2500, 2572, 3078, 3189, 6323, 7490, 7750).
19. That love to the Lord and love towards the neighbor include in
themselves all Divine truths is made evident by what the Lord Himself
said of these two loves:
Thou shalt love thy God with all thy heart and with all
thy soul. This is the greatest and first commandment. And
the second, like unto it, is, Thou shalt love thy neighbor
as thyself. On these two commandments hang the law and the
prophets (Matt. 22:37-40).
"The law and the prophets" are the whole Word, thus all Divine truth.
20. IV. HEAVEN IS DIVIDED INTO TWO KINGDOMS.
As there are infinite varieties in heaven, and no one society nor any
one angel is exactly like any other,{1} there are in heaven general,
specific, and particular divisions. The general division is into two
kingdoms, the specific into three heavens, and the particular into
innumerable societies. Each of these will be treated of in what
follows. The general division is said to be into kingdoms, because
heaven is called "the kingdom of God."
{Footnote 1} There is infinite variety, and nowhere any thing
the same as another (n.
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