AC 10194, AC 10196 - The Truth and Good with People and Angels

AC 10194

And shalt overlay them with gold.
(Exodus 30:5)

That this means
the foundation of all things upon good,
is evident from the meaning of "overlaying with gold,"
as being to found upon good.
What is meant by being founded on good
shall be briefly told.
It is believed by some
that truth is that on which all things are founded;
but they are very much mistaken;
for no truth is possible with a person
unless he is in good.
The truth with a person which is devoid of good
is an external without an internal,
thus a shell without a kernel,
residing only in the memory.

AC 10196 [2]

A few words may here be said
about Divine good and Divine truth.
The Lord as to the Divine Itself
which is called "the Father,"
and as to the Divine Human
which is called "the Son,"
is the Divine love itself, thus Divine good itself;
but the Lord as heaven,
which is beneath the Lord as a Sun,
is the Divine truth;
yet this Divine truth has within it
the Divine good accommodated to
the reception of angels and spirits.
This Divine is what is called
"the Spirit of Jehovah" and "the Holy."
The reason why this is called Divine truth,
and not Divine good,
is that angels and spirits are created,
and from this are receptions of the Divine truth
that proceeds from the Divine good.
They, like people, enjoy two faculties,
namely, understanding and will,
and the understanding has been formed
to receive Divine truth,
and the will to receive Divine good.
The understanding serves them for reception,
and also for perception.