539. All power in the spiritual world belongs to truth from good, and falsity from evil has no power whatever. All power belongs to truth from good because the Divine Itself in heaven is Divine Good and Divine Truth, and all power belongs to the Divine. Falsity from evil has no power whatever because everything belongs to truth from good, and in falsity from evil there is nothing of truth from good. That is why all power is in heaven, and none in hell; for everyone in heaven is in truths from good, and everyone in hell is in falsities from evil. For no one is admitted into heaven until he is in truths from good, neither is anyone cast down into hell until he is in falsities from evil. (That this is so can be seen in the sections treating of the first, second, and third states of man after death, n. 491-520; and that all power belongs to truth from good can be seen in the section on the power of the angels of heaven, n. 228-233.)