831. [verse 17] 'And I saw one angel standing in the Sun, and he cried out with a great voice saying to all the birds flying in the midst of heaven, Come and flock together to the Supper of the Great God' signifies the Lord out of Divine Love, and consequently out of Divine Zeal, calling and assembling all who are in the affection of spiritual truth and who think about heaven to the New Church and to conjunction with Himself, thus to eternal life. By the 'angel standing in the Sun' is understood the Lord in Divine Love. By 'an angel' is understood the Lord, and by the Sun' His Divine Love. By 'to cry out with a great voice' is signified out of Divine Zeal, for a 'voice' or influx from the Lord out of Divine Love is out of Divine Zeal, for the Zeal is of the Love. By 'the birds flying in the midst of heaven' are signified all who are in the affection of spiritual truth and consequently think about heaven. By 'to come and flock together to the Supper of the Great God' is signified a calling and assembling to the New Church and to conjunction with the Lord; and because the result of conjunction with the Lord is eternal life, therefore that also is signified. By 'to cry out, Come' the calling is signified, and by 'to flock together' is signified the assembling. [2] That by 'an angel' in the Word is understood the Lord may be seen above (n. 5, 170, 258, 344, 465, 649, 657, 718); the more so here because He was seen to stand in the Sun, and no angel appears in the Sun, for the Lord is the Sun of the spiritual world, and therefore the Only Lord is there. That by the Sun', where it treats of the Lord, is signified Divine Love may be seen (n. 53, 414). Because Divine Zeal is of Divine Love here [Zeal] for the salvation of men, it is plain that by 'to cry out with a great voice' when said of the Lord in Divine Love is signified to speak or to inflow out of Divine Zeal. That by 'birds' are signified such things as are of the understanding and consequently of the thought [may be seen] above (n. 757). Here [are signified] those who are in the affection of spiritual truth and think about heaven, since it is said 'the birds flying in the midst of heaven', and by 'to fly in the midst of heaven' is signified to perceive, pay attention to and think (n. 245, 415). That by 'the Supper of the Great God' is signified the New Church and thus conjunction with the Lord, [see] n. 816, where their Supper is called 'the Supper of the Lamb's wedding'.