10814). From the
rule that is from love towards the neighbor flow all goods and
all happinesses (n. 10160, 10814). In heaven no one desires to
rule from the love of self, but all desire to minister, which
means to rule from love to the neighbor; this is the source of
their great power (n. 5732). From rule from the love of self
all evils flow in (n. 10038). When the loves of self and the
world had begun to prevail men were compelled to subject
themselves to governments as a means of security (n. 7364,
10160, 10814).
221. XXV. DIVINE WORSHIP IN HEAVEN.
Divine worship in the heavens is not unlike in externals Divine
worship on the earth, but in internals it is different. In the
heavens, as on the earth, there are doctrines, preachings, and church
edifices. In essentials the doctrines there are everywhere the same;
but in the higher heavens they contain more interior wisdom than in
the lower. The preachings are in harmony with the doctrines; and as
they have houses and palaces (n. 183-190), so they have also church
edifices, in which there is preaching. Such things exist in heaven,
because the angels are being perfected continually in wisdom and
love.
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