109. A comparison may be drawn with the warmth and light of the world’s sun, which enable trees and bushes to grow, even those which are off to the side or under a cloud, provided the sun has risen and become visible in the world.
Such is the case with the light and warmth in heaven, radiating from the Lord as the sun, and the light is Divine truth, from which angels and people have all their intelligence and wisdom. So it is said regarding the Word that it was with God, and was God, that it enlightens every man coming into the world (John 1:1, 9), and that the same light appears even in darkness (John 1:5).
