Apocalypse Explained, volume 1 - Swedenborg Foundation

APOCALYPSE EXPLAINED 305in explaining chapter 22, verses 1–2, of Revelation, where likethings are mentioned.[8] In David:I have waited for Jehovah, my soul doth wait, my soul waiteth forthe Lord more than the watchmen for the morning, the watchmen forthe morning; for with him is much redemption, and he will redeemIsrael (Ps. 130:5–8).Here the Lord’s coming into the world, and his reception by thosethat are in the good of love are treated of. The Lord’s coming issignified by “I have waited for Jehovah, my soul doth wait for theLord, for with him is much redemption, and he shall redeemIsrael”; and his reception by those that are in the good of love issignified by “more than watchmen for the morning, the watchmenfor the morning.” Here “morning” in the highest sense signifies theLord, and in the internal sense his kingdom and church; and“watchmen for the morning” signify those who wait for the Lord’scoming, who are those that are in the good of love, since to thosethe Lord is “coming.”[9] That “morning” signifies the Lord’s coming into the worldand then a new church is evident from the following passages.In Daniel:Unto evening and morning, two thousand three hundred, then theholy [sanctum] shall be justified. The vision of the evening and themorning, which has been told, is truth (Dan. 8:14, 26).“Evening” signifies the last time of the former church, and“morning” the first time of the new church, thus the Lord’scoming.In Isaiah: