119. It needs to be known that the Word in our world, which was given to us by the Lord by means of heaven, is the bond which unites heaven and the world. It is for this purpose that everything in the literal sense of the Word corresponds to Divine things in heaven, and the Word in its highest and innermost sense refers to the Lord, His kingdom in the heavens and on earth, love and faith coming from Him and directed to Him, and so life coming from and being in Him. These subjects are what is presented to the angels in heaven, when the Word of our world is read and preached.# # Angels in the heavens and people on earth understand the Word differently; the angels follow its inner or spiritual sense, people here its outer or natural sense (AC 1769-72, 1887, 2143, 2333, 2395 [2396 in original], 2540-1, 2545, 2551). The Word is a unifying bond between heaven and earth (AC 2310, 2895 [2495 in original], 9212, 9216, 9357, 10375). The Word was therefore written entirely by means of correspondences (AC 1404, 1408-9, 1540, 1619, 1659, 1709, 1783, 8615, 10687). The inmost sense of the Word deals exclusively with the Lord and His kingdom (AC 1873, 2249, 2523, 7014, 9357).