AE 751, 752, 754 - Rejoice Ye Heavens

AE 751

For this rejoice, ye heavens and ye that dwell in them,
(Revelation 12:12)

means the salvation and consequent joy of those
who become spiritual by the reception of Divine truth.
This is evident from the meaning of "rejoicing,"
as being joy on account of salvation;
also from the meaning of "heavens,"
as being those who are spiritual;
also from the meaning of "ye that dwell,"
as being those who live, here spiritually.
"The heavens" mean those who are spiritual,
because all who are in the heavens are spiritual;
and because people who have become spiritual
are likewise in the heavens,
although in respect to the body they are in the world,
so "ye that dwell in the heavens" means not only angels,
but also men (people).
For every person with whom the interior mind,
which is called the spiritual mind,
has been opened, is in the heavens, indeed,
sometimes he even appears among the angels
in the heavens.
That this is so has not been known before in the world;
let it be known, therefore,
that person in respect to his spirit a person
is among spirits and angels,
and even in that society of them
into which he is to come after death.
This is because the spiritual mind of a person
is formed wholly to the image of heaven,
even so that it is a heaven in least form;
consequently that mind,
although it is still in the body,
must nevertheless be where its form is.

AE 752

. . . "heaven and earth" in certain passages in the Word
mean the church internal and external,
or spiritual or natural;
also in particular the spiritual and the natural person,
since the church is in person,
and so it follows that he who is spiritual is a church.

AE 754 [1]

. . . every thing that proceeds from the Lord
is called spiritual.

To live from the Word is to live from the Lord,
for the Lord is in the Word,
indeed, He is the Word.