646. [verse 16] 'And the One sitting upon the cloud put forth His sickle, and the land was reaped' signifies the end of the Church because Divine Truth is not there any longer. These things are signified because by 'the One sitting upon the cloud' is signified the Lord as to the Word (n. 642); by 'to put forth the sickle and reap' is signified to make an end and execute judgment (n. 643); by 'the harvest' is signified the state of the Church, here its last state (n. 643, 645); and by 'the land' is signified the Church (n. 285). Resulting from these things joined together into one sense it is plain that by 'the One sitting upon the cloud put forth the sickle, and the land was reaped' is signified the end of the Church because Divine Truth is not there any longer.