216. Concerning the Body and Flesh. The Lord's flesh signifies the Divine Good of His Divine Love, which is that of His Divine Human, nos. 3813, 7850, 9127, 10283. His body has a like signification, nos. 2343, 2359, 6135. Flesh in general signifies the Voluntary, and thus the Self (proprium), of man, which regarded in itself is evil but which when vivified by the Lord, signifies good, nos. 148, 149, 780, 999, 3813, 8409, 10283. On this account flesh, in the Word, signifies the whole man, and every man, nos. 574, 1050, 10283. Here and in what follows, it is said that things signify; the reason is that they correspond; for whatever corresponds, signifies, nos. 2896, 2179, 2987, 2989, 3002, 3225. The Word was written by pure correspondences, whence comes its internal or spiritual sense; and without a knowledge of correspondences it cannot be known what that sense is, and scarcely that it exists, nos. 3131, 3472-3485, 8615, 10687. Wherefore through the Word there is a conjunction of heaven with the man of the Church, no. 10687. For additional information on this subject see the work on HEAVEN AND HELL, nos. 303 to 310, where the Conjunction of Heaven with the man of the Church through the Word is treated of.