d. However numerous these truths are and however divergent they
appear, they are united by the Lord who is the Word; the God of
heaven and earth; the God of all flesh; the God of the vineyard, or
the church; the God of faith; the light itself; the truth itself; and
eternal life.
[a] The truths of faith can be multiplied to infinity.This is clear from 350
the wisdom of the angels of heaven, which grows forever. In fact, the
angels say that there is never an end to wisdom. Wisdom has no other
source except divine truths that have been analytically divided into forms
by means of light flowing in from the Lord. Human intelligence that is
truly intelligent has the same source.
Divine truth can be multiplied to infinity because the Lord is divine
truth itself, or truth in its infinity. He attracts all people toward himself,
but because they are finite, angels and people are unable to follow that
current of attraction except to a limited extent. The force of attraction
toward infinity persists all the same.
The Lord’s Word is an ocean of truths, vast and deep, from which all
angelic wisdom comes, although to those of us who do not know about
its spiritual and heavenly meanings the Word appears to hold no more
than a jug of water.
The multiplication of truths to infinity is like human sperm, one of
which can lead to whole extended families that exist for tens of thou-
sands of years. The proliferation of the truths of faith is like the prolifera-
tion of seeds in fields and gardens—they are capable of generating
hundreds of millions of plants and continuing without end. In the Word,
“seed” has no other meaning than truth, “field” means a body of teach-
ing, and “garden” means wisdom.
The human mind is like soil in which both spiritual and earthly
truths can be planted like seeds and can multiply without end. We derive
this attribute from the infinity of God. He is constantly present in us
with his light and warmth and his generative ability.
[b] Truths of faith come together to form structures that are like fascicles 351
of nerves.People are still not aware of this. They do not know about it,
because the spiritual truths that form the whole fabric of the Word have
been invisible as a consequence of the mystical and enigmatic faith that
takes up every square inch of modern-day theology. The result is that spir-
itual truths have sunk into the ground like old barns.
So that you will know what I mean by “structures” that are like “fasci-
cles of nerves,” I offer this explanation. The first chapter of this book,
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