390. [verse 2] 'And I saw the seven angels who stood before God' signifies the entire spiritual heaven in the presence of the Lord, hearing and doing the things He commands. By 'the seven angels' the entire heaven is signified, because by 'seven' is signified all or all things, and consequently the whole and the entire (n. 10); and by 'angel' in the highest sense the Lord is signified, and in a relative sense heaven (n. 5, 66, 342, 344), here the spiritual heaven as can be established from the things said above (n. 387, 388). That 'to stand before God' signifies to hear and do the things He commands may be seen above (n. 366).