614. [verse 2] 'And I heard a voice out of heaven as the voice of many waters' signifies the Lord speaking through the New Heaven out of Divine Truths. By 'a voice out of heaven' is signified a voice or speech from the Lord through heaven; for when a voice is heard out of heaven it is from the Lord. Here it is through the New Heaven of Christians, which is understood by 'Mount Zion' upon which the Lamb was seen to stand, and with Him the hundred and forty-four thousand (n. 612, 613). By 'many waters' are signified Divine Truths (n. 50). Of the Lord speaking through heaven out of Divine Truths it is similarly said in the following passages:-
The voice of the Son of Man was heard as the voice of many waters Rev. 15.
And a voice out of the throne as the voice of many waters Rev. xix 6.
And the voice of the God of Israel as the voice of many waters Ezek. xliii 2.
The voice of Jehovah upon the waters, Jehovah upon many waters Ps. xxix 3.
The sound of the cherubs' wings as the sound of great waters Ezek. i 24.
By 'the cherubs' is signified the Word (n. 239), thus the Divine Truth out of which the Lord speaks.
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