The Church is like a human being, having a soul and a body, as does heaven also. The symbolic Church, which consisted only of outer observances, represents its body, for which reason it will also die so that the inward Church may come forth, which likewise will die so that the more inward one will come. The Church in its successive stages is arranged like heaven in its entirety. The Lord, Who Alone is Human Being, Heaven and Church, therefore had to fulfill the whole Law, including the outer Law, because everything was symbolic of Him, and looked toward Him. I spoke about these matters with heavenly beings, and they affirmed them. As I write these words, they are also flowing into my hand, as well as into my thought, for it was as though my thinking had been withdrawn. 1748, 10* June. * Possibly this should read "9 June."