Apocalypse Explained, volume 1 - Swedenborg Foundation

APOCALYPSE EXPLAINED 80And in Daniel:I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the cloudsof the heavens one like unto the son of man (Dan. 7:13).Because all judgment is executed according to truth, therefore it issaid, that it was given to the Lord:and that:To execute judgment, because he is the son of man (John 5:27);The son of man shall render unto every man according to his deeds(Matt. 16:27);and that:When the son of man shall come, he shall sit on the throne of hisglory, and shall judge (Matt. 25:31).[9] In Matthew:He that soweth the good seed is the son of man, the field is theworld, the seed are the sons of the kingdom, the tares are the sons of theevil one (Matt. 13:37–38).“Good seed” is Divine truth; it is therefore said that the son of mansoweth it; “the sons of the kingdom” are Divine truths in heavenand the church; for “son” is truth (see Arcana Coelestia, n. 489,491, 533, 1147, 2623), and, in the contrary sense, falsity, whichalso is “the son of the evil one.”[10] In the same:The son of man hath not where to lay his head (Matt. 8:20);by which is meant that Divine truth had no place anywhere, that is,with any man at that time. That the son of man was about to sufferand be put to death (Matt. 17:12, 22–23; 26:2, 24, 45; Mark 8:31;