ight of heaven can
be seen in the light of heaven but not in the light of the
world, which is called natural light (n. 9755). Therefore those
who are solely in the light of the world do not perceive those
things that are in the light of heaven (n. 3108). To the angels
the light of the world is thick darkness (n. 1521, 1783, 1880).

348. By those who "turn many to righteousness" are meant those who
are wise, and in heaven those are called wise who are in good, and
those are in good that apply Divine truths at once to the life; for
as soon as Divine truth comes to be of the life it becomes good,
since it comes to be of will and love, and whatever is of will and
love is called good; therefore such are called wise because wisdom is
of the life. But those that do not commit Divine truths at once to
the life, but first to the memory, from which they afterwards draw
them and apply them to the life, are called the "intelligent." What
and how great the difference is between the wise and the intelligent
in the heavens can be seen in the chapter that treats of the two
kingdoms of heaven, the celestial and the spiritual (n. 20-28), and
in the chapter that treats of the three heavens (n. 29-40). Those
who are in the Lord's celestial kingdom, and consequently in the
third or inmost heaven, are called "the righteous" because they
attribute all righteousness to the Lord and none to themselves. The
Lord's righteousness in heaven is the good that is from the Lord.{1}
Such, then, are here meant by those that "turn to righteousness;" and
such are meant also in the Lord's words,

The righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom
of their Father (Matt. 13:43). Such "shine forth as the
Sun" because they are in love to the Lord from the Lord,
and that love is meant by the "sun" (see above,
n. 116-125). The light of such is flame-colored; and the
ideas of their thought are so tinged with what is flaming
because they receive the good of love directly from the
Lord as the sun in heaven.

{Footnote 1} The merit and righteousness of the Lord is the
good that rules in heaven (n. 9486, 9983). He that is
"righteous" or "made righteous" is one to whom the merit and
righteousness of the Lord is ascribed; and he is "unrighteous"
who holds to his own righteousness and merit (n. 5069, 9263).
The quality of those in the other life who claim righteousness
to themselves (n. 942, 20