8914. 'And all the people saw the voices and torches' means perception of God's truths that spring from good. This is clear from the meaning of 'seeing' as understanding and perceiving, dealt with in 2150, 2325, 2807, 3764, 3863, 3869, 4403-4421, 4567, 4723, 5400; from the meaning of 'voices', or claps of thunder, as God's truths, dealt with in 7573, 8813; and from the meaning of 'torches', or lightning, as the brilliant flashes emitted by truths that spring from the good of love, which have a sharp and penetrating effect, dealt with in 8813.

[2] The expression 'God's truths that spring from good' is used here to mean all the Ten Commandments which were declared from Mount Sinai amid thundering and lightning. These took place at that time because claps of thunder were signs of God's truths, which are also for that reason called voices, while flashes of lightning were signs of the brilliant flashes that truths from good possess, which are also for that reason called torches or flames, 'flames' being Divine Truths emanating from the Lord's Divine Good, see 6832.

6831. 'And the angel of Jehovah appeared to him' means the Lord's Divine Human. This is clear from the meaning of 'the angel of Jehovah' as the Lord's Divine Human, dealt with in 6280. The reason why the Divine Human is called 'the angel of Jehovah' is that before the Lord's Coming, whenever Jehovah passed through heaven He appeared in human form, as an angel; for heaven as a whole resembles one entire human being, called the Grand Man, which has been the subject at the ends of quite a number of chapters. When therefore the Divine Himself passed through heaven He appeared in human form, as an angel, before the eyes of those to whom He spoke. This was Jehovah's Divine Human before the Lord's Coming. And the Lord's Human, having been made Divine, is also Jehovah's Divine Human, for the Lord is Jehovah Himself in the Divine Human. The fact that the Lord's Divine Human is called 'the angel', may be seen in 6280. It is also clear from a number of places in the New Testament where the Lord says that He is The sent from the Father; 'being sent' means going forth, and in the Hebrew language 'the sent' is used to mean an angel. For places where the Lord says He is 'the sent', see Matthew 10:40; 15:24; Mark 9:37; Luke 4:43; 9:48; 10:16; John 3:17, 34; 4:34; 5:23-24, 36-38; 6:29, 39-40, 44, 57; 7:16, 18, 28-29; 8:16, 18, 29, 42; 9:4; 10:36; 11:41-42; 12:44-45, 49; 13:20; 14:24; 16:5, 7; 17:3, 8, 18, 21, 23, 25.