955. [verse 17] 'And the spirit and the bride are saying, Come' signifies that heaven and the Church will long for the Lord's coming. By 'the spirit' is signified heaven, by 'the bride' the Church, and by 'to say, Come' is signified to long for the Lord's coming. That the New Church, which is the holy Jerusalem, is understood by 'the bride' is established from chap. xxi 2, 9, so, as may be seen (n. 881, 895). And the reason why by 'the spirit' is understood heaven is because the angelic spirits are understood, of whom the New Heaven treated of above (chap. xiv 1-7; xix 1-9; xx 4, 5) [is constituted]. By the Church, which is here called 'the bride', is not understood the Church consisting of those who are in untruths of faith, but the Church consisting of those who are in the truths of faith, for these long for the light and consequently for the coming of the Lord, as above (n. 954).