AC 9407 - Sapphire Stone, Translucent Internal Truth from the Lord

AC 9407 [10-13]

. . . "a sapphire stone" denotes truth
translucent from internal truths -
namely, a "stone" denotes truth,
and a "sapphire" translucence.

The reason why
all things of the Word are translucent with the Lord
is that Divine Truth emanating from the Lord
is the one and only source of everything there.
For what is primary is the one and only vital element
present in the things which follow
and are derived from it,
because they have their being in it
and come into being from it;
and the Divine Truth is the Lord.
Here also lies the reason why
the subject in the highest sense of the Word
is the Lord alone, His love, providence,
kingdom in heaven and on earth,
and especially the glorification of His Human.

The fact that the Divine Truth is the Lord Himself
is evident from the consideration
that whatever emanates from someone
is the someone himself.
For instance what emanates from a person
when he speaks or acts
originates in his will and understanding;
and will and understanding constitute a person's life,
thus the person himself.
For the human being is not a human being
by virtue of the shape of face and body
but by virtue of an understanding
that sees what is true
and a will that intends what is good.
From this it becomes clear
that what emanates from the Lord is the Lord;
and the fact that this is Divine Truth
has been shown often in what has gone before.

But anyone unacquainted with the arcana of heaven
may suppose that the nature of Divine Truth
which emanates from the Lord
is no different from that of spoken words
emanating from a human being.
It is not spoken words however;
rather It is the Divine filling the heavens,
like light and heat from the sun filling the world.
This may be illustrated by means of
the spheres which emanate
from the angels in heaven.
In these places it has been shown and may be seen
that they are spheres of
the truth of faith and the good of love
received from the Lord.
But the Divine sphere
which emanates from the Lord
and is called Divine Truth spreads everywhere . . .
it fills the whole of heaven
and composes all of the life there.
It appears before the eyes there as light,
which enlightens not only angels' sight
but also their minds.
In addition that same light is what composes
a person's understanding in the world.