,
there appears a rainbow on a white ground.
When any good spirit comes and looks,
there appears a variegation of light, as of marble."
That it was so, was also shown them visibly.
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The angel keeper further said,
"If anyone approaches, who has falsified the Word,
the splendor is then first dissipated;
and if he approaches, and fixes his eyes on the Word,
there is an appearance of blood around;
and he is then admonished to depart, because there is danger."
[8] . . . to falsify the Word is to take truths from it,
and apply them to confirm falsities;
which is to drag them forth from the Word outside of it, and slay them.
As for example: he who takes therefrom this truth,
that the neighbor is to be loved,
and that good is to be done to him from love
for the sake of God and eternal life;
if anyone then confirms this, that it is to be done,
but not for the sake of salvation,
because all good from man is not good,
he drags that truth from the Word outside of the Word,
and destroys it;
since the Lord in His Word enjoins it upon every person
who wishes to be saved, to do good to his neighbor as of himself,
and yet to believe that it is of the Lord.
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