HH 285
There are two inmost things of heaven,
namely, innocence and peace.
These are said to be inmost things
because they proceed directly from the Lord.
From innocence comes every good of heaven,
and from peace every delight of good.
Every good has its delight;
and both good and delight spring from love,
for whatever is loved is called good,
and is also perceived as delightful.
From this it follows that these two inmost things,
innocence and peace,
go forth from the Lord's Divine love
and move the angels from what is inmost.
HH 286
The origin of peace shall be first considered.
Divine peace is in the Lord;
it springs from the union of
the Divine Itself and the Divine Human in Him.
The Divine of peace in heaven is from the Lord,
springing from His conjunction with the angels of heaven,
and in particular
from the conjunction of good and truth in each angel.
These are the origins of peace.
From this it can be seen that peace in the heavens
is the Divine inmostly affecting with blessedness
everything good therefrom,
and from this is every joy of heaven;
also that it is in its essence
the Divine joy of the Lord's Divine love,
resulting from His conjunction with heaven
and with everyone there.
This joy, felt by the Lord in angels
and by angels from the Lord, is peace.
By derivation from this
the angels have everything that is
blessed, delightful, and happy,
or that which is called heavenly joy.
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[Swedenborg's footnote to HH 286]
By peace in the highest sense the Lord is meant,
because peace is from Him,
and in the internal sense heaven is meant,
because those are in a state of peace.
(Arcana Coelestia 3780, 4681)
Peace in the heavens is the Divine
inmostly affecting with blessedness
everything good and true there,
and this peace is incomprehensible to a person.
(AC 92, 3780, 5662, 8455, 8665)
Divine peace is in good,
but not in truth apart from good.
(AC 8722)
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