AC 8247 - the glory of the Lord

AC 8247
The reason why 'the glory'
means the presence and the arrival of the Lord
is that in the highest sense
'glory' is the Divine Truth which emanates from the Lord;
and Divine Truth appears before angels' eyes
as the light and splendor from the Sun,
which is the Lord.

[4] Here also "the glory of Jehovah"
plainly denotes His presence.

The disciples said unto Jesus,
Tell us what shall be the sign of Thy coming?
Jesus said, Then shall appear the sign of the Son of man,
and they shall see the Son of man
coming in the clouds of heaven with power and glory.
(Matthew 24:3, 30)

The last time of the former church
and the first time of the new church
is here treated of;
"the Son of man"
signifies truth Divine proceeding from the Lord;
"the clouds of heaven"
signifies the Word in the sense of the letter;
"power and glory"
signifies the internal sense,
thus the Divine truth which shall then appear;
"the coming of the Lord"
signifies the acknowledgment of truth Divine
by those who are of the new church,
and the denial of it
by those who are of the old church.