592. EXPOSITION. Verse 1. And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven encompassed with a cloud, and the rainbow above his head, and his face as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire. 1. "And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven," signifies the Lord as to the Word, here in relation to its ultimate sense, which is called the sense of the letter (n. 593); "encompassed with a cloud," signifies the ultimate of the Word (n. 594); "and the rainbow above his head," signifies the interior things of the Word (n. 595); "and his face as the sun," signifies the Lord's Divine love, from which is all Divine truth, which in heaven and in the church is the Word (n. 596); "and his feet as pillars of fire," signifies Divine truth, or the Word in ultimates, sustaining interior things therein, and also full of the good of love (n. 597).