Face like a man
In Revelation 4:7, a face like a man signifies affection of truth, and, more interiorly, wisdom. (Apocalypse Revealed 243, Apocalypse Explained 280)
Arcana Coelestia #19
19. 'The Spirit of God' is used to mean the Lord's mercy, which is said 'to hover', like a hen over eggs, over what the Lord stores away in man and which in the Word are frequently called 'remnants'. These remnants are cognitions of truth and good which never come to light or into daylight until external things have been laid waste. These cognitions are here called 'the face 1 of the waters'.
Voetnoten:
1. literally, the faces
