The Lord (continued)
people who deny, 354
presenting himself within communities, 55
priestly kingdom of, 24
protecting our opportunity for reformation,
579
references to Secrets of Heaven on, 86
representations of created for children, 335
restraining angels from evils, 342
restraining people from evils, 5 note c
rising again, 316 and note g
serving, 517
speaking through the prophets, 254
spirits only conceiving of as a human
being, 6
the sum and substance of heaven, 12
taking care to prevent desecration, 456 note c
talking to his disciples, 1
teaching of, 5 , 11 , 16
as the temple in Jerusalem, 187
those in a state of innocence attributing
everything to, 278
uniting all heavens through his infl ow, 37
Lording it over others, spirits seeking a heaven
allowing, 6
The Lord’s divine human
basis of all correspondences, 101
references to Secrets of Heaven on, 86
from which heaven, in its entirety and in its
parts, refl ects a person, 78 – 86
The Lord’s divine nature
angels varying in depth of acceptance of, 21
constituting heaven, 546
as the good intrinsic to love, 7 , 17
in heaven is love for him, 13 – 19 , 125 , 238 ,
250 , 272
from his very conception, 86
people who have denied, 3 , 83
real marriage love dependent on acknowl-
edging, 376
spirits fi lled with, 254
as thoughtfulness toward one’s neighbor,
13 – 19 , 125 , 250
as the truth intrinsic to faith, 7
which makes heaven, 7 – 12 , 125 , 250
The Lord’s fl esh and blood, meaning in the
Word, 147 note e
The Lord’s human nature, glorifi cation of,
86 : 4
The Lord’s Prayer, 336
Loud voice, 1
Love. See also Divine love; Heavenly love; Life
of our love; Ruling love
absorbing whatever suits it, 479
in action, 483
all pleasures fl owing from, 396
angels kept engaged in, 80
belief in fi rst principles of nature incompat-
ible with, 3
changes of angels’ states in regard to, 154 – 156
chaste, 489 : 7
creating our intentions, 532 : 2
demonstrating, 16
each of us is our own, 231 note b
government of mutual, 213
like the sun’s fi re, 13 , 118
the Lord’s divine nature as the good intrin-
sic to, 7
materialistic vs. heavenly, 481
meaning in the Word, 14 note b
our dominant, 477
receptive of everything in harmony with
it, 18
seeing more clearly in heaven’s light, 15
separating from faith, 2
as spiritual union, 14
time when there is no longer any, 1
turning in the direction of, 17 note g
variations among people in, 157
as warmth of a spiritual origin, 134
Love for our neighbor, 15
characteristic of the second (or intermedi-
ate) heaven, 15
constituted of loving uses, 390
defi ning, 558 b note c
meaning in the Word, 15 note d
opposite of self-love, 558 b
our motives for, 319 , 408 , 472 – 473
sharing in heaven fl owing from, 399
Love for the Lord, 15
characteristic of the third (or central)
heaven, 15 , 271
constituted of loving uses, 390
his divine nature in heaven as, 13 – 19 , 125 ,
238 , 250 , 272
sharing in heaven fl owing from, 399
Love for the truth, 15 , 347
Love of self. See Self-love
Love of the world
not as deadly as self-love, 565
people in hell absorbed in evils because of,
551 – 565388 HEAVEN and HELL