344. [verse 2] 'And I saw another angel coming up out of the rising of the suns signifies the Lord providing and moderating. By the 'angel' here is understood the Lord as to Divine Love, because He came up 'out of the rising of the sun', and from the rising of the sun or from the east is out of Divine Love, for the Lord is the Sun and the East in the spiritual world, and also is so called as to that love. That He is providing and moderating is plain from His command to the four angels, that they should 'do no harm' to land and sea 'till the servants of God' had been 'sealed upon [their] foreheads'. That the Lord's Divine Human is understood by 'an angel' in the highest sense is plain from these [statements]:-
The angel of the faces of Jehovah delivered them on account of His love and forbearance: He redeemed them, and adopted them, and carried them all the days of eternity Isa. lxiii 9.
The angel who redeemed me from every evil, bless them Gen. xlviii 16.
The Lord, Whom you seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, and the angel of the covenant, whom you desire Mal. iii 1.
I am sending an angel in front of thee, to keep thee in the way; be on thy guard against His face, for My Name is in the midst of Him Exod. xxii 20-23.
'Angel' and 'sent' are one word in the Hebrew tongue. This is why the Lord so often calls Himself 'One sent by the Father', by which is understood the Divine Human. But 'angel' in a relative sense is every one who receives the Lord, whether he be in heaven or in the world.
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