angels
of the third heaven have, and in its middle parts the things that are in
the Words belonging to the angels of the lower heavens, and these are
encompassed by such things as exist in the nature of our world and are
included in these), so the sense of the letter of our Word is from all
these. From this it can be seen that Divine truth is in its fullness in
the sense of the letter of our Word. That is said to be full which
contains in itself all things prior, even from the first, or all things
higher even from the highest; the last is what includes these. The
fullness of the Word is like a general vessel of marble, in which are
countless lesser vessels of crystal, and in these still more numerous
vessels of precious stones, in and about which are the most delightful
things of heaven which are for those who perform noble uses according to
the Word.

That the Word is such is not evident to man while he is in the world;
but it is evident to him when he becomes an angel. Because the Word is
such in outmosts it follows that it is not the Word until it is in that
outmost, that is, until it is in the sense of the letter. The Word not
in that outmost would be like a temple in the air and not on the earth,
or like a man having flesh but without bones.

As Divine truth is in its fullness and also in its power in its outmost,
for when it is in that it is in all things at once, so the Lord never
works except from first things through outmosts, and thus in fullness.
For He reforms and regenerates man only through truths in outmosts,
which are natural. And this is why a man remains after his departure
out of the world to eternity such as he has been in the world. For the
same reason heaven and hell are from the human race, and angels are not
created immediately such; for in the world a man is in his fullness,
consequently he can there be conceived and born, and afterward be imbued
with knowledge, intelligence, and wisdom, and become an angel. To create
angels in any other way is impossible.

Because the Lord works all things from things first through outmosts,
and is in His power and in His fullness in outmosts, so it pleased the
Lord to take upon Him the Human and to become Divine truth, that is, the
Word, and thus from Himself to reduce to order all things of heaven and
all things of hell, that is, to execute a last judgment. This the Lord
could accomplish from the Divine in Himself, which was in things first,
through