Heaven and Hell (Harley) n. 145

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145. The angels see the Lord one way, and the Lord sees the angels another way. The angels see the Lord through their eyes, but the Lord looks at the angels in the forehead. The reason for this is that the forehead corresponds to love, and it is through love that the Lord flows into their will while it is through the understanding to which the eyes correspond that He causes Himself to be seen.# # The forehead corresponds to celestial love; therefore in the Word the "forehead" signifies that love (n. 9936). The eye corresponds to the understanding, because the understanding is internal sight (n. 2701, 4410, 4526, 9051, 10569). For this reason "to lift up the eyes" and "to see" signifies to understand, perceive and observe (n. 2789, 2829, 3198, 3202, 4083, 4339, 5684).


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