906. 'The length thereof is as large as the breadth' signifies that the good and truth in that Church make one, like essence and form. By the 'length' of the city Jerusalem is signified the Church's good, and by its 'breadth' is signified the Church's truth. That by 'breadth' is signified truth has been shown from the Word (n. 861 above). That by 'length' is signified good, here the Church's good, is derived from the same cause as that 'breadth' signifies truth. This is because the extension of heaven from east to west is understood by 'length', and the extension of heaven from south to north is understood by 'breadth'; and the angels who dwell in the east and the west of heaven are in the good of love, and the angels who are in the south and the north of heaven are in the truths of wisdom, as may be seen above (n. 901). [2] It is similar with the Church on earth, for every man who is in the goods and truths of the Church derived from the Word has been associated with the angels of heaven, and he dwells with them as to the interior things of the mind, those who are in the good of love being in the east and west of heaven, and those who are in the truths of wisdom in the south and north of heaven. This the man does not know, but yet each one comes after death into his own place. It is for this reason then that by 'length' when [said] of a Church is signified its good, and by 'breadth' its truth. It is plain that 'long' and 'broad' cannot be predicated of a Church, but they can of 'a city' by which a Church is signified. The reason why it is signified that the good and truth in that Church make one like essence and form is because it is said that 'the length thereof is as large as the breadth', and by 'the length' is signified the Church's good, and by 'the breadth' its truth, as has been said. The reason why they make one like essence and form is because truth is the form of good, and good is the essence of truth, and the essence and form make one.