In that day the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, it shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days Isa. xxx 25, 26.

'That day' is the Lord's coming, when the old Church has been destroyed, and a new one is going to be set up. 'The light of the moon' is faith derived from charity, and 'the light of the sun' is intelligence and wisdom derived from love at that time from the Lord.

Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon be withdrawn (colligetur), for Jehovah shall be for a light of eternity Isa. lx 20.

The sun that shall not set is love and wisdom from the Lord.

The Rock of Israel spoke unto me, as the light of the morning when the sun arises 2 Sam. xxiii 3, 4.

'The Rock of Israel' is the Lord.

His throne shall be as the sun Ps. lxxxix 36, 37 [H.B. 37, 38].

This is said of David, but by 'David' there is understood the Lord.

They shall fear thee along with the suit, and in His days shall the just flourish, and abundance of peace until there is no moon. He shall have the name of the Son in the presence of the sun, and all nations shall be blessed in Him Ps. lxxii 5, 7, 17.

[3] These things also [are said] concerning the Lord. Because in heaven in the presence of the angels the Lord appears as the Sun, therefore:-

When He was transformed, His face did shine as the sun, His garments became as the light Matt. xvii 1, 2.

Also it is said of the strong angel coming down out of heaven, that:-

He was encompassed with a cloud, and his face as the sun Rev. x 1.

Also of the woman, that:-

she was seen encompassed with the sun Rev. xii 1.

There also 'the sun' is love and wisdom from the Lord; 'the woman' is the Church that is called New Jerusalem. [4] Since by 'the sun' is understood the Lord as to Love and Wisdom, what is signified by 'the sun' is plain in the following passages:-

Behold the day of Jehovah is coming fierce, the sun shall be darkened in its springing forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. I will visit upon the world (orbis) its wickedness, and upon the impious their iniquity [Isa. xiii 10, 11.

Jehovah shall visit upon the host of the height in the height, and upon the kings of the land upon the land. Then the moon shall blush and the sun shall be ashamed]* Isa. xxiv 21, 23.

When I have extinguished thee, I will cover the heavens, and I will make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall make her light to shine not, and I will set darkness upon thy land Ezek. xxxii 7, 8.

The day of Jehovah is coming, a day of darkness, the sun and the moon shall make their light not to shine, and the stars have with drawn their shining Joel ii 10.

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great day of Jehovah comes Joel ii 31 [H.B. iii 4].

The day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision. The sun and the moon have been darkened Joel iii 15 [H.B. iv 15].

The fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, the third part of the stars, and the day was not shining for the third part of it Rev. viii 12.

The sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood Rev. vi 12.

The sun was obscured by the smoke of the pit Rev. ix 2.

In these passages by 'the sun' the sun of the world is not understood, but the Sun of the angelic heaven, which is the Lord's Divine Love and Wisdom. These are said to be 'obscured', 'darkened', 'covered over', and 'blackened' when there are untruths and evils with man. [5] Hence it is plain that the like may be understood by the Lord's words where He speaks of the consummation of the age, which is the last time of the Church:-

Immediately after the affliction of those days, shall the sun be obscured, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall down from heaven Matt. xxiv 29; Mark xiii 24, 25.

Likewise in these passages:-

The sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall grow black over them Micah iii 5, 6.

In that day I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the land in the day of light Amos viii 9.

She who has borne seven shall breathe out her soul; her sun shall go down while it is yet day Jer. xv 9.

These things [are said] of the Jewish Church that will 'breathe out the soul', that is, will perish. 'The sun shall go down' means that there will no longer be love and charity. [6] What is said in Joshua, that:-

The sun stood still in Gibeon, and the moon in the valley of Ajalon Josh. x 12, 13

appears as if it were historical, but it is prophetical, for it is [quoted] out of the book of Jasher, which was a prophetical book, for it says:-

Has not this been written in the book of Jasher? (verse 13).

The same book is also mentioned by David as a prophetical book (2 Sam. i 17, 18). A similar thing is said also in Habakkuk:-

The mountains were shaken, the sun and moon stood still in their habitation Hab. iii 10 [,11].

Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon be withdrawn (colligetur) Isa. lx 20.

To make the sun and the moon stand still would be to destroy the universe. [7] Since the Lord, as to the Divine Love and Wisdom, is understood by 'the sun', therefore the ancients in their holy worship faced towards the rising of the sun, and their temples also [faced in that direction], a custom still persisting. That by 'the sun' in these passages the sun of the world is not understood is established from the fact that it was profane and abominable to worship the sun and moon of the world; see Num. xxv 1-4; Deut. iv 19; xvii 3, 5; Jer. viii 1, 2, xliii 10, 13; xliv 17-19, 25; Ezek. viii 16; for by 'the sun of the world' is understood the love of self and the pride of one's own intelligence. Moreover, the love of self is diametrically opposed to Divine Love, and the pride of one's own intelligence is opposed to Divine Wisdom. To worship the sun of the world is also to acknowledge nature as she who creates and one's own prudence as she who effects all things; and this involves the denial of God, and the denial of the Divine Providence. * Cf. AE 401:20.