“All authority is given to Me in heaven and on earth... And behold, I am with you always, even to the consummation of the age.” - Matthew 28:18, 20
Kempton New Church


June 1

After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven. And the first voice which I heard as of a trumpet speaking with me said, Come up hither, and I will show thee the things which must come to pass hereafter. And straightway I was in the spirit. And behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne. And He who sat was to the sight like a jasper and a sardius stone; and there was a rainbow all around the throne, to the sight like an emerald. (Revelation 4:1-3)

And He that sat was in appearance like a jasper and sardius stone signifies the appearance of the Lord’s Divine wisdom and Divine love in ultimates. “A stone,” in the Word, signifies truth in ultimates, and “a precious stone,” truth transparent from good. There are two colors fundamental to the rest in the spiritual world, the color white and the color red. The color white derives its origin from the light of the sun in heaven, thus from spiritual light, which is shining white; and the color red derives its origin from the fire of the sun there, thus from celestial light, which is flaming.… “The jasper,” because it is shining white, signifies the things which are of the truth of wisdom; and “the sardius,” because it is red, the things which are of the good of love. These stones signify the appearance of the Divine wisdom and the Divine love in ultimates, because all precious stones in heaven derive their origin from the ultimates of the Word, and their transparency from the spiritual sense of the ultimates. (Apocalypse Revealed 231)

And a rainbow was round about the throne in aspect like an emerald, signifies the appearance of Divine truth in the heavens around the Lord. This is evident from the signification of “a rainbow in aspect like an emerald,” as denoting the appearance of Divine truth in its circumference; for “a rainbow round about the throne” signifies Divine truth round about; “in aspect like” signifies appearance. The appearance was like an emerald because it had reference to the Last Judgment; for the color of this stone is green, and “green” signifies truth obscured.… The heaven that was obscured was the heaven called “the former heaven,” on which judgment was to be executed, and which was about to perish. (Apocalypse Explained 269)

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