Apocalypse Revealed (Coulsons) n. 823

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823. 'And upon His head many diadems' signifies the Divine Truths of the Word from Himself. 'Upon his head' signifies from the Lord, for by the 'head' is signified wisdom derived from love and a man is ruled out of the head by means of wisdom derived from love. The 'diadems' were seen 'upon the head' because the Divine Truths of the Word, which are signified by 'diadems', are from Himself. That 'diadems' signify the Divine Truths of the Word may be seen (n. 231, 540); that 'the head', where [it treats] of the Lord, signifies the Divine Wisdom of Divine Love (n. 47); what more 'the head' [signifies] (n. 538, 568). In the spiritual world the Divine Truths of the Word correspond to diadems, and as the result of the correspondence they appear there. And in heaven they appear upon the heads of those who hold the Word holy. Consequently' diadems' signify the Divine truths of the Word in the sense of its letter, for the reason that the sense of the letter is transparent from the spiritual and celestial sense thereof just as a diadem is from the light.


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