Apocalypse Explained, volume 1 - Swedenborg Foundation

APOCALYPSE EXPLAINED 616Unto you that fear My name shall the Sun of righteousness arise,and healing in His wings (4:2).“The Sun of righteousness” signifies the good of love, which is thecelestial Divine; and the “wings of Jehovah, in which there ishealing,” signify truth from that good, which is the spiritualDivine; “healing” is reformation thereby.[10] In Moses:As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young,spreadeth abroad her wings, beareth them on her wings, so Jehovahdoth lead him (Deut. 32:11, 12).Here comparison is made with an “eagle,” because “eagle” signifiesintelligence, and “wing” the spiritual Divine, which is Divine truth,from which is intelligence.[11] In Isaiah:They that wait upon Jehovah renew their strength, they mount upwith a wing like eagles (40:31).“To mount up with a wing like eagles” is to ascend into the light ofheaven, which is Divine truth or the spiritual Divine front which isintelligence.[12] In Ezekiel:The mountain of height will I plant it; that it may lift up thebough and bear fruit, and become a magnificent cedar; that under itmay dwell every bird of every wing (17:23).“A magnificent cedar” signifies the spiritual church; “every bird ofevery wing” signifies things intellectual which are from spiritualtruths.283c. From this it can be seen what “the wings of the cherubim,”both here and elsewhere in the Word, signify, namely, the spiritual