526. 'And of giving reward to Thy servants the prophets and the saints' signifies the felicity of eternal life with those who are in the truths of a doctrine out of the Word and in a life in accordance therewith. By 'reward' is signified the felicity of eternal life, concerning which [something] follows; by 'prophets' are signified those who are in the truths of a doctrine out of the Word (n. 8, 533), and by 'saints' those who are in a life in accordance therewith (n. 173). By 'reward' is here understood the felicity of eternal life originated out of the delight and pleasantness of the love and affection of what is good and true; for every affection of love has its own accompanying delight and pleasantness, while the affection of the love of what is good and true has a delight and pleasantness such as there is with the angels of heaven. Moreover every affection continues with a man after death. This is because affection is of love, and love is a man's life. Therefore the life of every one after death is such as the ruling love had been with him in the world; and a ruling love of what is good and true is with those who have loved the truths of the Word and lived in accordance therewith. Nothing else but the delight of what is good and the pleasantness of what is true is understood by 'reward' in the following places:-