Apocalypse Explained, volume 1 - Swedenborg Foundation

APOCALYPSE EXPLAINED 279contrary sense, falsity, Arcana Coelestia, n. 3812, 5560, 5565, 6592,8005.)[6] As “the reins” signified truths purified from falsities, so:In the sacrifices, the fats and reins alone were offered up (as may beseen in Exod. 29:13; Lev. 3:4, 10, 15; 4:9; and elsewhere).Fats and reins alone were offered upon the altar because “fats”signified the goods of love, and “reins” the truths of faith. (That“fats” or “fatnesses” signify the goods of love, see Arcana Coelestia,n. 353, 5943, 6409, 10033. That the “reins” signify the truths offaith, examining, purifying, and rejecting from themselves falsities,is from correspondence; for each and every thing of the bodycorresponds, as can be seen in Heaven and Hell, where this is shownin its chapter entitled, There is a correspondence of all things ofheaven with all things of man, n. 87–102; and on the reins, n.96–97.) Unless it be known that there is such a correspondence,who could ever know why it is so often said of Jehovah or the Lordin the Word, that “he searcheth and proveth the reins and theheart?” (On the correspondence of the reins, of the ureters, and ofthe bladder, see further in Arcana Coelestia, n. 5380–5386.) To“search the reins and the heart” signifies also to explore theexteriors and the interiors of man, because truth is without andgood is within; and spiritual good, which in its essence is truth, andin particular is signified by the “reins,” is exterior good; whilecelestial good which in particular is signified by the “heart,” isinterior good. (This can be seen more fully from what is shownrespecting the spiritual kingdom and the celestial kingdom, inHeaven and Hell, n. 20–26.)168. And I will give to each one of you according to your works,signifies eternal blessedness according to one’s internal in theexternal. This is evident from the signification of “works,” as beingthe things that are of love and of faith therefrom (of which seeabove, n. 98, 116); and as being the same in deeds or works (see n.157); also from the signification of “giving to each one according tohis works,” as being eternal blessedness; for everything blessed and