454.
The form of the spirit is the human form because man in respect of his spirit has been created into the form of heaven, for all things of heaven and of the order of heaven have been brought together
in the things that constitute the mind of man;# and from this comes his capacity to receive intelligence and wisdom. Whether you say the capacity to receive intelligence and wisdom or the capacity to
receive heaven, it is the same thing, as can be confirmed from the things shown about the light and heat of heaven (n. 126-140); the form of heaven (n. 200-212); the wisdom of angels (n. 265-275); and
in the section that the form of heaven as a whole and in part resembles a single marl (n. 59-77); and this by virtue of the Lord's Divine Human, from which is heaven and its form (n. 78-86). # Man
is the being into whom are brought together all things of Divine order, and by creation he is Divine order in form (n. 4219, 4222, 4223, 4523, 4524, 5114, 6013, 6057, 6605, 6626, 9706, 10156, 10472). So
far as a man lives in accordance with Divine order he is seen in the other life as a man, complete and beautiful (n. 4839, 6605, 6626).
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