113. Angels are in the Lord and have the Lord in them;* and because angels are recipient vessels, the Lord alone is heaven. Heaven is called the habitation or dwelling place of God,** and also the throne of God,*** and consequently people believe that God dwells there as a king in his kingdom. But God, or the Lord, is in the sun above the heavens, and He is present in the heavens by His presence in their heat and light, as we showed in the discussions under the previous two headings. Moreover, even though that is how the Lord is present in heaven, still He is present there as He is in Himself, for as we demonstrated just above in nos. 108-112, the distance between the sun and heaven is not distance but an appearance of distance. Consequently, since that distance is only an appearance, it follows that the Lord Himself is present in heaven, for He is present in the love and wisdom of the angels in heaven. And because He is present in the love and wisdom of all angels, and angels constitute heaven, He is present in the whole of heaven. * Cf. John 15:4-7, 17:22, 23, 26. ** Deuteronomy 26:15; 1 Kings 8:30, 39, 43, 49; 2 Chronicles 6:21, 30, 30:27; Psalm 33:13, 14; Isaiah 63:15. Cf. Jeremiah 25:30. *** Isaiah 66:1; Matthew 5:34, 23:22; Acts 7:49.