129), so in the Word garments signify truths and intelligence
from truths, as in the Apocalypse:
Those that have not defiled their garments shall walk with
Me in white, for they are worthy. He that overcometh shall
be clothed in white garments (3:4, 5);
Blessed is he that is awake and keepeth his garments
(16:15).
And of Jerusalem, which means a church that is in truth,{1} it is
written in Isaiah:
Awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on the garments of
thy beauty, O Jerusalem (52:1).
And in Ezekiel:
Jerusalem, I girded thee about with fine linen, and
covered thee with silk. Thy garments were of fine linen
and silk (16:10, 13);
besides many other passages. But he who is not in truths is said "not
to be clothed with a wedding garment," as in Matthew:
When the king came in he saw a man that had not on a
wedding garment; and he said unto him, Friend, how camest
thou in hither not having a wedding garment? Wherefore he
was cast out into the outer darkness (22:11-13).
The house of the wedding feast means heaven and the church because of
the conjunction of the Lord with heaven and the church by means of
His Divine truth; and for this reason the Lord is called in the Word
the Bridegroom and Husband; and heaven, with the church, is called
the bride and the wife.
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