629. 'And give glory to Him, because the hour of His judgment has come' signifies the acknowledgment and confession that all the truth of the Word by virtue of which a Church is a Church is from the Lord, in accordance with which every man will be judged. That 'to give glory to Him' signifies to acknowledge and confess that all truth is from the Lord may be seen above (n. 249); and because all the truth by virtue of which a Church is a Church is out of the Word, therefore the truth of the Word is understood. 'Because the hour of His judgment has come' signifies because every man will be judged in accordance with the Truth of the Word. This is signified because by 'to give glory to Him' is signified to acknowledge and confess that all the Truth of the Word is from the Lord, and it is now said 'because the hour of His judgment has come', and 'because' involves this as the cause. That the Truth of the Word is going to judge everyone may be seen above (n. 233, 273); and that the Church is derived from the Word, and that its quality is such as its understanding of the Word, may be seen in THE DOCTRINE OF THE NEW JERUSALEM CONCERNING THE SACRED SCRIPTURE (n. 76-79). It is plain from these things that the spiritual sense of these words is such [as has been stated]. This is because the angels of heaven do not perceive anything else by 'glory' than Divine Truth, and because all Divine Truth is from the Lord, by 'to give glory to Him' they perceive to acknowledge and confess that all Truth is from Him. For all the glory in the heavens is from no other source, and in so far as a society of heaven is in Divine Truth, so far do all the things there shine brightly, and so far are the angels in the brightness of glory. [2] That by 'glory' Divine Truth is understood can be established from these passages:-
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of Jehovah; the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see Isa. xl 3, 5.
Shine, for thy Light has come, and the glory of Jehovah has risen upon thee. Jehovah shall arise upon thee and His glory shall be seen upon Thee Isa. lx 1 to the end.
I will give thee for a covenant to the people, for a light of the nations, and My glory will I not give to another Isa. xlii 6, 8,
For Mine own sake, for Mine own sake will I do it, and My glory will I not give to another Isa. xlviii 11.
From the rising of the sun they shall fear His glory, the Redeemer shall come to Zion Isa. lix 19, 20.
Thy light shall break forth as the dawn, the glory of Jehovah shall gather thee Isa lviii 8.
He shall come to gather together all nations and tongues, that they may see My glory Isa. lxvi 18.
Jehovah said, I am alive, and the whole land shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah Num. xiv 21.
The fullness of all the land is His glory Isa. vi 1-3.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God, in Him was life, and the life was the light of men, it was the true light; and the Word was made flesh, and we have SCCIS his glory, the glory as of the Only-begotten from the Father John i, 1, 4, 9 [,14].
These things said Isaiah, when he saw His glory John xii 41.
And they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with glory Matt. xxiv 3, 30.
The heavens shall tell the glory of God Ps. xix 1 [H.B. 2].
The nations shall fear the Name of Jehovah, and the kings of the land Thy glory, that He has built up Zion, and appeared in His glory Ps. cii 15, 16 [H.B. 16, 17].
The glory of God shall enlighten the Holy Jerusalem, and the Lamb is the lamp thereof, and the nations that are saved shall walk in His* light Rev. xxi 23-25.
The Son of Man is going to come in His glory, to sit upon the throne of His glory Matt. xxv 31; Mark viii 38.
That 'the glory of Jehovah' filled and covered the tabernacle (Exod. xl 34, 35; Lev. ix 23, 24; Num. xiv 10-12; xvi 19; xvi 42 [H.B. xvii 7]). That it filled the house of Jehovah (1 Kings viii 10, 11). Besides elsewhere, as Isa. xxiv 23; Ezek. i 28; viii 4; ix 3; x 4, 18, 19; xi 22, 23; Luke ii 32; ix 26; John ii 11; v 44; vii 18; xvii 24. * The Original Edition has Ipsius (His), but in n. 920 it has ejus (thereof) as in Greek.
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