AC 10528, 10539 - Angels

AC 10528

And I will send an angel before thee.
(Exodus 33:2)

That this signifies the Divine of the Lord
from which is the church and its worship,
is evident from the signification of "an angel,"
as being in the supreme sense
the Lord as to the Divine Human,
and in the relative sense
the Divine of the Lord in heaven with the angels,
as also in the church with men;
and from the signification of "sending before thee,"
as being to prepare.
From this it follows that "an angel"
also signifies the Divine of the Lord
with the men who receive it;
for men who are in
the good of love and in the truths of faith
in the Lord from the Lord,
after death become angels;
and those who do so are angels inwardly
even while they live in the world.

AC 10539

. . . in the other life, where all, both angels and spirits,
appear clothed in garments,
and each one according to his truths.
They who are in genuine Divine truths
appear clothed in white shining garments,
and others in other garments.
Spirits do not know from where their garments come,
but are clothed with them without knowing this.
Moreover, their garments vary
according to the changes of their state
in respect to truths.
In a word, it is their understanding
which is presented to view
and represented by their garments,
for each person's understanding
is formed by means of truths,
and becomes such as are the truths
from which it is formed.
With the angels of heaven
their understanding is in their internal,
and consequently they have white shining garments.
The shining is from Divine good,
and the whiteness is from the light of heaven,
which is Divine truth.