17. The Divine Love most nearly proceeding from Him and surrounding Him appears as a sun; consequently by means of the light and heat which it gives off, He has omnipresence, omniscience and omnipotence in both worlds from one end to the other. But the sun which gave rise to nature is pure fire, in the light and heat of which there is no wisdom and love, and so no life; but still it is of use to life, that is, to wisdom and love, for covering and clothing, to give substance to the forms of those lives, and provide them with as it were time and space. They do not, however, have either of these, but love and wisdom merely affect those who are in time and space. This happens in accordance with their power of receiving, and this depends upon their affection for being wise and their life in keeping with wisdom.' On hearing this the newcomers began to leap for joy and say, 'We feel our hearts leap with ,joy we never felt before. The angels replied, 'You feel this from celestial and spiritual love and its pleasure, which comes from our sun.'