Heaven and Hell - Swedenborg Foundation

HEAVEN AND HELL 94
I will darken the sun in his going forth, and the moon shall
not make her light to shine (Isa. 13:10).
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall
withdraw their shining. The sun shall be turned into darkness and
the moon into blood (Joel 2:2, 10, 31; 3:15).
The sun became black as sackcloth and hair, and the moon
became as blood, and the stars fell unto the earth (Rev. 6:12, 13).
Immediately after the affliction of those days the sun shall be
darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall
fall from heaven (Matt. 24:29).
And elsewhere. In these passages the “sun” signifies love, and
the “moon” faith, and the “stars” knowledges of good and
truth. 91
These are said to be darkened, to lose their light, and
to fall from heaven, when they are no more. That the Lord is
seen as a sun in heaven is evident also from his appearance
when transfigured before Peter, James, and John:
That his face did shine as the sun (Matt. 17:2).
These disciples thus saw the Lord when they were withdrawn
from the body, and were in the light of heaven. It was because
of this correspondence that the ancient people, with whom was
a representative church, turned the face to the sun in the east
when they were in Divine worship; and for the same reason
they gave to their temples an eastern aspect.
120. How great the Divine love is and what it is can be seen
by comparison with the sun of the world, that it is most
ardent, if you will believe it, much more ardent than that sun.
For this reason the Lord as a sun does not flow without
mediums into the heavens, but the ardor of his love is gradually
91. “Stars” and “constellations” in the Word signify knowledges of good
and truth (n. 2495, 2849, 4697).