{"id":12504,"date":"2016-11-06T12:27:50","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T17:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordstudy.newchurch.org\/?page_id=12504"},"modified":"2016-11-06T12:27:50","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T17:27:50","slug":"peace-peaceful-peacemaker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/societies.newchurch.org\/wordstudy\/bible-keywords\/peace-peaceful-peacemaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace, Peaceful, Peacemaker"},"content":{"rendered":"

In ordinary life, we tend to think of \u201cpeace\u201d as essentially \u201ca lack of conflict.\u201d As a nation, if we\u2019re not at war, it\u2019s a time of peace. On a spiritual<\/a> level, though, peace as described in Swedenborg<\/a> is something much more powerful and much more active. Rather than looking at it as the \u201clack of conflict,\u201d in fact, you could look at it as \u201cthe active effect of non-conflict,\u201d a force drawing things together and unifying them.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, of course, that force is the Lord<\/a>, and the unity formed by the Lord’s infinite love<\/a> and infinite\u00a0wisdom<\/a>. We feel it when we allow ourselves to be drawn to the Lord, described in Swedenborg this way: \u201cpeace\u00a0in the heavens is the divine nature intimately affecting everything good there with blessedness.\u201d We also feel it when what we want<\/a> in our hearts is aligned with what we know to be right<\/a> \u2013 a state we achieve ever more fully as we move toward the Lord and toward heaven<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to Swedenborg, that what it means when the Bible<\/a> talks about peace: it is the one-ness of purpose in the Lord, and the harmony we experience when our desires align with with that purpose.<\/p>\n

\n

Passages from Swedenborg<\/b><\/p>\n

Heaven and Hell (Dole) n. 286<\/b><\/p>\n

286. First, we need to say where\u00a0peace\u00a0comes from. Divine\u00a0peaceis within the Lord, arising from the oneness of his divine nature and the divine human nature within him. The divine quality ofpeace\u00a0in heaven comes from the Lord, arising from his union with heaven’s angels, and specifically from the union of the good and the true within each angel. These are the sources of\u00a0peace. We may therefore conclude that\u00a0peace\u00a0in the heavens is the divine nature intimately affecting everything good there with blessedness. So it is the source of all the joy of heaven. In its essence, it is the divine joy of the Lord’s divine love, arising from his union with heaven and with every individual there. This joy, perceived by the Lord in the angels and by the angels from the Lord, is\u00a0peace. It flows down from there to provide angels with everything that is blessed and delightful and happy-what is called “heavenly joy.”(a)
\na. In the highest sense,\u00a0peace\u00a0means the Lord, because he is the source of\u00a0peace; and in the inner sense it means heaven, because people there are in a state of\u00a0peace: 3780, 4681.\u00a0Peace\u00a0in the heavens is the divine nature profoundly touching everything good and true there with a blessedness that is beyond our comprehension: 92, 3780, 5662, 8455, 8665. Divine\u00a0peace\u00a0occurs in what is good, but not in what is true apart from what is good: 8722.<\/p>\n

Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 3780<\/b><\/p>\n

3780. ‘And he said to them, Does he have\u00a0peace?’ means, Does it – that good – come from the Lord’s kingdom? This is clear from the meaning of ‘peace’ dealt with below. In the historical sense it is an inquiry into whether Laban ‘has\u00a0peace’, but in the internal sense it is an inquiry concerning the good which Laban represents. For ‘Laban’ is a parallel good springing from a common stock, that is, the kind of good that exists among gentiles who belong to the universal Church, that is, to the Lord’s kingdom, see immediately above in 3778. From this it is evident what those words mean – Does it come from the Lord’s kingdom?<\/p>\n

[2] As regards ‘peace’, this means in the highest sense the Lord Himself, and from this in the internal sense His kingdom.\u00a0Peace\u00a0is also the Lord’s Divine affecting inmostly the good which governs people there. The fact that these things are meant in the Word by ‘peace’ becomes clear from many places, as in Isaiah,<\/p>\n

To us a Boy is born, to us a Son is given, whose government will be upon His shoulder; and His name will be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God, Hero, Father of Eternity, Prince of\u00a0Peace. Of the increase of His government and of\u00a0peace\u00a0there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom. Isa. 9:6, 7.<\/p>\n

Here ‘Prince of\u00a0Peace’ clearly stands for the Lord, ‘the increase of government and of\u00a0peace’ for the things that exist in His kingdom, and so it stands for the kingdom itself. In the same prophet,<\/p>\n

The work of righteousness will be\u00a0peace, and the labour of righteousness quietness and security for ever. And My people will abide in a habitation of\u00a0peace. Isa. 32:17, 18.<\/p>\n

This refers to the Lord’s kingdom, where ‘peace’, ‘quietness’, and ‘security’ follow consecutively. ‘A habitation of\u00a0peace’ stands for heaven.<\/p>\n

[3] In the same prophet,<\/p>\n

The angels of\u00a0peace\u00a0weep bitterly. The highways have been laid waste, the wayfarer has ceased. Isa. 33:7, 8.<\/p>\n

‘The angels of\u00a0peace’ stands for members of the Lord’s kingdom, and so ‘peace’ stands for the kingdom itself, and in the highest sense for the Lord. ‘The highways have been laid waste and the wayfarer has ceased’ stands for the fact that truth existed nowhere any longer – ‘highways’ and ‘ways’ meaning truths, see 627, 2333. In the same prophet,<\/p>\n

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of Him who is bringing good tidings, causing\u00a0peace\u00a0to be heard, bringing good tidings of good, causing salvation to be heard, saying to Zion, Your God reigns. Isa. 52:7.<\/p>\n

‘Bringing good tidings and causing\u00a0peace\u00a0to be heard’ stands for the Lord’s kingdom. In the same prophet,<\/p>\n

The mountains will depart and the hills be removed, but My mercy will not depart from you, and the covenant of My\u00a0peace\u00a0will not be removed. Isa. 54:10.<\/p>\n

In the same prophet,<\/p>\n

The way of\u00a0peace\u00a0they have not known, and there is no judgement in their tracks. Isa. 59:8.<\/p>\n

[4] In Jeremiah,<\/p>\n

I will assemble My\u00a0peace\u00a0from this people, said Jehovah, pity and mercy. Jer. 16:5.<\/p>\n

In the same prophet, The folds of\u00a0peace\u00a0have been laid waste, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah. Jer. 25:37.<\/p>\n

In the same prophet,<\/p>\n

The prophet who prophesies of\u00a0peace, when the word of the prophet comes to pass, the prophet will be known, that Jehovah has in truth sent him. Jer. 28:9.<\/p>\n

In the same prophet,<\/p>\n

I know the thoughts that I am thinking towards you, said Jehovah, thoughts of\u00a0peace. Jer. 29:11.<\/p>\n

In Haggai,<\/p>\n

The glory of this latter house will be greater than that of the former, for in this place I will give\u00a0peace. Hagg. 2:9.<\/p>\n

In Zechariah,<\/p>\n

They will be the seed of\u00a0peace; the vine will give its fruit, and the land will give its increase, and the heavens will give their dew. Zech. 8:12.<\/p>\n

In David,<\/p>\n

Care for the blameless one, and behold the upright, for the latter end of that man is\u00a0peace. Ps. 37:37.<\/p>\n

In Luke,<\/p>\n

Jesus said to the disciples, Whatever house you enter, first say,Peace\u00a0be to this house! And if a son of\u00a0peace\u00a0is there, your\u00a0peaceshall rest on it; but if not, it shall return to you. Luke 10:5, 6.<\/p>\n

In John,<\/p>\n

Peace\u00a0I leave with you; My\u00a0peace\u00a0I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. John 14:27.<\/p>\n

In the same gospel,<\/p>\n

Jesus said, These things I have said to you, that in Me you may have\u00a0peace. John 16:33.<\/p>\n

[5] In all these places ‘peace’ in the highest sense means the Lord, in the representative sense His kingdom and good from the Lord in that kingdom, and so means the Divine which flows into good or into affections for good, which also, from what is inmost, brings feelings of joy and happiness. This shows what is meant by the words of the blessing,<\/p>\n

Jehovah will lift up His face upon you and give you\u00a0peace. Num. 6:26.<\/p>\n

It also shows what is meant by the customary greeting received from ancient times,\u00a0Peace\u00a0to you, the same words as were used by the Lord to greet the apostles, John 20:19, 21, 26. See also about ‘peace’ in 92, 93, 1726, 2780, 3170, 3696.<\/p>\n

Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 5662<\/b><\/p>\n

5662. ‘And he said,\u00a0Peace\u00a0to you, do not be afraid’ means that all is well, they should not despair. This is clear from the meaning of ‘peace’ as what is well, dealt with below; and from the meaning of ‘do not be afraid’ as they should not despair. The subject in the internal sense is a change of state. No longer were they by their own power acquiring truths; now they were acquiring good by means of truths, which however were truths given them by the Lord. But because they imagined that they would then be losing their selfhood, and so would be losing their freedom and consequently their entire delight in life, they were plunged into despair, as is evident from what has gone before. So it is that here ‘do not be afraid’ means that they should not despair; for fear arises from various different causes, 5647, and therefore has various different meanings.<\/p>\n

[2] The reason ‘peace’ means all is well is that\u00a0peace\u00a0is what is central and consequently what reigns universally within every single thing in heaven. For the\u00a0peace\u00a0that reigns in heaven is like spring on earth, or like the dawn. What moves a person’s feelings when spring or dawn arrives is not the discernible changes that take place then but the loveliness reigning universally, which pervades every individual thing he perceives and fills not only that perception but also each individual object with loveliness. Scarcely anyone at the present day knows what\u00a0peace\u00a0is when it is mentioned in the Word, as, besides other places, in the Blessing,<\/p>\n

Jehovah lift up His face upon you and give you\u00a0peace. Num. 6:26.<\/p>\n

Almost everyone believes that\u00a0peace\u00a0consists in being kept safe from enemies and in serenity reigning at home and among companions. That kind of\u00a0peace\u00a0is not however what is meant here but another kind that is immensely superior, namely heavenlypeace, described immediately above. No one can be granted thispeace\u00a0unless he is led by the Lord and abides in the Lord, that is, unless he is in heaven where the Lord is the All in all. For heavenly\u00a0peace\u00a0enters in when the desires that spring from self-love and love of the world are removed; for those desires takepeace\u00a0away, molesting a person inwardly and causing him at length to consider rest to consist in unrest and\u00a0peace\u00a0in molestations, because he considers delight to consist in evil desires. All the time a person is subject to these desires he cannot by any means know what\u00a0peace\u00a0is; indeed during all that time he believes that such\u00a0peace\u00a0is of no worth. And should anyone say that one experiences this\u00a0peace\u00a0when the delights that spring from self-love and love of the world are removed he laughs at the idea, for the reason that he considers\u00a0peace\u00a0to consist in the delight taken in evil, which is the opposite of\u00a0peace.<\/p>\n

[3] Such being the nature of\u00a0peace, that is to say, it is what is central to every form of happiness and bliss and is therefore what reigns universally within every individual thing, the ancients therefore used the common saying ‘Peace\u00a0to you’, meaning May all be well; or else they would ask people ‘Did they have\u00a0peace?’ meaning Was all well with them? See what has been stated and shown already regarding\u00a0peace,<\/p>\n

Peace\u00a0in heaven is like spring and the dawn on earth, 1726, 2780.<\/p>\n

In the highest sense ‘peace’ is the Lord; in the representative sense it is His kingdom, also the Lord’s Divine affecting inmostly what is good, 3780, 4681.<\/p>\n

All unrest is due to evil and falsity, whereas\u00a0peace\u00a0is due to goodness and truth, 3170.<\/p>\n

Apocalypse Revealed (Rogers) n. 306<\/b><\/p>\n

306. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take\u00a0peace\u00a0from the earth. This symbolizes the abolition of charity, of spiritual security, and of inner rest.
\nPeace\u00a0symbolizes everything whatever that comes from the Lord, and so everything pertaining to heaven and the church, and the blessings of life in them. In the highest or inmost sense, these are blessings of\u00a0peace.
\nIt follows from this that\u00a0peace\u00a0means charity, spiritual security, and inner rest, for when a person abides in the Lord, he is at\u00a0peacewith his neighbor, which is a state of charity, and he has protection from hell, which is spiritual security. And when he is at\u00a0peace\u00a0with his neighbor and has protection from hell, he enjoys an inner rest from evils and falsities.
\nAccordingly, since all these blessings come from the Lord, it can be seen what is symbolically meant by\u00a0peace\u00a0in general and in particular in the following passages:<\/p>\n

…unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; the government will be upon His shoulder. His name will be called…God, Hero, Everlasting Father, Prince of\u00a0Peace. Of the increase of His government and\u00a0peace\u00a0there will be no end…. (Isaiah 9:6, 7)<\/p>\n

(Jesus said,) “Peace\u00a0I leave with you, My\u00a0peace\u00a0I give to you.” (John 14:27)<\/p>\n

(Jesus said,) “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have\u00a0peace.” (John 16:33)<\/p>\n

In His days the righteous shall flourish, and much\u00a0peace…. (Psalm 72:3, 7)<\/p>\n

Then I will make a covenant of\u00a0peace…. (Ezekiel 34:25, 27, 37:25, 26, Malachi 2:4, 5)<\/p>\n

How delightful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims\u00a0peace…, who says to Zion, “Your King reigns!” (Isaiah 52:7)<\/p>\n

Jehovah bless you and…lift up His countenance upon you, and give you\u00a0peace. (Numbers 6:24-26)<\/p>\n

Jehovah will bless His people with\u00a0peace. (Psalm 29:11)<\/p>\n

(Jehovah) will redeem my soul in\u00a0peace…. (Psalm 55:18)<\/p>\n

The work of (Jehovah) is\u00a0peace, [and] the labor of righteousness, rest and security forever, that (they) may dwell in a tabernacle ofpeace, in secure tents, and in tranquil places of rest. (Isaiah 32:17, 18)<\/p>\n

(Jesus said to the seventy that He sent out,) “Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace\u00a0to this house.’ And if a son of\u00a0peace\u00a0is there, your\u00a0peace\u00a0will rest on it.” (Luke 10:5, 6, cf. Matthew 10:12-14)<\/p>\n

The wretched shall possess the earth, and shall delight themselves in an abundance of\u00a0peace…. …observe the upright man, for the final state for that man is\u00a0peace. (Psalm 37:11, 37)<\/p>\n

(Zacharias, prophesying, said,) “…the Dayspring from on high has appeared…, to guide our feet into the way of\u00a0peace.” (Luke 1:78, 79)<\/p>\n

Depart from evil and do good; seek\u00a0peace\u00a0and pursue it. (Psalm 34:14)<\/p>\n

Much\u00a0peace\u00a0have those who love Your law…. (Psalm 119:165)<\/p>\n

“Oh, that you had heeded My commandments! Then your\u00a0peacewould have been like a river….” “There is no\u00a0peace,” says Jehovah, “for the impious.” (Isaiah 48:18, 22)<\/p>\n

(Jehovah) will speak\u00a0peace\u00a0to His people…. Righteousness andpeace\u00a0will kiss. (Psalm 85:8, 10)<\/p>\n

There is no\u00a0peace\u00a0in my bones because of my sin. (Psalm 38:3)<\/p>\n

He has filled me with bitterness…. …moved (is) my soul far frompeace; I have forgotten goodness. (Lamentations 3:15, 17)<\/p>\n

And so on in many other places, from which it can be seen that the aforesaid blessings are meant by\u00a0peace. Fix your mind on spiritualpeace, and you will clearly see.
\nSo likewise in the following places: Isaiah 26:12, 53:5, 54:10, 13; Jeremiah 33:6, 9; Haggai 2:9; Zechariah 8:16, 19; Psalm 4:6-8, 120:6, 7, 122:6-9, 128:5, 6, 147:14.
\nTo be shown that\u00a0peace\u00a0is what inmostly affects every good with bliss, see the book Heaven and Hell, nos. 284290.<\/p>\n

AE 365 [4]<\/p>\n

The reason why it is here said that it was given to him that sat upon the red horse to take\u00a0peace\u00a0from the earth, is, because\u00a0peace\u00a0signifies thepeacefulness\u00a0of the higher mind (mens) and the tranquillity of the lower mind (animi) from the conjunction of good and truth. Hence to take away\u00a0peace\u00a0signifies an unpeacefulness and intranquillity from the separation of these, whence arise internal dissensions; for when good is separated from truth, then evil succeeds in its place, and it loves not the truth but falsity, because all falsity is of evil, as all truth is of good; therefore, when such a person sees a truth in the Word, or hears it from another, the evil of his love, and thence of his will, strives against it, and then he either rejects it, or perverts it, or by ideas from evil so obscures it, that at length he sees nothing of truth in the truth, however true it may sound when he utters it; hence is the origin of all dissensions, controversies, and heresies in the church. From these considerations it is evident what is here signified by taking\u00a0peace\u00a0from the earth.<\/p>\n

[5] But what\u00a0peace\u00a0is in its primary origin is amply shown in the work concerning Heaven and Hell, where the state of\u00a0peace\u00a0in heaven is treated of (n. 284-290), namely, that in its primary origin it is from the Lord; that it is in Him from the union of the Divine itself and the Divine Human, and from Him by virtue of His conjunction with heaven and the church, and in particular from the conjunction of good and truth with every one; hence it is, that bypeace, in the highest sense, is signified the Lord, in a relative sense, heaven and the church in general, and also heaven and the church in particular with every one.<\/p>\n

[6] That these things are signified by\u00a0peace\u00a0in the Word, is evident from many passages therein, of which I will adduce the following in confirmation. In John:<\/p>\n

Jesus said, “Peace\u00a0I leave with you, my\u00a0peace\u00a0I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (xiv. 27).<\/p>\n

The Lord’s union with the Father is here treated of; that is, the union of His Divine Human with the Divine itself which was in Him from conception, and thence concerning the Lord’s conjunction with those who are in truths from good. Hence bypeace\u00a0is meant tranquillity of mind from that conjunction; and because thereby they are protected from the evils and falsities from hell – for the Lord protects those who are conjoined with Him – therefore, he says, “Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” This Divine\u00a0peace\u00a0is in man, and because heaven is associated with it, by\u00a0peace\u00a0is also here meant heaven, and, in the highest sense, the Lord; but the\u00a0peace\u00a0of the world is from successes there, thus from conjunction with the world, which, because it is only external, and the Lord is not in it, nor, consequently, heaven, perishes with a man’s life in the world, and is turned into what is not\u00a0peace. Therefore, the Lord says, “Mypeace\u00a0I give unto you, not as the world giveth, give I unto you.”<\/p>\n

[7] In the same:<\/p>\n

Jesus said, “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have\u00a0peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation; but trust confidently, I have overcome the world” (xvi. 33).<\/p>\n

Here also by\u00a0peace\u00a0is meant internal delight from conjunction with the Lord, whence [come] heaven and internal joy.\u00a0Peace\u00a0is here opposed to tribulation, because by tribulation is signified infestation by evils and falsities, which those experience who are in Divine\u00a0peace, so long as they live in the world; for the flesh with which they are then clothed lusts after the things of the world, whence comes tribulation; therefore, the Lord says, “That in me ye might have\u00a0peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation,” and because the Lord as to His Human acquired to Himself power over the hells, thus over the evils and the falsities, which thence rise up into the flesh with every one, and infest, therefore, He says, “Trust confidently, I have overcome the world.”<\/p>\n

[8] In Luke:<\/p>\n

Jesus said to the seventy whom he sent forth, “Into whatsoever house ye enter, first say,\u00a0Peace\u00a0be to this house. And if the Son ofpeace\u00a0be there, your\u00a0peace\u00a0shall rest upon it; but if not, it shall return to you again” (x. 5, 6).<\/p>\n

And in Matthew:<\/p>\n

“Entering into a house, salute it. And if the house be worthy, let your\u00a0peace\u00a0come upon it; but if it be not worthy, let your\u00a0peacereturn to you. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, departing out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet” (x. 12-14).<\/p>\n

That they should say,\u00a0Peace\u00a0be to this house, signifies that they should acquaint themselves whether those who were therein received the Lord, preached the gospel concerning the Lord, and thence concerning heaven, celestial joy, and eternal life; for all these things are signified by\u00a0peace. And those who received them are meant by the sons of\u00a0peace, upon whom the\u00a0peace\u00a0should rest; but that it should be taken away from those who would not acknowledge the Lord, and thence would not receive the things concerning Him, or which belong to\u00a0peace, is signified by theirpeace\u00a0returning to them again if the house or city was not worthy. Lest then they should suffer hurt from the evils and falsities in that house or in that city, it was commanded that, when departing, they should shake off the dust of their feet, by which is signified lest what was cursed should thence adhere; for by the dust of the feet is signified what is cursed; for the ultimate in man, which is the sensual Natural, corresponds to the soles of the feet; and because evil adheres to it, therefore with those who were in the representatives of the church, as most were at that time, they shook off the dust of the feet when the truths of doctrine were not received. For in the spiritual world, when any good person comes to evil ones, evil flows in from the latter, and disturbs somewhat, but this is the case only with the ultimates, which correspond to the soles of the feet; hence when they turn and go away it appears as if they shook the dust off their feet behind them, which is a sign that they are liberated, and that the evil adheres to those who are in evil. (That the soles of the feet correspond to the lowest natural things, and that hence in the Word they signify them, may be seen, n. 2162, 3147, 3761, 3986, 4280, 4938-4952; and that the dust which they should shake off, signifies what is cursed, n. 249, 7418, 7522.)<\/p>\n

[9] In Luke:<\/p>\n

Jesus wept over the city, saying, “If thou hadst known, and indeed in this day, the things that belong to thy\u00a0peace! but now it is hid from thine eyes” (xix. 41, 42).<\/p>\n

Those who think of these words and of those which immediately follow from the sense of the letter only, because they see no other, believe that they were spoken by the Lord concerning the destruction of Jerusalem; but all things which the Lord spoke, because from the Divine, regarded not worldly and temporal things, but heavenly and eternal. Therefore by Jerusalem over which the Lord wept, here as elsewhere, is signified the church, which was then entirely vastated, so that truth and consequently good were no longer, and thus that they would perish for ever. On this account He says, “If thou hadst known, and indeed in this day, the things which belong to thy\u00a0peace,” that is which belong to eternal life and happiness, which are from the Lord alone; for bypeace, as was said above, heaven and heavenly joy through conjunction with the Lord are meant.<\/p>\n

[10] In the same:<\/p>\n

“Zacharias prophesying said, The day-spring from on high appeareth to us that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of\u00a0peace” (i. 78, 79).<\/p>\n

These things were spoken concerning the Lord about to come into the world, and the enlightenment of those at that time who were outside the church, and ignorant of Divine truth, because they had not the Word. The Lord is meant by the day-spring from on high which appeareth; and those who are outside the church, are meant by them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death; and their enlightenment in Divine truths through the reception of the Lord, and conjunction with Him, whence are heaven and eternal happiness, is meant by the way of\u00a0peace; by guiding our feet into it, is signified instruction.<\/p>\n

[11] In the same:<\/p>\n

The disciples praised God, saying, “Blessed be the king that cometh in the name of the Lord;\u00a0peace\u00a0in heaven, and glory in the highest” (xix. 37, 38).<\/p>\n

These things were said by the disciples when the Lord went to Jerusalem, that there, by the passion of the cross, which was His last temptation, He might fully unite His Human with His Divine, and also entirely subjugate the hells; and because all Divine good and truth would then proceed from Him, they say, “Blessed be the king that cometh in the name of the Lord,” by which was signified acknowledgment, glorification, and thanksgiving, that those things were from Him (see above, n. 340). By\u00a0peace\u00a0in heaven and by glory in the highest, is signified that those things signified bypeace\u00a0are from the union of the Divine itself and the Divine Human, and thence angels and men from their conjunction with the Lord possess them; for when the hells were subjugated by the Lord, then\u00a0peace\u00a0was brought about in heaven, and then those who were there had Divine truth from the Lord, which is glory in the highest. That glory signifies Divine truth proceeding from the Lord, may be seen above (n. 33, 288, 345). Since\u00a0peace, in the internal sense of the Word, signifies the Lord, and thence heaven and life eternal, specifically the delight of heaven arising from conjunction with the Lord, therefore, the Lord, after the resurrection, when He appeared to the disciples, said to them,<\/p>\n

“Peace\u00a0be unto you” (Luke xxiv. 36; John xx. 19, 21, 26).<\/p>\n

[12] Moreover, in Moses:<\/p>\n

“Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee; Jehovah make his faces shine upon thee, and be merciful unto thee; and Jehovah lift up his faces upon thee, and give thee\u00a0peace” (Num. vi. 24-26).<\/p>\n

The Divine truth from which are all intelligence and wisdom, and with which the Lord flows in, is meant by, “Jehovah make his faces shine upon thee,” and the protection thereby from falsities is meant by, “be merciful unto thee”; and the Divine good, from which are all love and charity, and with which the Lord flows in, is meant by, “Jehovah lift up his faces upon thee “; and the protection thereby from evils, and thence heaven and eternal happiness, are meant by, “give thee\u00a0peace”; for when evils and falsities are removed, and no longer infest, then the Lord flows in with\u00a0peace, in which and from which is heaven, also the delight which fills with blessedness the interiors of the mind, consequently, heavenly joy. This benediction may also be seen explained above (n. 340). The same is signified by\u00a0peace\u00a0in David:<\/p>\n

“Jehovah will bless his people with\u00a0peace” (Ps. xxix. 11).<\/p>\n

[13] And in the same:<\/p>\n

“Who will show us good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy faces upon us. Thou givest joy in my heart, before the time [when] their corn and new wine are multiplied. In\u00a0peace\u00a0I lie down and sleep together; for thou, Jehovah, alone makest me to dwell securely” (Ps. iv. 6-8).<\/p>\n

Here is described the\u00a0peace\u00a0which those possess who are in conjunction with the Lord by the reception of Divine good and Divine truth from Him, and that it is\u00a0peace\u00a0in which and from which is heavenly joy; Divine good is meant by, “who will show us good?” and Divine truth by, “lift thou up the light of thy faces upon us”; the light of the Lord’s faces is the Divine Light proceeding from Him as the sun in the angelic heaven, which in its essence is Divine truth, as may be seen in the work concerning Heaven and Hell (n. 126-140). The heavenly joy thence is meant by, “Thou givest joy in the heart”; the multiplication of good and truth is meant by, “their corn and new wine are multiplied,” corn signifying good, and new wine truth. Because\u00a0peace\u00a0is in them and from them, therefore, it is said, “In\u00a0peace\u00a0I lie down and sleep together; for thou, Jehovah, alone makest me to dwell securely.” By\u00a0peace\u00a0is signified the internal delight of heaven; by security, the external delight; and by lying down and sleeping, and also by dwelling, is signified to live.<\/p>\n

[14] In Moses:<\/p>\n

“If ye walk in my statutes, and observe my precepts, and do them, I will give\u00a0peace\u00a0in the land, so that ye shall lie down securely, and none shall make you afraid; and I will cause the evil wild beast to cease out of the land, and the sword shall not go through the land” (Lev. xxvi. 3, 4, 6).<\/p>\n

Whence\u00a0peace\u00a0is, that is, heaven and heavenly joy, is here described:\u00a0peace, viewed in itself, is not heaven and heavenly joy, but these are in\u00a0peace\u00a0and from\u00a0peace; for\u00a0peace\u00a0is as the dawn, or as the spring-time in the world, which disposes human minds to receive in the heart delights and pleasures from the objects which then appear before the eyes, for it is this which delights and pleases; and since all things of heaven and also of its joy, are from the Divine\u00a0peace, hence these are also meant by\u00a0peace. Because man possesses heaven from living according to the precepts, for hence he has conjunction with the Lord, therefore it is said, “If ye walk in my statutes, and observe my precepts, and do them, I will give\u00a0peace\u00a0in the land”; that then they should not be infested by evils and falsities, is meant by their lying down securely, and none making afraid, and by Jehovah will make the evil wild beast to cease out of the land, and the sword shall not go through it. By the evil wild beast are signified evil lusts, and by the sword are meant the falsities thence; both the latter and the former destroy good and truth from which is\u00a0peace; and by the land is signified the church. (That evil wild beasts signify evil lusts, and the destruction of good by them, may be seen, n. 4729, 7102, 9335. That sword signifies falsities, and the destruction of truth by them, may be seen above, n. 131; and that land signifies the church, see also above, n. 29, 304.) He who is not raised above the sense of the letter of the Word, sees nothing more than that he who lives according to the statutes and precepts shall live in\u00a0peace, that is, that he shall have no adversaries or enemies, and that thus he shall lie down in safety; also that no evil wild beasts shall hurt him, and that he shall not perish with the sword; but this is not the Spiritual of the Word, yet the Word is in every particular spiritual, and this lies concealed in the sense of its letter which is natural; its Spiritual is what has now been explained above.<\/p>\n

[15] In David:<\/p>\n

“The afflicted shall possess the earth; and shall be delighted with the abundance of\u00a0peace. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is\u00a0peace” (Ps. xxxvii. 11, 37).<\/p>\n

By the afflicted are here meant those who are in temptations in the world; by the abundance of\u00a0peace\u00a0with which they shall be delighted, are signified the delights that follow temptations; for after temptations delights are given by the Lord, from the conjunction of good and truth then, and hence from conjunction with the Lord. That man has the delight of\u00a0peace\u00a0from the conjunction of good and truth, is meant by, “Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is\u00a0peace.” The perfectness to be marked, is said of good in the Word, and the uprightness to be beheld, is said of truth; the end denotes the termination when\u00a0peace\u00a0comes.<\/p>\n

[16] In the same:<\/p>\n

“The mountains shall bring\u00a0peace\u00a0to the people, and the hills, in justice. In his days shall the just man flourish; and abundance ofpeace\u00a0until the moon shall be no more” (Ps. lxxii. 3, 7).<\/p>\n

The Lord’s advent and His kingdom are here treated of; by the mountains which shall bring\u00a0peace\u00a0to the people, is signified love to the Lord; and by the hills which are in justice, is signified charity towards the neighbour. (That these things are signified by mountains in the Word, may be seen, n. 795, 6435, 10,438; the reason why those who are in love to the Lord, dwell in heaven upon mountains, and those who are in charity towards the neighbour, upon hills there, n. 10,438, and in the work concerning Heaven and Hell, n. 188.) Hence it is evident, that by\u00a0peace\u00a0is meant heavenly joy which is from conjunction with the Lord by love; by, “in his days shall the just man flourish,” is signified he who is in the good of love, hence it is also said, “and abundance ofpeace”; for\u00a0peace\u00a0is from no other source than the Lord, and His conjunction with those who are in the good of love, as said above. It is said, “until the moon shall be no more”; by which is signified that truth will not be separated from good, but that they will be conjoined so as to be one, that is that truth will be also good; for all truth is of good, because it is from good, and hence in its essence is good; such is the nature of truth with those who are in the good of love to the Lord from the Lord, who are here meant by the just man. (That the sun signifies the good of love, and the moon the truth thence, may be seen, n. 1521-1531, 2495, 4060, 4696, 7683.)<\/p>\n

[17] In Isaiah:<\/p>\n

“Unto us a boy is born, unto us a son is given; the government shall be upon his shoulder; his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, God, Hero, The Father of Eternity, The Prince ofPeace. Of the increase of his government and\u00a0peace\u00a0there shall be no end” (ix. 6, 7).<\/p>\n

These things are spoken of the Lord’s coming, of whom it is said, “Unto us a boy is born, unto us a son is given,” because by a boy in the Word is signified good, here the Divine good, and by son truth, here the Divine truth. Thus it is said on account of the marriage of good and truth, which is in every particular of the Word; and because the Divine good and Divine truth are from Him, therefore, He is called the Prince of\u00a0Peace, and it is said “of the increase of His government and\u00a0peace\u00a0there shall be no end”; government is mentioned from the Divine truth, and\u00a0peace\u00a0from the Divine good conjoined to the Divine truth, whence He is called the Prince ofPeace. (That prince is said of truths, and that it signifies the principal truth, may be seen in the Arcana Coelestia, n. 1482, 2089, 5044, and above, n. 29; and that\u00a0peace\u00a0is predicated of the conjunction of good and truth, may be seen above in this article.)<\/p>\n

[18] But because\u00a0peace\u00a0is mentioned in many passages of the Word, and the explanation should be applied to the thing treated of, or to the subject of which it is predicated, and, consequently, its signification appears different, therefore, I will summarily declare what\u00a0peace\u00a0signifies, that the mind may not be led in different directions concerning it: – “Peace\u00a0is a blessing of the heart and soul arising from the conjunction of the Lord with heaven and with the church, and this from the conjunction of good and truth with those who are therein, whence there is no longer combat of evil and falsity against good and truth, or no dissension or war, in the spiritual sense; hence arises\u00a0peace, in which result the fructification of good, and all the multiplication of truth, consequently, all wisdom and intelligence; and because that\u00a0peace\u00a0is from the Lord alone, and from Him with the angels in heaven, and with men in the church, therefore, by\u00a0peace, in the highest sense, is meant the Lord, and in a relative sense, heaven and the church, consequently, good conjoined to truth with those who are there.”<\/p>\n

[19] From these statements an idea may be formed of the signification of\u00a0peace, in the following passages. In David:<\/p>\n

“Depart from evil and do good; seek\u00a0peace, and pursue it” (Ps. xxxiv. 15).<\/p>\n

Peace\u00a0[is used] for all things which belong to heaven and the church, whence the happiness of life eternal; which because it is given only to those who are in good, therefore, it is said, “Depart from evil and do good; seek\u00a0peace, and pursue it.”<\/p>\n

[20] In the same:<\/p>\n

“Much\u00a0peace\u00a0have they who love thy law; and nothing shall offend them. Jehovah, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments” (Ps. cxix. 165, 166).<\/p>\n

Peace\u00a0[is used] for heavenly blessedness, happiness, and delight, which, because they are granted only to those who love to do the Lord’s commandments, therefore, it is said, “Much\u00a0peace\u00a0have they who love thy law. Jehovah, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.” Salvation [is used] for life eternal. That such have no infestation from evils and falsities, is signified by, “nothing shall offend them.”<\/p>\n

[21] In Isaiah:<\/p>\n

“Jehovah, ordain\u00a0peace\u00a0for us, for thou hast wrought all our works for us” (xxvi. 12).<\/p>\n

Because\u00a0peace\u00a0is from Jehovah alone, that is, from the Lord, and in doing good from Him, therefore, it is said, “Jehovah, ordainpeace\u00a0for us, for thou hast wrought all our works for us.”<\/p>\n

[22] In the same:<\/p>\n

“The angels of\u00a0peace\u00a0weep bitterly. The highways are wasted, the wayfaring man hath ceased” (xxxiii. 7, 8).<\/p>\n

Because\u00a0peace\u00a0is from the Lord, and in heaven from Him, therefore, the angels there are called the angels of\u00a0peace; and because there is no\u00a0peace\u00a0to those upon earth, who are in evils and the falsities thence, therefore, it is said that they weep bitterly, because the highways are wasted, the wayfaring man hath ceased; highways and a way signify the goods of life and the truths of faith; wherefore, their highways being wasted signifies that there are no longer goods of life, and the wayfaring man having ceased, signifies that there are no longer truths of faith.<\/p>\n

[23] In the same:<\/p>\n

“O that thou hadst hearkened to my precepts! and thy\u00a0peace\u00a0would have been as a river, and thy justice as the waves of the sea. There is no\u00a0peace, saith Jehovah, unto the wicked” (xlviii. 18, 22).<\/p>\n

Because there is\u00a0peace\u00a0to those who live according to the Lord’s precepts, and not to those who do not so live, therefore, it is said, “O that thou hadst hearkened to my precepts! and thy\u00a0peace\u00a0would have been as a river; there is no\u00a0peace\u00a0unto the wicked.”\u00a0Peace\u00a0as a river, signifies in abundance; justice as the waves of the sea, signifies the fructification of good by truths; justice in the Word being said of good, and the sea of truths.<\/p>\n

[24] In the same:<\/p>\n

“The mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my mercy shall not depart from with thee, the covenant of my\u00a0peaceshall not be removed. All thy sons shall be taught of Jehovah; and great shall be the\u00a0peace\u00a0of thy sons” (liv. 10, 13).<\/p>\n

The new heaven and the new church are here treated of. The former heaven and the former church which were to perish, are meant by the mountains which shall depart, and the hills which shall be removed; that those who are in the new heaven and in the new church will be in good from the Lord, and possess heavenly joy to eternity by conjunction with the Lord, is signified by, “My mercy shall not depart from thee, and the covenant of my\u00a0peaceshall not be removed”; mercy signifies good from the Lord, and the covenant of\u00a0peace\u00a0signifies heavenly joy from conjunction with the Lord, a covenant denoting conjunction. By the sons who shall be taught of Jehovah, and who shall have great\u00a0peace, are meant those who, in the new heaven and in the new church, will be in truths from good from the Lord, that they shall have eternal blessedness and happiness; sons in the Word signifying those who are in truths from good; and their being taught of Jehovah, signifying that they are in truths from good from the Lord, and great\u00a0peace\u00a0signifying eternal blessedness and happiness.<\/p>\n

[25] In Ezekiel:<\/p>\n

“David shall be their prince for ever, and I will make a covenant ofpeace\u00a0with them; it shall be a covenant of eternity with them; and I will give them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them to eternity” (xxxvii. 25, 26).<\/p>\n

The Lord, and the creation of a new heaven and a new church from Him, are here treated of. By David, who shall be their prince for ever, is meant the Lord. By making a covenant of\u00a0peace\u00a0with them, is signified heavenly joy and eternal life for those who are conjoined to the Lord; a covenant of\u00a0peace\u00a0here, as above, denoting heavenly joy, and eternal life from conjunction with the Lord. The fructification of good and the multiplication of truth thence, are signified by, “I will give them, and multiply them”; and because heaven and the church are thence, it is added, “and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them to eternity,” the sanctuary denoting heaven and the church.<\/p>\n

[26] In Malachi:<\/p>\n

“That my covenant may be with Levi. My covenant was with him of life and\u00a0peace. The law of truth was in his mouth, and perversity was not found in his lips; he walked with me in\u00a0peace\u00a0and uprightness” (ii. 4-6).<\/p>\n

By Levi are signified all who were in the good of charity towards the neighbour, and, in the highest sense, the Lord Himself is meant, since that good is from Him; here the Lord Himself is signified. The covenant of life and\u00a0peace\u00a0signifies the union of His Divine with His Divine Human, from which union come all life and\u00a0peace. That Divine truth is from Him is signified by, “The law of truth was in his mouth, and perversity was not found in his lips”; the very unition, which was accomplished in the world, is meant by, “he walked with me in\u00a0peace\u00a0and uprightness.” (That by Levi in the Word is signified spiritual love or charity, may be seen, n. 4497, 4502, 4503; and that by him, in the highest sense, the Lord is meant, n. 3875, 3877.)<\/p>\n

[27] In Ezekiel:<\/p>\n

“Then I will make with them a covenant of\u00a0peace, and will cause the evil wild beast to cease out of the land, that they may dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. Then the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its produce, when I have broken the bonds of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those who make them to serve” (xxxiv. 25, 27).<\/p>\n

Here also the Lord’s advent is treated of, and the establishment of a new church by Him. The conjunction of those who belong to the church with the Lord, is signified by the covenant of\u00a0peace\u00a0which He will then make with them; protection and security thence from evils and falsities, is signified by, I will cause the evil wild beast to cease out of the land, that they may dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. The evil wild beast signifies evils of every kind; the wilderness where they shall dwell safely, signifies that the lusts of evil shall not infest; the woods in which they shall sleep, signify the falsities thence which shall not infest. The fructification of good by truths, and the multiplication of truth from good, are signified by, “Then the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its produce”; the tree of the field signifying the knowledges (cognitions) of truth, fruit signifying good thence, the earth signifying the church as to good, thus also the good of the church, and its produce signifying the multiplication of truth thence. That these things shall come to pass with them after the Lord has removed the evils and falsities pertaining to them, is signified by, “when I have broken the bonds of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those who make them to serve”; the bonds of the yoke denoting the delights of evil from the love of self and of the world, which keep them bound; and those who make them to serve, denoting falsities, because these cause them to serve those evils.<\/p>\n

[28] In Zechariah:<\/p>\n

“A seed of\u00a0peace\u00a0shall they be; the vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its produce, and the heavens shall give their dew. Speak ye the truth a man with his companion; judge the truth and the judgment of\u00a0peace\u00a0in your gates; but love the truth and\u00a0peace” (viii. 12, 16, 17, 19).<\/p>\n

They are called a seed of\u00a0peace\u00a0with whom there is the conjunction of good and truth; and because they are meant by the seed of\u00a0peace, therefore, it is said the vine shall give its fruit, and the ground its produce. By the vine giving its fruit, is signified that truth shall produce good, and by the earth giving its produce, is signified that good shall produce truths; for a vine signifies the church as to truths, or the truths of the church, and the ground signifies the church as to good, or the good of the church, and produce signifies the production of truth. By the heavens which shall give their dew is signified the fructification of good, and the multiplication of truth. The conjunction of truth and good is further described by, “speak ye the truth a man with his companion; judge the truth and the judgment of\u00a0peace\u00a0in your gates; but love the truth and\u00a0peace.” By the truth is signified truth; by the judgment of\u00a0peace, and by\u00a0peace, is signified its conjunction with good.<\/p>\n

[29] In David:<\/p>\n

“Jehovah will speak\u00a0peace\u00a0to his people, and to his saints, that they may not turn again to folly. Mercy and truth shall meet; justice and\u00a0peace\u00a0shall kiss each other” (Ps. lxxxv. 8, 10).<\/p>\n

That Jehovah shall speak\u00a0peace\u00a0to His people and to His saints, signifies that He will teach them, and give them conjunction with Himself by the conjunction of good and truth in them; by\u00a0peace\u00a0is signified both these conjunctions; by people are signified those who are in truths from good; and by saints those who are in good by means of truths; that such have not, after that, evil from falsity, and falsity from evil, is signified by their not turning again to folly. Both those conjunctions are further described by, “mercy and truth shall meet; justice and\u00a0peace\u00a0shall kiss each other”; mercy there signifying the removal of falsities, in consequence of which truths are received by them; and justice the removal of evils, in consequence of which goods are received by them. Hence it is evident what justice and\u00a0peace\u00a0shall kiss each other signifies.<\/p>\n

[30] In Isaiah:<\/p>\n

“How delightful upon the mountains are the feet of him that publisheth good tidings, that causeth to hear\u00a0peace; that publisheth good tidings of good, that causeth to hear salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy King reigneth” (lii. 7).<\/p>\n

These things are said concerning the Lord, and by the\u00a0peace\u00a0here is signified the Lord Himself, and thence heaven to those who are conjoined with Him. To publish good tidings, signifies to preach those things; and as that conjunction is effected by love, mention is made of publishing good tidings upon the mountains, and of saying unto Zion; mountains signifying here, as above, the good of love to the Lord; and Zion signifying the church which is in that good; and the Lord is meant by thy King who reigneth. Because the conjunction of truth and good from conjunction with the Lord is signified by\u00a0peace, therefore, it is said that “He causeth to hearpeace, publisheth good tidings of good, and causeth to hear salvation.” To publish good tidings of good signifies conjunction with Him by good, and to cause to hear salvation signifies conjunction with Him by truths and by a life according to them, for hereby there is salvation.<\/p>\n

[31] In the same:<\/p>\n

“But he was pierced for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our\u00a0peace\u00a0was upon him, and by his wound is healing given to us” (liii. 5).<\/p>\n

These things are said of the Lord, of whom this chapter manifestly treats, and by these words are described the temptations which He underwent in the world that He might subjugate the hells, and reduce all things there and in the heavens into order. Those grievous temptations are meant by His being pierced for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities, and the chastisement of our\u00a0peace\u00a0being upon Him; salvation thereby is signified by, “His wound is healing given to us.” By\u00a0peace, therefore, is here signified, heaven and life eternal for those who are conjoined with Him; for the human race could by no means have been saved, unless the Lord had brought back all things in the heavens and in the hells into order, and at the same time glorified His Human, which were accomplished by the temptations admitted into His Human.<\/p>\n

[32] In Jeremiah:<\/p>\n

“Behold I will cause to ascend unto him health and cure, and I will heal them, and will reveal unto them abundance of\u00a0peace\u00a0and truth. All the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I am about to do unto them; that they may fear and tremble over all the goodness and over all the\u00a0peace\u00a0that I am about to do unto them” (xxxiii. 6, 9).<\/p>\n

These things also are said concerning the Lord, that He would deliver from evils and falsities those who are in conjunction with Him. Freeing from evils and falsities is signified by, “I will cause to ascend unto him health and cure, and I will heal them”; for to be healed spiritually is to be delivered from evils and falsities, and because this is effected by the Lord by means of truths, it is said, “and I will reveal unto them abundance of\u00a0peace\u00a0and truth.” By the nations of the earth are signified those who are in evils and falsities, concerning whom it is said, “that they shall fear and tremble over all the goodness and over all the\u00a0peace\u00a0that I am about to do unto them.”<\/p>\n

[33] In David:<\/p>\n

“He will redeem my soul in\u00a0peace, lest they come near to me” (lv. 18).<\/p>\n

By redeeming my soul in\u00a0peace\u00a0is signified salvation by conjunction with the Lord, and by, “lest they come near to me,” is signified the consequent removal of evils and falsities.<\/p>\n

[34] In Haggai:<\/p>\n

“The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, for in this place will I give\u00a0peace” (ii. 9).<\/p>\n

By the house of God is signified the church; by the former house, the church which was before the Lord’s coming; and by the latter house, the church which was after His coming; by glory is signified the Divine truth which was in the former and the latter; and by the\u00a0peace\u00a0which He shall give in this place, or in the church, are meant all those things that are signified by\u00a0peace, of which we have treated above, and which see.<\/p>\n

[35] In David:<\/p>\n

“Seek the\u00a0peace\u00a0of Jerusalem: let them rest that love thee;\u00a0peace\u00a0be in thy bulwark, rest in thy palaces; for the sake of my brethren and companions I will say,\u00a0peace\u00a0be in thee, for the sake of the house of Jehovah our God, I will seek good for thee” (Ps. cxxii. 6-9).<\/p>\n

By Jerusalem is not meant Jerusalem, but the church as to doctrine and worship; by\u00a0peace\u00a0is meant everything of doctrine and worship, for when these are from a heavenly origin, that is, out of heaven from the Lord, then they are from\u00a0peace\u00a0and in\u00a0peace, whence it is manifest what is meant by, “seek the\u00a0peace\u00a0of Jerusalem,” and because those who are in that\u00a0peace\u00a0are called the people of rest, it is also said, “let them rest that love thee,” namely, that love the doctrine and worship of the church. By, “peace\u00a0be in thy bulwark, and rest in thy palaces,” is signified, in the exterior and interior man; for the exterior man, with the things therein, which are natural scientifics and delights, is like a bulwark or fortification to the interior man, because it is without, or before it, and protects it; and the interior man, with the things therein, which are truths and spiritual goods, is like a palace or house, because it is within the exterior; hence the exterior things of man are signified by a bulwark, and his interior things by palaces. It is the same also elsewhere in the Word. “For the sake of my brethren and companions, signifies, for the sake of those who are in goods and the truths thence, and, abstractedly from persons, it signifies goods and truths. (That these are meant by brethren and companions in the Word, may be seen, n. 10,490, and above, n. 47. By the house of Jehovah our God is signified the church in which those things are.)<\/p>\n

[36] In the same:<\/p>\n

“Praise, Jehovah, O Jerusalem, celebrate thy name, O Zion! Who maketh thy border\u00a0peace, and filleth thee with the fat of wheat” (Ps. cxlvii. 12, 14).<\/p>\n

By Jerusalem and by Zion is meant the church, – by Jerusalem the church as to truths of doctrine, and by Zion the church as to goods of love; by the name of Jehovah which Zion shall celebrate, is signified the all of worship from the good of love; who maketh thy border\u00a0peace, signifies all things of heaven and the church, for border signifies all things thereof, since in the border or ultimate are all things in the aggregate (see n. 634, 5897, 6239, 6451, 6465, 8603, 9215, 9216, 9824, 9828, 9836, 9905, 10,044, 10,099, 10,329, 10,335, 10,548). “He filleth thee with the fat of wheat,” signifies with every good of love and with wisdom, for fat signifies the good of love (see n. 5943, 6409, 10,033); and wheat signifies all things that are from the good of love, specifically the truths of heaven, and wisdom thence (n. 3941, 7605).<\/p>\n

[37] In the same:<\/p>\n

“Jehovah bless thee out of Zion; that thou mayest see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life; that thou mayest see the sons of thy sons,\u00a0peace\u00a0upon Israel” (cxxviii. 5, 6).<\/p>\n

By Zion and by Jerusalem is signified here, as above, the church as to the goods of love and as to the truths of doctrine; its being said, “Jehovah bless thee out of Zion,” denotes [blessing] as from the good of love, for Zion signifies the church as to the good of love; and because from that good exist and proceed every good and truth of doctrine, it is therefore said, “that thou mayest see the good of Jerusalem, and the sons of thy sons”; the sons of sons signifying truths of doctrine, and their multiplication to eternity. Because all these things are from the Lord, and by the\u00a0peace\u00a0which is from Him, therefore it concludes with, “that thou mayest see\u00a0peace\u00a0upon Israel,” Israel denoting those with whom the church is.<\/p>\n

[38] In the same:<\/p>\n

“In Salem is God’s tabernacle, and his dwelling-place in Zion. There brake he the flashes of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle” (Ps. lxxvi. 2, 3).<\/p>\n

Jerusalem is here called Salem, because by Salem is signifiedpeace, from which also Jerusalem is named. The reason that it is so named is, because\u00a0peace\u00a0signifies all those things that have been briefly mentioned above, which may be referred to. By the tabernacle of God which is therein, is signified the church from those things; by His dwelling-place in Zion, is signified the good of love, because the Lord dwells in it, and thence gives truths, and makes them bear fruit and multiply; and because\u00a0peace\u00a0also signifies that there are no longer combats of evil and falsity against good and truth, or no dissension or war in a spiritual sense, therefore, it is said, “there brake he the flashes of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle,” by which is signified the dispersion of all combat of falsities of doctrine against good and truth, and, in general, the dispersion of all dissension. From\u00a0peacealso Jerusalem was called Schelomim (Jer. xiii. 19), and on that account Melchizedek, who was the priest of God Most High, was king of Salem (Gen. xiv. 18); and thereby the Lord was represented; as is evident in David, where it is written,<\/p>\n

“Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek” (Ps. cx. 4).<\/p>\n

[39] In Isaiah:<\/p>\n

“Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and exult in her, all ye that love her; that ye may suck, and be satisfied from the breast of her consolations; and that ye may press out, and be delighted with, the splendour of her glory. Behold, I spread\u00a0peace\u00a0abroad over her like a river, and like an overflowing stream, the glory of the nations, that ye may suck; ye shall be taken up to her side, and upon her knees ye shall be delighted” (lxvi. 10-12).<\/p>\n

By Jerusalem here as above is meant the church as to doctrine, or, what is the same, the doctrine of the church; concerning the latter it is said, “Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and exult in her, all ye that love her,” and concerning doctrine it is also said, “that ye may suck, and be satisfied from the breast of her consolations; and that ye may press out, and be delighted with, the splendour of her glory”; by the breast of consolations is signified the Divine good, and by the splendour of glory, the Divine truth from which doctrine is. That all those things shall be in abundance from conjunction with the Lord, is signified by, “behold, I spread\u00a0peaceabroad over her like a river, and like an overflowing stream, the glory of the nations, that ye may suck”;\u00a0peace\u00a0signifying conjunction with the Lord; the glory of the nations, the conjunction of good and truth thence; to suck, influx from the Lord; and like a river and an overflowing stream, abundance. That hence are spiritual love, and celestial love, by which conjunction with the Lord is effected, is signified by, “ye shall be taken up to her side, and be delighted upon her knees”; the side signifying spiritual love, and the knees celestial love, and to be taken up and be delighted signifying eternal happiness from conjunction. (That the breast signifies spiritual love, and also the side or bosom, may be seen above, n. 65; that the knees signify conjugal love, and hence celestial love, may be seen in the Arcana Coelestia, n. 3021, 4280, 5050-5062. That glory signifies Divine truth, and intelligence and wisdom thence, may be seen above, n. 33, 288, 345; and that the nations signify those who are in the good of love, and, abstractedly from persons, the goods of love, may also be seen above, n. 175, 331; hence the glory of the nations, signifies genuine truth which is from the good of love, thus their conjunction.)<\/p>\n

[40] In the same:<\/p>\n

“The work of Jehovah is\u00a0peace; and the labour of justice quietness and security even for ever; that my people may dwell in a habitation of\u00a0peace, and in tents of securities, and in quiet resting-places” (xxxii. 17, 18).<\/p>\n

Peace\u00a0is called the work of Jehovah, because it is solely from the Lord, and everything that exists by virtue of\u00a0peace\u00a0from the Lord, with those who are in conjunction with the Lord, is called the work of Jehovah; hence it is said, the work of Jehovah is\u00a0peace. The labour of justice signifies good conjoined with truth, in whichpeace\u00a0consists; for labour in the Word is predicated of truth, justice of good, and quietness of the\u00a0peace\u00a0therein. Security for ever signifies that thus there will be no infestation and fear from evils and falsities. Hence it is evident what is signified by, “that my people may dwell in a habitation of\u00a0peace, and in tents of securities, and in quiet resting-places,” namely, that they are in heaven where the Lord is, and thence in the good of love and of worship without infestation from the hells, and thus in the delights of good and the pleasantnesses of truth. The habitation of\u00a0peacedenotes heaven where the Lord is; tents of securities denote the goods of love and of worship thence without infestation by evils and falsities from hell; and quiet resting-places denote the delight of good, and the pleasantnesses of truth. (That tents signify the goods of love and worship, may be seen, n. 414, 1102, 2145, 2152, 3321, 3391, 4391, 10,545.)<\/p>\n

[41] In the same:<\/p>\n

“For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for stones iron; I will also make thy presidency\u00a0peace, and thine exactors justice. Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting and destruction within thy borders” (lx. 17, 18).<\/p>\n

The subjects treated of in this chapter are the Lord’s coming, and the new heaven and new church then; and by those words is meant that they shall be spiritual and not natural as before, namely, those who are conjoined with the Lord, by the good of love; and that there shall be no more division between the internal or spiritual man and the external or natural. That they shall be spiritual and not natural as before, is signified by, “for brass I will bring gold; for iron, silver; and for stones, iron brass, iron, and stones signifying things natural, and gold, silver, and iron in place thereof, signifying things spiritual; gold spiritual good, silver the truth of that good, and iron spiritual-natural truth. That the Lord will rule by the good of love, is signified by, “I will make thy presidencypeace, and thine exactors justice,” presidency signifying kingdom,peace\u00a0the Lord, and justice good from Him. That there shall be no longer disagreement between the spiritual and the natural man, is signified by, “violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting, and destruction within thy borders”; by violence is signified dissension, by land the internal spiritual man, because there the church is, which in general is signified by land; by “wasting and destruction which shall be no more,” is signified that there shall be no longer any evils and falsities; and by, “within thy borders,” is signified in the natural man, for in the things that are there, spiritual things are terminated. The reason why wasting and destruction signify evils and falsities, is, because evils waste the natural man, and falsities destroy it.<\/p>\n

[42] Because\u00a0peace\u00a0is with those who are in the conjunction of good and truth from the Lord, and because evil destroys good, and falsity truth, thus also\u00a0peace, hence it follows that there is no\u00a0peacewith those who are in evils and falsities. It appears indeed as ifpeace\u00a0were with them, when they succeed in the world, and they also seem to themselves at such times to be of a contented mind; but that\u00a0peace\u00a0is apparent only in their most external parts, while inwardly it is not\u00a0peace, for they think of honour and gain without end, and cherish in their minds cunning, deceit, enmities, hatreds, revenge, and many similar things, which, unknown to themselves, rend and devour the interiors of their minds, and thence also the interiors of their bodies. That this is the case appears clearly with them after death, when they come into their interiors; those delights of their minds are then turned into their opposites, as is evident from what has been shown in the work concerning Heaven and Hell (n. 485-490).<\/p>\n

[43] That those alone have\u00a0peace\u00a0who are in good and the truths thence, and that those have not\u00a0peace\u00a0who are in evils and the falsities thence, is evident from the following passages: In Isaiah:<\/p>\n

“The wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, but its waters cast up mire and dirt” (lvii. 20, 21).<\/p>\n

In the same:<\/p>\n

“Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. The way of\u00a0peace\u00a0they know not; and there is no judgment in their courses; they have made them crooked paths; every one who treadeth therein knows not\u00a0peace\u00a0” (lix. 7, 8).<\/p>\n

In David:<\/p>\n

“Too much hath my soul dwelt with the hater of\u00a0peace. I am forpeace; but when I speak, they are for war” (Ps. cxx. 6, 7).<\/p>\n

In Ezekiel:<\/p>\n

The prophets “seduce my people, saying,\u00a0Peace, when there is nopeace; and when he buildeth up a wall, lo, they daub it foolishly. The prophets of Israel see a vision of\u00a0peace, when there is nopeace” (xiii. 10, 16).<\/p>\n

In Jeremiah:<\/p>\n

“From the least unto the greatest they all study usury; from the prophet even unto the priest every one maketh a lie. And they heal the hurt of the daughter of my people by a word of no weight, in saying,\u00a0Peace,\u00a0peace; when there is no\u00a0peace” (viii. 10, 11).<\/p>\n

In the same:<\/p>\n

“A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a wailing of the powerful of the flock, for Jehovah spoileth his pasture, whence the folds ofpeace\u00a0are devastated because of the heat of Jehovah’s anger” (xxv. 36, 37).<\/p>\n

In David:<\/p>\n

“There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; there is no\u00a0peace\u00a0in my bones because of my sin” (Ps. xxxviii. 3).<\/p>\n

[44] In Lamentations:<\/p>\n

“He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk with wormwood; and my soul is removed from\u00a0peace; I forgot good” (iii. 15, 17).<\/p>\n

Besides in other passages. Because\u00a0peace\u00a0in its first origin is from the union of the Divine itself and the Divine Human in the Lord, and thence from the Lord in His conjunction with heaven and with the church, and in the conjunction of good and truth with every one therein, therefore, the Sabbath, which was the most holy representative of the church, was so called from rest or\u00a0peace; and therefore also the Sacrifices called\u00a0peace-offerings were commanded.<\/p>\n

(Concerning which see Exod. xxiv. 5; xxxii. 6; Lev. iii. 3; iv. 20, 26, 31, 35; vi. 12; vii. 11; xiv. 20, 21, 33; xvii. 5; xix. 5; Num. vi. 17; Ezek. xlv. 15; Amos v. 22; and elsewhere.)<\/p>\n

And therefore it is said concerning Jehovah that<\/p>\n

From the burnt-offerings, he smelled an odour of rest (Ex. xxix. 18, 25, 41; Lev. i. 9, 13, 17; ii. 2, 9; vi. 15, 21; xxiii. 13, 18; Num. xv. 3, 7, 13; xxviii. 6, 8, 13; xxix. 2, 6, 8, 13, 36).<\/p>\n

By an odour of rest is signified a perception of\u00a0peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In ordinary life, we tend to think of \u201cpeace\u201d as essentially \u201ca lack of conflict.\u201d As a nation, if we\u2019re not at war, it\u2019s a time of peace. On a spiritual level, though, peace as described in Swedenborg is something much more powerful and much more active. Rather than looking at it as the \u201clack […]<\/p>\n

Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":10645,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-article.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12504","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-p","blog-style1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/societies.newchurch.org\/wordstudy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/societies.newchurch.org\/wordstudy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/societies.newchurch.org\/wordstudy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/societies.newchurch.org\/wordstudy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/societies.newchurch.org\/wordstudy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/societies.newchurch.org\/wordstudy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12504\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/societies.newchurch.org\/wordstudy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/societies.newchurch.org\/wordstudy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/societies.newchurch.org\/wordstudy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/societies.newchurch.org\/wordstudy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}