AR - angel, John, twelve disciples or apostles, Peter, James, John

AR 5
. . . by "an angel" is signified heaven, and in the supreme sense the Lord.
The reason why by "angel" the Lord is meant in the supreme sense, is,
because heaven is not heaven from the things proper to the angels,
but from the Divine of the Lord,
from which is derived their love and wisdom, yea, their life.
Hence it is that the Lord Himself is called "Angel" in the Word.
From these things it is manifest
that the angel did not speak from himself with John;
but the Lord by means of heaven through him.

[2] By these words is meant, that they were revealed to those
who are in the good of life from charity and its faith,
because these are meant by "John."
For by the "twelve disciples" or "apostles" of the Lord,
are meant all who are of the church in truths from good;
and in the abstract sense, all things of the church;
and by "Peter," all who are in faith, and, abstractly, faith itself;
by "James," they who are in charity, and, abstractly, charity itself;
by "John," they who are in the good of life from charity and its faith,
and, abstractly, the good of life itself therefrom.

[3] Since the good of life from charity and its faith makes the church,
therefore through the apostle John were revealed
the arcana concerning the state of the church
which are contained in his visions.