kingdom and in the
spiritual kingdom, and differently in each society. In the celestial
kingdom the light appears flaming because the angels there receive
light from the Lord as a sun; but in the spiritual kingdom the light
is shining white, because the angels there receive light from the
Lord as a moon (see above, n. 118). So, too, the light differs in
different societies, and again in each society, those that are at the
center being in greater light and those in the circumference in less
light (see n. 43). In a word, the angels have light in the same
degree in which they are recipients of Divine truth, that is, are in
intelligence and wisdom from the Lord;{2} and this is why the angels
of heaven are called angels of light.

{Footnote 1} The light of heaven illumines both the sight and
the understanding of angels and spirits (n. 2776, 3138).

{Footnote 2} The light in heaven is in harmony with the
intelligence and wisdom of the angels (n. 1524, 1529, 1530,
3339). Differences of light in the heavens are as many as there
are angelic societies; and as there are in the heavens endless
varieties of good and truth, so are there of wisdom and
intelligence (n. 684, 690, 3241, 3744, 3745, 4414, 5598, 7236,
7833, 7836).

129. As the Lord in the heavens is Divine truth, and the Divine truth
there is light, so in the Word He is called Light, likewise all truth
is from Him, as in the following passages:

Jesus said, I am the light of the world; he that followeth
Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of
life (John 8:12).

As long as I am in the world I am the light of the world
(John 9:5).

Jesus said, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk
while ye have the light, lest darkness overtake you. While
ye have the light believe in the light, that ye may be
sons of light. I have come a light into the world, that
whosoever believeth in Me may not abide in darkness (John
12:35, 36, 46).

Light has come into the world, but men have loved the
darkness rather than the light (John 3:19).

John says of the Lord:

This is the true light which lighteneth every man (John
1:9).

The people that sit in darkness have seen a great light,
and to them that were sitting in the shadow of death light
is sprung up (Matt. 4:16).

I will give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light
of the Ge