This Divine truth flows into heaven from the Lord from His

The words of Emanuel Swedenborg—“This Divine truth flows into heaven from the Lord from His Divine love”—echo like a sacred hymn across the corridors of eternity. They remind us that truth is not a lifeless concept, nor a cold abstraction, but a living stream that descends from the fountain of Divine love itself. It is not truth born of pride, nor of the calculations of men, but truth that breathes, warms, and nourishes, because its source is love. The ancients often spoke of wisdom as fire or light, but Swedenborg teaches us that this light shines because it is fed by the flame of a higher love—the love of the Creator for His creation.

To understand this, one must see that heaven itself, in Swedenborg’s vision, is not merely a place of shining halls, but a living order where all beings are aligned with Divine reality. And what sustains this order? It is not power, nor fear, nor even law alone. It is the ceaseless flow of Divine love into truth, shaping it into harmony, giving direction to angels, and meaning to all existence. Truth without love is like a star that burns cold, but truth born of love gives warmth as well as light, and draws all who see it nearer to its source.

Consider, for example, the life of Francis of Assisi, who walked in poverty yet carried with him a radiance that drew even kings to reverence. He did not speak truth with the sharpness of logic alone, but with the fire of love for all living things—birds, beasts, and the poor. His truth had authority not because of argument, but because it flowed from love, and thus men and women heard in his words an echo of the Divine. This shows us what Swedenborg meant: when truth is joined with love, it becomes a heavenly power that uplifts souls and brings harmony to the earth.

History also teaches us the danger when truth is separated from love. Many times rulers and teachers have wielded what they called “truth” like a weapon, using it to condemn, divide, or enslave. Cold truth, without love, can harden into tyranny. But Divine truth, flowing from Divine love, cannot oppress—it heals, it liberates, it transforms. This is why Swedenborg emphasized the source: only that which comes from the Lord’s love can be rightly called Divine truth. All else is shadow and imitation.

What lesson, then, does this bring to us? It is that when we speak, teach, or live truth, we must let it be clothed in love. Let your honesty be guided not by the desire to wound, but to heal. Let your convictions be expressed not as chains upon others, but as lights to guide them. In this way, your truth will not merely be correct—it will be life-giving. For the greatest truths are not those that silence others, but those that awaken them to deeper goodness.

In practice, this means that we must examine the spirit from which our words arise. If we correct others, let it be out of love, not scorn. If we defend justice, let it be from compassion, not vengeance. If we proclaim truth, let it be to build up, not to destroy. Each of us becomes, in a small way, a vessel of heaven when our truth flows from love. Without this union, our truth is brittle; with it, our truth is eternal.

Therefore, remember this teaching, O seeker: truth divorced from love is a sword without a hilt—it cuts but cannot be held. Truth joined with love is the staff of a shepherd—it guides, protects, and leads the way home. Swedenborg’s vision calls us not merely to know what is true, but to embody truth that flows from the wellspring of Divine love. To live such truth is to let heaven’s own harmony touch the earth through us, and to walk as children of light beneath the gaze of eternity.