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a. “Jerusalem” is the church: 402 , 3654 , 9166.
b. A wall is truth protecting from the assault of false and evil things: 6419.The reason for this constant likeness is that in the heavens all the
qualities stem from a single love and therefore from a single source. The
single love that is the origin of everything good in heaven is love for
the Lord from the Lord. This is why all heaven is a likeness of him on the
grand scale, every community a likeness on a less grand scale, and every
angel in specifi c. See what has been said on this matter above in § 58.Therefore Every Angel Is in Perfect Human Form
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T has been explained in the two preceding chapters that heaven as a
whole refl ects a single individual and that the same holds true for each
community in heaven. From the chain of causes presented there, it fol-
lows that each single angel refl ects the same as well. As heaven is a person
in greatest form and a community of heaven is a person in lesser form, so
an angel is a person in least form; for in the most perfect form, like the
form of heaven, there is a likeness of the whole in the part and of the part
in the whole. The reason for this is that heaven is a commonwealth. In
fact, it shares everything it has with each individual, and individuals
receive everything they have from the commonwealth. An angel is a
recipient and therefore a heaven in least form, as has been explained in
the relevant chapter above.
To the extent that they accept heaven, people here too are recipients
and heavens, and are angels (see § 57 above).
This is described in the Book of Revelation as follows: “The wall of
the holy Jerusalem was measured, a hundred and forty-four cubits, the
measure of an individual, that is, of the angel” (Revelation 21 : 17 ). “Jeru-
salem” in this passage is the Lord’s church, and in a more elevated sense,
heaven.a The wall is the truth that protects it from the assault of false
and evil things.b “A hundred and forty-four” refers to all good and true