663. Verses 11, 12. And after three days and a half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them that saw them. And they heard a great voice out of heaven, saying unto them, Come up hither; and they ascended into heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them.

"And after three, days and a half," signifies, when completed, thus the end of the old church, and the beginning of a new church; "the spirit of life from God entered into them," signifies enlightenment and the reception in some of the influx of Divine Truth from the Lord for the beginning of a new church; "and they stood upon their feet," signifies a new life such as the regenerated man of the church has; "and great fear fell upon them that saw them," signifies a state of anxiety with those who did not receive and acknowledge. "And they heard a great voice out of heaven, saying unto them," signifies the Lord's Divine Providence; "Come up hither," signifies separation and thence protection; "and they ascended into heaven in a cloud," signifies separation as to things internal, and their protection; "and their enemies saw them," signifies cognition and acknowledgment with those who are interiorly opposed to the goods and truths of the Word and of the church.

286. Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come. That this signifies who is the Infinite and the Eternal is evident from the signification of Almighty, as denoting that He is the Infinite, of which we shall speak presently, and from the signification of, who was, who is, and who is to come, as denoting that He is the Eternal (concerning which see above, n. 23). There are two things which can be predicated of Jehovah alone, that is, of the Lord - infinite and eternal; infinite, of His Being (esse), which is the Divine good of His Divine love; eternal, of His manifestation (existere) from that Being (esse), which is the Divine truth of His Divine wisdom. These two are Divine in themselves. From these the universe was created; therefore also all things in the universe have reference to good and truth, and good is everywhere the being (esse) of a thing, and truth is the manifestation (existere) therefrom; but these two in all things of the universe are finite. This is why it is here said "Lord God"; for Lord signifies the Divine good of the Divine love, and God the Divine truth of the Divine wisdom. (That Jehovah in the Word is called Lord from Divine good, may be seen, Arcana Coelestia 4973, 9167, 9194; and that He is called God from Divine truth, n. 2586, 2769, 2807, 2822, 3921, 4287, 4402, 7010, 9167). From these considerations it is clear that Almighty signifies the Infinite, and that who was, who is, and who is to come signifies the Eternal.