512. [verse 12] 'And they heard a great voice out of heaven saying to them, Come up hither' signifies these two Essentials of the New Church taken up by the Lord into heaven, whence they exist and where they are, and the protection of them. By 'a great voice out of heaven' is signified from the Lord, for a voice out of heaven is from no other source. By 'Come up hither' is signified their being taken up into heaven, whence they exist and where they are, and the protection of them.