AR 411 - confirming falsity by the Word

AR 411
. . . when the truths of the Word are falsified,
and a person understands and views them
according to the falsities of his religion,
then spiritual life with him is extinguished.
The reason is, because the Word communicates with heaven,
therefore when it is read by a person,
the truths therein ascend into heaven,
and the falsities to which truths are adjoined or conjoined, tend towards hell,
so there is a rending asunder,
whereby the life of the Word is extinguished.
But this is the case only with those who confirm falsities by the Word,
but not with those who do not confirm them.

AR 398 - earth & sea; AR 405 - faith and charity; AR 406 - ships

AR 398
. . . by "the earth and the sea,"
throughout Revelation, when named together,
is meant the entire church;
by "the earth," the church consisting of those who are in its internals,
and by "the sea," the church consisting of those who are in its externals:
for the church is internal and external;
internal with the clergy,
and external with the laity;
or internal with those who have studied its doctrinals interiorly,
and have confirmed them from the Word,
and external with those who have not.


AR 405
. . . all are reformed by faith united to charity,
. . . for charity is the life of faith.


AR 406
. . . "ships" signify the knowledges of good and truth
from the Word
serving for the use of life.
That these are signified by "ships"
is because ships cross the sea,
and bring back the necessaries
which are for the natural person for every use;
and the knowledges of good and truth are the necessaries
which are for the spiritual person for every use of it [spiritual life];
for from them is the doctrine of the church,
and according to this is life.

AR 395 - spiritual love

AR 395
Spiritual love,
which is charity,
derives its essence from celestial love,
which is love to the Lord;
without this love
there is nothing vital in spiritual love or charity,
for spirit and life is from no other source
than from the Lord.

AR 380 - the Lord continually gives good in their truths

AR 380
. . . the marriage of the Lord with the church consists in this:
that the Lord flows into angels and men with the good of love,
and that angels and men receive Him, or the good of His love, in truths;
that hereby the marriage of good and truth is effected,
which marriage is the church itself,
and becomes heaven with them.
Such being the nature of the Lord's influx and reception of Him,
therefore the Lord looks at angels and men in the forehead,
and they look at the Lord through the eyes;
for the forehead corresponds to the good of love,
and the eyes correspond to truths from that good,
which thus by conjunction become the truths of good.
But the Lord's influx with truths into angels and men,
is not as the influx of good into them,
for it is mediate, flowing from good,
as light does from fire,
being received by them in the understanding,
and only so far in the will as they do truths.
This then is the marriage of love and wisdom,
or of good and truth from the Lord,
with those who receive them in the heavens and on earth.
This arcanum was disclosed for the sake of making it known
how it is to be understood,
that the Lord continually gives good in their truths.

AR 376 - it is common in all Divine worship

AR 376
. . . it is common in all Divine worship,
that a person should first will, desire, and pray,
and the Lord then answer, inform, and do;
otherwise a person does not receive anything Divine.

AR 356 - love towards the neighbor, or charity

AR 356 [2]
Here something shall be said concerning love towards the neighbor, or charity:
love towards the neighbor,
is the love of obeying the Lord's commandments,
which are chiefly those contained in the second table of the Decalogue,
and which are,
thou shalt not kill;
thou shalt not commit whoredom;
thou shalt not steal;
thou shalt not bear false witness;
thou shalt not covet the things which are thy neighbor's.
The person who will not do such things because they are sins,
loves the neighbor;

for he does not love the neighbor who hates him,
and from hatred wishes to kill him;
he does not love the neighbor
who desires to commit whoredom with his wife;
nor does he love the neighbor
who wishes to steal and plunder his goods, and so on.

AR 352 - three things that can't be separated

AR 352
There are three things which cohere and cannot be separated,
love, wisdom, and use of life;
if one is separated, the other two fall to the ground . . ..

It must be known,
that all the tribes of Israel are here divided into four classes,
as in the Urim and Thummin,
and in the encampments,
and that each class contains three tribes,
be reason that three cohere as one,
as love, wisdom, and use,
and as charity, faith, and work,
for as was said,
if one is wanting,
the other two are not anything.

AC 10261 - One

AC 10261 [2]
But it should be remembered
that in itself the Lord's Divine Good is a single whole;
for it is infinite and contains infinite characteristics.
What is infinite is a single whole,
because the infinite characteristics it contains make one.
But the distinguishing of that Good into celestial and spiritual
is due to the different ways
in which angels in heaven and people on earth receive it.
That received by angels and people
belonging to the Lord's celestial kingdom
is called celestial Divine Good,
whereas that received by angels and people
belonging to the Lord's spiritual kingdom
is called spiritual Divine Good.
For all angels in heaven and people on earth receive the Lord's Good,
which is a single whole, in various or dissimilar ways.

[7] For in the Word wherever good is the subject,
truth is also, on account of the marriage of them.
In like manner wherever the celestial is the subject, the spiritual is also.

(From my husband's daily reading today.)

AR 348 - 144,000 (3x4=12; 12x12=144)

AR 348
And I heard the number of them which were sealed,
a hundred and forty and four thousand,
signifies all who acknowledge the Lord
to be the God of heaven and earth,
and are in truths of doctrine
from the good of love from Him through the Word.

By the number "one hundred and forty-four thousand,"
all these are meant;
for by this number the same is signified as by twelve,
. . . "twelve" multiplied by "twelve" make "one hundred and forty-four";
so likewise "the twelve thousand sealed out of each tribe,"
being multiplied by "twelve," make "one hundred and forty-four thousand."
The number "twelve" signifies all, and is predicated of truths from good,
because "twelve" is the product of "three" and "four" multiplied by each other,
and the number "three" signifies everything as to truth,
and the number "four" everything as to good;
hence "twelve," in this instance,
signifies everything as to truth from the good of love.

AR 344 & 347 - receiving the Lord

AR 344
"Angel and 'sent" in the Hebrew language,
are expressed by one word;
hence it is that the Lord so often calls Himself
"sent by the Father,"
by which is meant the Divine Human.
But "an angel," in a relative sense,
is every one who receives the Lord,
both in heaven and in the world.

AR 347
It should be known,
that the Lord looks at the angels in the forehead,
while they look at the Lord through the eyes;
by reason that the Lord looks at all from the good of love,
and wills that they, on their part,
should look at Him from the truths of wisdom;
in this manner conjunction is effected.

AR 342 - contents of Chapter 7 - 12 x 12,000 = 144,000

"And I heard the number of them that were sealed,
a hundred and forty and four thousand,"
signifies all who acknowledge the Lord as the God of heaven and earth,
and are in truths of doctrine from the good of love,
from Him through the Word.
"Sealed out of every tribe of Israel"
signifies the Lord's heaven and church composed of them.
"Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand,"
signifies celestial love, which is love to the Lord,
and this with all who will be in the New Heaven and the New Church.
"Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand,"
signifies wisdom from celestial love,
with them who will be there.
"Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand,"
signifies uses of life,
which are of wisdom from that love,
with those who will be there.
"Of the tribe of Asher were sealed twelve thousand,"
signifies mutual love with them.
"Of the tribe of Naphtali were sealed twelve thousand,"
signifies the perception of use,
and what use is with them.
"Of the tribe of Manasseh were sealed twelve thousand"
signifies the will of serving, and of action, with them.
"Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand,"
signifies spiritual love,
which is love towards the neighbor with them.
"Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand,"
signifies the affection of truth from good,
from whence comes intelligence with them.
"Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand"
signifies the good of life with them.
"Of the tribe of Zebulon were sealed twelve thousand,"
signifies the conjugial love of good and truth with them.
"Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand,"
signifies the doctrine of good and truth with them.
"Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand,"
signifies the life of truth from good according to doctrine with them.

AR 331 - earthquakes

AR 331
"Earthquakes" signify changes of state in the church,
because "the earth" signifies the church;
and because in the spiritual world,
when the state of the church is perverted anywhere,
and there is a change,
there is an earthquake,
and as this is a prelude to their destruction,
they are in terror.

AR 315 - field & vineyard; AR 325 - disciples

AR 315
. . . all things which belong to the field and the vineyard,
signify such things as are of the church,
because "a field" signifies the church as to good and consequent truth,
and "a vineyard," the church as to truth and good therefrom;
therefore where these are mentioned in the Word,
the angels, who perceive all things spiritually, understand nothing else . . ..

AR 316
And hurt not the oil and the wine,
signifies that it is provided by the Lord
that the holy goods and truths,
which lie interiorly concealed in the Word,
shall not be violated and profaned.
"Oil" signifies the good of love,
and "wine" truth from that good,
therefore "oil" signifies holy good,
and "wine" holy truth;
"hurt them not," signifies that it is provided by the Lord
that they shall not be violated and profaned . . ..

AR 325
. . . by disciples are meant all who worship the Lord
and live according to the truths of His Word.

AR 306 - peace

AR 306
Peace symbolizes everything whatever that comes from the Lord,
and so everything pertaining to heaven and the church,
and the blessings of life in them.
In the highest or inmost sense, these are blessings of peace.

It follows from this that peace means charity,
spiritual security, and inner rest,
for when a person abides in the Lord,
he is at peace with his neighbor, which is a state of charity,
and he has protection from hell, which is spiritual security.
And when he is at peace with his neighbor and has protection from hell,
he enjoys an inner rest from evils and falsities.

AR 295 - the first seal

AR 295
And I saw when the Lamb had opened the first of the seals,
signifies exploration by the Lord
of all those upon whom the Last Judgment was about to come,
as to their understanding of the Word,
and thence as to their states of life.
This is signified,
because now follows in order
the exploration of all upon whom the Last Judgment was about to come,
as to their states of life,
and this from the Lord according to the Word.

AR 287 - myriads and thousands

AR 287
And the number of them was myriads of myriads,
and thousands of thousands
signifies all in truths and in goods.
By 'number' in the natural sense
is understood that which relates to measure or weight,
but by 'number' in the spiritual sense
is understood that which relates to quality;
and here their quality is described by [the statement]
that there were 'myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands',
for 'a myriad' is predicated of truths,
and 'a thousand' of goods.
'Myriad' is predicated of truths and 'thousand' of goods,
because a myriad is the greater and a thousand is the lesser,
and truths are manifold but goods are simple;
also because in the Word where it treats of truths
it also treats of goods,
on account of the marriage of truth and good in the details of the Word.

AR 277 - two altars

AR 277
. . . the principal worship in the Jewish and Israelitish church
consisted in sacrifices and incense;
wherefore there were two altars,
one for sacrifices and the other for incense;
the latter altar was within the tabernacle,
and was called the golden altar,
but the former was without the tabernacle,
and was called the altar of burnt-offering;
the reason was,
because there are two kinds of goods, from which all worship exists,
celestial good and spiritual good:
celestial good is the good of love to the Lord,
and spiritual good is the good of love towards the neighbor.
Worship by sacrifices was worship from celestial good,
and worship by incense was worship from spiritual good.
Whether you call it worship or confession, it is the same thing,
for all worship is confession.

AR 265 - "Behold, the Lion has prevailed"

AR 265
Behold, the Lion has prevailed,
signifies the Lord,
that from His own power He had subjugated the hells,
and reduced all things to order
when He was in the world.
. . . "a lion" signifies the Divine truth of the Word as to its power. . .
and because the Lord is the Divine truth itself, or the Word,
He is called "a Lion."

AR 243-245 - wisdom, knowledges, reading the Word

AR 243
Wisdom truly human consists in knowing
that there is a God,
what God is,
and what is of God;
this the Divine truth of the Word teaches.

AR 244
. . . by "flying" is signified to receive and instruct,
and in the highest sense,
in which it has relation to the Lord,
it signifies to foresee and provide.

They that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles.
(Isaiah 40:31)

"To mount up with wings as eagles,"
is to be elevated into the knowledges of truth and good,
and so into intelligence.

AR 245
. . . the Divine truth of the Word affects those who read it as holy.

AR 231 - "a stone"

AR 231
"A stone," in the Word, signifies truth in ultimates,
and "a precious stone," truth transparent from good.

AR 224 - the work of repentance as if of ourselves

AR 224
. . . unless a person actually repents,
he abides in the sins into which he was born,
and the work of repentance consists in
not willing evils because they are sins against God,
and in examining himself once or twice a year,
in seeing his evils,
in confessing them before the Lord,
imploring assistance,
desisting from them,
and leading a new life . . ..

Every one who does the work of repentance,
and believes in the Lord,
is reformed and regenerated.
A person must do both as from himself,
but this as from himself is from the Lord.
. . . This is the only reciprocal of love and faith,
that it is altogether the Lord's will
that it should be done by a person for Him.
In a word,
do it from yourselves,
and believe that you do it from the Lord,
thus do it as from yourselves.

AR 198, et al. - Laodicea

AR 198
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write,
signifies to those and concerning those,
in the church,
who alternately believe from themselves,
and from the Word,
and thus profane things holy.

AR 199
. . . "amen" is Divine confirmation for truth itself,
which is the Lord . . .

AR 200
. . . "the beginning of the creation of God" is meant the Word . . .
And what is wonderful, the Word is so written,
that it communicates with the entire heaven,
and in particular with every society there . . .

. . . the Word vivifies the affections of the will
of the person who reads it as holy,
and from the light of that life
it enlightens the thoughts of his understanding . . .

AR 206
"To be rich and increased in good,"
here signifies nothing else than to know and understand fully
such things as are of the church and heaven
which are called spiritual and theological. . .
spiritual riches and abundance are nothing else.
They who believe from themselves,
and not from the Lord through the Word,
also believe that they know the Lord through the Word,
also believe that they know and understand all things.
the reason is, that their spiritual mind is shut,
and their natural mind alone open;
and this mind, without spiritual light, sees no otherwise.

AR 208
. . . "the wretched," those who think incoherently
concerning the things of the church;
the reason is, because they of whom this is said,
at one time deny God, heaven, eternal life, and the sanctity of the Word,
and at another time acknowledge them;
therefore what they build with one hand
they destroy with the other.

AR 209
. . . "miserable and poor," in the spiritual sense of the Word,
are meant they who are without the knowledges of truth and good,
for they are spiritual miserable and poor . . . .

AR 210
. . . "the blind", in the Word,
are meant those who are without truths,
either from a defect thereof in the church and so from ignorance,
or from not understanding them;
and by "the naked" are meant those who are without goods;
for all spiritual good is acquired by truths.

AR 172, et al. - Philadelphia

AR 172
And unto the angel of the church in Philadelphia write,
signifies to those and concerning those
who are in truths from good from the Lord.

AR 173
"Holy" often occurs in the Word,
and everywhere relates to truth,
and as all truth, which in itself is truth,
is good, and is from the Lord,
it is that truth which is called holy;
but good from which truth is,
is called just.

AR 178
They who are in truths from good from the Lord,
know that they have not any power against evils and falsities,
thus against hell,
from themselves,
and they also know that they cannot,
out of any power from themselves,
do good and introduce themselves into heaven,
but that all power is the Lord's,
and thus is in them from the Lord,
and in proportion as they are in truths from good,
in the same proportion they are in power from the Lord,
which yet appears to them as their own.

AR 189
Wisdom in a person is from no other source
than good by truths from the Lord.
the reason why a person has wisdom through these is,
because the Lord conjoins Himself to a person,
and a person to Himself by them,
and the Lord is wisdom itself;
therefore wisdom perishes with a person when he ceases to do truths,
that is, to live according to them,
for then he ceases to love wisdom,
and thus the Lord.

AR 154, et al. - Sardis

AR 154
And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write,
signifies to those and concerning those,
who are in dead worship,
or in worship without the good of charity and truths of faith.

By dead worship is meant worship alone,
which is to frequent temples, to hear preachings, to go to the Holy Supper,
to read the Word and books of piety,
to talk about God, of heaven and hell,
of the life after death, especially of piety,
to pray morning and evening,
and yet they do not desire to know the truths of faith,
nor do they will to do the goods of charity,
believing that they have salvation by means of worship alone;
when yet worship without truths,
and without a life according to them,
is only the external sign of charity and faith,
within which there may lie concealed all kinds of evils and falsities,
if charity and faith are not in them;
for of these genuine worship consists. . ..

AR 157 [2]
. . . a life not according to Divine truths,
is not life such as they have who are in heaven;
and they who are not in the life of heaven,
cannot bear the light of heaven,
which is the Divine truth proceeding from the Lord as the sun there;
still less can they bear the heat of heaven,
which is the Divine love.

AR 158
By "watching," in the Word, nothing else is signified;
for he who learns truths and lives according to them,
is like one who is awakened out of sleep and becomes watchful.
But he who is not in truths, but only in worship,
is like one who sleeps and dreams.
Natural life, considered in itself, or without spiritual life,
is nothing else but sleep;
but natural life, in which there is spiritual life, is watchfulness;
and this cannot be acquired otherwise than by truths,
which are in their own light and in their own day,
when a person is in the life according to them.

AR 161
That by truths
-- comes faith
-- comes love towards the neighbor, or charity
-- comes love to the Lord
-- comes intelligence and wisdom
-- regeneration is effected
-- there is power against evils and falsities, and against hell
-- there is purification from evils and falsities
-- the church exists.
-- heaven exists.
-- comes the innocence of wisdom.
-- there is conscience.
-- there is order.
-- is the beauty of angels, and also of people as the interiors which are of their spirit.
-- a person is human.

But all this by truths from good,
and not truths without good,
and good is from the Lord.

AR 124, 146 - Thyatira

AR 124
And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write,
signifies, to those and concerning those,
who are in faith from charity, and so in good works;
and also to those and concerning those,
who are in faith separate from charity, and so in evil works.

AR 146
. . . those who fight against evils and falsities are reformed,
and are actually in charity,
and consequently, faith,
and remain in them to the end of life.

AR 108, 121 - Pergamos

AR 108
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write,
signifies to those and concerning those
who place the all of the church in good works,
and not anything in the truths of doctrine.

There are two kids of people
of whom the Christian church at this day for the most part consists;
one, who are in works alone, and in no truths;
the other, who are in worship alone,
and neither in works nor in truths. . ..
They who are in works alone and in no truths,
are like those who act and do not understand,
and deeds without understanding are inanimate. . ..

AR 121
. . . by a "white stone" are signified truths favoring good;
the reason why they are also united to good, is,
because good invites and unites them to itself;
for all good loves truth
and conjoins to itself such as agrees with itself,
especially the good of celestial love;
this so unites truth to itself, that they altogether make a one.

Such are all who are in the third heaven.
They do not speak of truths from any memory,
but clearly see them when they hear others speaking of them,
especially when they are reading the Word;
the reason is,
because they are in the very marriage of good and truth.
Such do they become in the world,
who have approached the Lord alone,
and have done good works,
because they are according to the truths of the Word . . ..

AR 91, et al. - Smyrna

AR 91
And unto the angel of the church of Smyrna write,
signifies to those and concerning those,
who are in goods as to life,
but in falsities as to doctrine.

AR 95
. . . "affliction" is predicated of falsities;
and "poverty" of the lack of goods;
spiritual poverty is nothing else.

AR 97
All the good of worship is formed by truths,
and all truth is formed from good,
therefore good without truth is not good,
neither is truth, without good, truth;
they appear indeed in external form to be so,
but still they are not.

. . . it is the love of the wise which does good,
but the love of the foolish does what is like good in externals,
but totally unlike it in internals;
therefore the good of the wise is like pure gold,
but the good of the foolish is like gold covering over dung.

AR 102
. . . falsities and evils with a person are not abolished,
but removed,
and when they are removed
they appear as if they were abolished,
because when evils and falsities are removed,
a person is kept in goods and truths by the Lord.

AR 82 - goods of life, truths of doctrine

AR 82
. . . the goods of life are to be regarded in the first place, that is, primarily;
for in proportion as a person is in the goods of life,
in the same proportion he is really in the truths of doctrine,
but not the reverse.
The reason is, that the goods of life open the interiors of the mind,
and these being opened, truths appear in their own light,
consequently they are not only understood, but also loved.
It is otherwise when doctrinals are regarded primarily or in the first place.
Truths may indeed then be known,
but they are not seen interiorly and loved from spiritual affection . . ..

(AR 815
- "just deeds" are the goods of life with those who are in truths . . .
- those who are of the Lord's church
have the goods of life through truths from the Word.)

AR 73 - Ephesus

AR 73
Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write
(Revelation 2:1)
that by the church of Ephesus,
are meant those in the church
who primarily regard the truths of doctrine and not the goods of life,
is clear from the things written to that church,
when understood in the spiritual sense.
It is written to "the angel" of that church,
because by an angel is meant an angelic society,
which corresponds to a church consisting of such . . .

AR 59 - "And was dead"

AR 59
And was dead,
signifies that He was neglected and His Divine Human not acknowledged.
By "his becoming dead" is not meant that He was crucified, and so died,
but that He was neglected in the church,
and His Divine Human not acknowledged,
for so He is dead with men.
His Divine from eternity is indeed acknowledged,
but this is Jehovah Himself;
but His human is not acknowledged to be Divine,
although the Divine and the Human in Him are like soul and body,
and therefore are not two but one, yea, one Person,
according to the doctrine received throughout the whole Christian world,
which has its name from Athanasius.
When, therefore, the Divine in Him is separated from the Human,
by saying that His Human is not Divine,
but like the human of another man,
in this case He is dead with men.

AR 51, 52 - stars and a sword

AR 51
And having in His right hand seven stars,
signifies all the knowledges of good and truth in the Word,
which are with the angels of heaven and with the people of the church.

. . . "stars" signify the knowledges of good and truth from the Word.
"The Son of man had them in His right hand"
signifies, that they are from the Lord alone through the Word.
. . . "seven" signifies all.

AR 52
And out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword going forth,
signifies the dispersion of falsities by the Word,
and by doctrine from the Lord.
. . . by "wars" in the Word, are signified spiritual wars,
which are wars of truth against falsity,
and of falsity against truth. . .
. . . "to go out of His mouth" . . .
to go out of the mouth of the Lord,
is to go out of the Word,
for this the Lord spake with His mouth. . .
It is called "a sharp two-edged sword,"
because it penetrates the heart and soul.


Sometimes it strikes me as odd,
"How can falsity overpower the Truth from the Lord?"

While I was reading this morning, a light flashed:

Only because we choose it.

We choose to think our worldly wants and needs are more important than our spiritual needs. We choose our selves and our world and figure the spiritual will be okay so long as this world is okay. Tain't so. But we choose ourselves, and the consequent falsities, over the Lord and His truth. Our choice turns us away from His truth. I knew this, but it has more clarity today.

AR 50 - "And His voice as the voice of many waters"

AR 50
And His voice as the voice of many waters,
signifies the Divine truth . . .
specifically, natural truths,
which are knowledges from the Word . . .

Jehovah is my shepherd,
He will lead me to the waters of quietness.
(Psalm 23:1-2)

Jesus, sitting at the fountain of Jacob, said unto the woman,
Whosoever drinks of this water, shall thirst again;
but whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give,
shall not thirst to eternity;
and the water that I shall give,
shall be in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life.
(John 4:7-15)

The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters,
Jehovah is upon many waters.
(Psalm 29:3)

When it is known that by "waters" in the Word
are meant truths in the natural person,
it may appear what was signified by washings, in the Israelitish church;
and also what is signified by baptism;
and likewise by these words of the Lord, in John:

Except a man be born of water,
and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
(John 3:5)

To be born "of water" signifies to be born by truths;
and "of the Spirit" signifies by a life according to them.

AR 42 - a voice

AR 42
. . . before person turns himself to the Lord,
and acknowledges Him as the God of heaven and earth,
he cannot see the Divine truth in the Word.
The reason is, that God is one,
both in Person and in essence,
in whom there is the Trinity;
and that God is the Lord. Therefore,
they who acknowledge a Trinity of Persons,
look primarily to the Father, and some to the Holy Spirit,
and rarely to the Lord, and if to the Lord,
they think of His Human as of an ordinary man.
When a person does this,
he can by no means be enlightened in the Word,
for the Lord is the Word,
for it is from Him and concerning Him.
Therefore they who do not approach the Lord alone,
see Him and His Word behind them, and not before them;
or backward, and not in front.
This is the arcanum which lies concealed in these words:

"That John heard a voice behind him,
and that he turned to see the voice,
and, being turned,
saw seven golden lampstands,
and in the midst of them the Son of man;"

for the voice which he heard came from the Son of man,
who is the Lord.