AC 10216 - What the Angels Understand

AC 10216

The angels of heaven are spiritual,
and apprehend whatever occurs
according to its essence, that is, spiritually.
That in heaven
instead of the sons of Israel
they understand the church,
is because in the inmost heaven,
where the Lord is more present
than in the heavens beneath,
by the names in the Word,
in a good sense, is understood the Lord Himself;
as by Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Aaron,
David, Joseph, Judah, and Israel.
And as by these names is there understood the Lord,
therefore the Divine things
of heaven and of the church,
which are from the Lord,
are perceived by the same names
in accordance with
the connection of the things in the Word.

Perception flows in from the Lord, who is the Word;
for everything of intelligence and wisdom
is from the Lord,
and without Him there is none at all.