AR 342 - Angels at the Four Corners; AR 344, 347 - More on Angels

AR 342 [1, 2, 3, 5]

After these things I saw four angels
standing at the four corners of the earth.
(Revelation 7:1)

The four angels here symbolize the whole of heaven.
The four corners of the earth
symbolize the entire world of spirits,
which is midway between heaven and hell.
For the Last Judgment was executed on people
who were in the world of spirits,
and not on anyone in heaven,
nor on anyone in hell.

Angels symbolize heaven
because an angel in the highest sense
means the Lord in respect to His Divine humanity,
and as heaven is heaven owing to the Lord,
angels symbolize heaven as well.

The four angels here symbolize the whole of heaven
because they were seen
standing at the four corners of the earth,
and the four corners symbolize
the four quarters of the compass.

The four quarters are also called four corners . . ..
Since corners symbolize the quarters of the compass,
they also therefore symbolize everything,
such as everything in heaven or in hell,
or everything pertaining to goodness or to truth . . ..

That a corner symbolizes
the lowest component supporting higher ones,
as a foundation does a house,
and so symbolizes also everything,

AR 344

. . . an angel is anyone who accepts the Lord,
whether in heaven or in the world.

AR 347 [2]

It should be known
that the Lord views angels by looking upon their foreheads,
and they in turn view the Lord with their eyes.
The reason is that the Lord regards all
in accordance with the goodness of their love,
and wills that they in turn regard Him
in accordance with the truths of wisdom,
so as to bring about a conjunction.