Apocalypse Revealed # 689
689. 16:7 And I heard another from the altar saying, "Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments." This symbolizes the Divine goodness in the Word supporting that Divine truth.
Another, namely another angel, symbolizes the Divine goodness in the Word. An angel symbolizes the Divinity emanating from the Lord (nos. 415, 631, 633), and an angel from the altar symbolizes the Divine goodness of love (no. 648), here the Divine goodness in the Word, because the Word continues to be the subject, and because the angel of the waters symbolizes the Word's Divine truth (no. 685).
Now because the Word's Divine goodness and the Word's Divine truth are united, therefore the symbolic meaning of what the angel of the waters said and the symbolic meaning of what the angel from the altar said are similar. For the angel of the waters said, "You are righteous, O Lord, the One who is and who was, and holy, because You have judged these things," while here the angel from the altar said, "Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments." These two utterances have the same symbolic meaning, with the sole difference that one of the angels spoke from the prompting of truth, and the other from the prompting of goodness, and that one confirmed what the other said, but using different words, one using words that belong to the classification of truth, and the other using words that belong to the classification of good. For there is a marriage of truth and goodness in every part of the Word (no. 97), and some words are words having to do with goodness, and some are words having to do with truth. They appear to differ, but still they involve similar ideas.
Revelation 15
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And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
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And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
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And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
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Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
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And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
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And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
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And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
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And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
