20-28), and
in the chapter that treats of the three heavens (n. 29-40). Those
who are in the Lord's celestial kingdom, and consequently in the
third or inmost heaven, are called "the righteous" because they
attribute all righteousness to the Lord and none to themselves. The
Lord's righteousness in heaven is the good that is from the Lord.{1}
Such, then, are here meant by those that "turn to righteousness;" and
such are meant also in the Lord's words,
The righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom
of their Father (Matt. 13:43). Such "shine forth as the
Sun" because they are in love to the Lord from the Lord,
and that love is meant by the "sun" (see above,
n. 116-125). The light of such is flame-colored; and the
ideas of their thought are so tinged with what is flaming
because they receive the good of love directly from the
Lord as the sun in heaven.
{Footnote 1} The merit and righteousness of the Lord is the
good that rules in heaven (n. 9486, 9983). He that is
"righteous" or "made righteous" is one to whom the merit and
righteousness of the Lord is ascribed; and he is "unrighteous"
who holds to his own righteousness and merit (n.
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