Apocalypse Explained, volume 1 - Swedenborg Foundation

APOCALYPSE EXPLAINED 79That by “the coming of the Lord in the clouds of heaven” is heresignified the revelation of Divine truth at the end of the church, seeabove (n. 36).[7] In the same:I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall see the son of man sitting atthe right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven (Matt.26:64).And in Luke:From henceforth shall the son of man be seated at the right handof the power of God (Luke 22:69).“The son of man” is the Lord in respect to the Divine human, andin respect to Divine truth proceeding from him; “to sit at the righthand of power” means that he has omnipotence; its being said thatthey were now about to see this means that Divine truth was in itsomnipotence when the Lord in the world had conquered the hellsand reduced to order all things there and in the heavens, and thatthus those who received him in faith and love could be saved (seeArcana Coelestia, n. 9715. That to “sit at the right hand” meansomnipotence, see Arcana Coelestia, n. 3387, 4592, 4933, 7518,8281, 9193; that all the power of good is by means of truth, n.6344, 6423, 8304, 9327, 9410, 9639, 9643. That Divine poweritself is by means of Divine truth proceeding from the Lord’sDivine human, see n. 6948; that the “clouds” in which the son ofman is to come are the Word in the letter, which is Divine truth inthe ultimate of order, see the preface to chapter 18 of Genesis, n.4060, 4391, 5922, 6343, 6752, 8443, 8781; and that “glory” isDivine truth itself, such as it is in the internal sense of the Word,see n. 4809, 5922, 8267, 9429).[8] From this it can now be seen what is signified by these wordsin Revelation:I saw, and behold, a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat likeunto the son of man, having on his head a golden crown (Rev. 14:14).