AE 594 - a cloud

AE 594 [1, 3]

Encompassed with a cloud
(Revelation 10:1)
signifies the ultimate of the Word.

He who does not know that a "cloud"
in the spiritual sense of the Word
means the Word in the letter,
cannot know what arcanum is involved in this:

That in the consummation of the age
they shall see the Son of Man
coming in the clouds of heaven
with power and glory.
(Matt. 24:30; Mark 13:26; 14:61, 62; Luke 21:27)

Behold, Jesus Christ comes with the clouds
and every eye shall see Him.
(Revelation 1:7)

I saw, and behold a white cloud,
and on the cloud One sat like unto the Son of Man.
(Revelation 14:14)

I was seeing in the night visions,
and behold, there was coming with the clouds of the heavens
one like the Son of Man.
(Daniel 7:13)

He who is ignorant that "the clouds of heaven"
signify the truths of the Word in the sense of the letter,
cannot know otherwise
than that in the consummation of the age,
that is, in the end of the church,
the Lord is to come in the clouds of heaven,
and manifest Himself to the world;
but it is well known that since the Word was given,
the Lord manifests Himself through that only,
for the Word, which is Divine truth,
is the Lord Himself in heaven and in the church.
From this it can now be seen
that the manifestation here predicted
signifies His manifestation in the Word;
and His manifestation in the Word
was effected through His opening and revealing
the internal or spiritual sense of the Word,
for in that sense is the Divine truth itself,
such as it is in heaven,
and the Divine truth in heaven is the Lord Himself there.