57. It is from this that angels are not angels from themselves, but they are angels by virtue of this conjunction with God-Man. And this conjunction is in accordance with their reception of Divine Good and Divine Truth which are God, and seem to proceed from Him although they are in Him. The reception, however, is in accordance with their application to themselves of the laws of order which are Divine truths, as a result of the freedom of thinking and willing according to reason which they have from the Lord as their own. By this they have reception, as if from themselves, of Divine Good and Divine Truth, and through this there is reciprocity of love. For as was said above, love is not possible unless it be reciprocal. It is the same with men on earth. From what has been said it can now first be seen that all things of the created universe are recipients of the Divine Love and Wisdom of God-Man.