AE 1217 - For the Lord God, the Almighty Reigns

AE 1217

Saying, Alleluia for the Lord God, the Almighty reigns,
(Revelation 19:6)

signifies joy and gladness
that the Lord has now a kingdom on the earth
as in the heavens.
This is evident from the signification of "Alleluia,"
as being an expression of glorification of the Lord
from joy of heart.
The two expressions, joy and gladness are used
because in the Word "joy" is predicated of good,
and "gladness" of truth,
and here both the angels that were in truths
and those that were in goods said "Alleluia."
It is evident also from the signification of
"the Lord God, the Almighty, reigns"
as being that His kingdom is on the earth as in the heavens,
which means that when the good
have been separated from the evil,
and the evil have been cast into hell,
all the good came into a better state
for receiving truth and good from the Lord,
a state in which they had not been before.
For so long as they were held in connection with the evil,
if they had received goods and truths
they would have defiled and perverted them.
For the same reason
interior truths were not revealed on the earth
until that separation had been effected
by means of the Last Judgment.