AC 10044 - "I am the First and I am the Last"

AC 10044 [8]
There is a continual connection,
and an influx according to the connection,
of all things from the Lord through the heavens to the church on earth.
By the heavens are meant the angels who are there;
by the church are meant the people who are true people of the church;
and by Man in the first is meant the Lord as to His Divine Human.
That from the First through the last
or ultimate all things are held together in connection,
and stand together, is meant by the words of the Lord:

I am the First and I am the Last,
My hand has laid the foundation of the earth,
and My right hand has spanned the heaven;
when I call them together,
they stand together.
(Isaiah 48:12-13)