AC 4809 - His Glory

AC 4809 [1, 2]

When the Son of man shall come in His glory;
(Matthew 25:31)

means when the Divine truth shall appear in its light,
which takes place with every person when he dies,
for he then comes into the light of heaven,
in which he can perceive what is true and good,
and consequently what is his quality.
The "Son of man," in the internal sense of the Word,
is the Lord as to Divine truth,
thus is the Divine truth which is from the Lord.
"Glory" is the intelligence and wisdom derived from there,
which appear as light,
and before the angels as the resplendence of light.
This resplendence of light,
in which are wisdom and intelligence
derived from the Divine truth which is from the Lord,
is what in the Word is called "glory."

And all the holy angels with Him;
(Matthew 25:31)

means the angelic heaven.
The "holy angels" are the truths
which are from the Lord's Divine good;
for by "angels" in the Word are not meant angels,
but those things which are from the Lord;
for the angels are recipients of the life of truth
proceeding from the Lord's Divine good,
and insofar as they receive,
so far they are angels.
From this it is plain that "angels" are these truths.
As the subject here treated of
is the state of everyone after death,
and the judgment of everyone according to his life,
it is said that all the holy angels will be with Him;
and by this is meant
that the judgment will be effected by means of heaven;
for all influx of Divine truth takes place through heaven,
and immediate influx can be received by no one.