AE 593 - "strong angel"

AE 593
And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven,
(Revelation 10:1)
signifies the Lord as to the Word,
here as to its ultimate sense,
which is called the sense of the letter.
This is evident from the signification of a "strong angel,"
as being the Lord as to the Word . . .
for all the strength and all the power of Divine truth
exist and consist in its ultimate,
consequently in the sense of the letter of the Word.

[2] Because it is the sense of the letter of the Word that is meant,
therefore it is said that the angel was seen "coming down out of heaven."
The like is said of the Word, which is the Divine truth;
this comes down from the Lord through the heavens into the world,
consequently it is adapted to the wisdom of the angels
who are in the three heavens,
and is also adapted to people who are in the natural world.
For this reason the Word in its first origin of all is wholly Divine,
afterward celestial, then spiritual, and lastly natural;
it is celestial for the angels of the inmost or third heaven,
who are called celestial angels,
it is spiritual for the angels of the second or middle heaven
who are called spiritual angels,
and it is celestial-natural and spiritual-natural
for the angels of the ultimate or first heaven
who are called celestial-natural and spiritual-natural angels,
and it is natural for people in the world;
for so long as people live in a material body they think and speak naturally.
This then is why the Word is with the angels of each heaven,
but with a difference according to the degrees
of their wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge [scientia];
and although it differs in its sense in each heaven,
still it is the same Word,
because it is the Divine itself . . . .