Shine forth, O Shepherd of Israel who sits upon angel guardians.
(Psalms 80 : 1 )
Jehovah sitting upon angel guardians. (Psalms 99 : 1 )
Riding and sitting “upon angel guardians” refers to the Word’s outermost
meaning.
The Word’s divine truth and the qualities of that truth are portrayed
by four creatures that are also called angel guardians (Ezekiel 1 , 9 , 10 ),
and by four creatures in the middle of the throne and next to it (Revela-
tion 4 : 6 – 7 ). See Revelation Unveiled(which I published in Amsterdam)
§§ 239 , 275 , 314.11
While in the World,
the Lord Fulfilled Everything in the Word;
by Doing So He Became the Word or Divine Truth
Even on the Last or Outermost Level261 The fact that in the world the Lord fulfilled everything in the Word, and
by doing so became divine truth or the Word even on the last or outer-
most level, is what the following words in John mean:
And the Word became flesh and lived among us; and we saw his glory,
glory like that of the only begotten child of the Father. He was full of
grace and truth. (John 1 : 14 )
“Becoming flesh” means becoming the Word on the last or outermost level.
When the Lord was transfigured, he showed his disciples his qualities
as the Word on the last or outermost level (Matthew 17 : 2 and following;
Mark 9 : 2 and following; Luke 9 : 28 and following). There it says that
Moses and Elijah appeared in glory. “Moses” means the Word that was
written by Moses, and the historical Word in general. “Elijah” means the
prophetical Word. The Lord was represented as the Word on the last or
outermost level to John as well (Revelation 1 : 13 – 16 ). All the details of that
description of the Lord mean the last or outermost features of divine
truth or the Word.
The Lord was of course the Word or divine truth before he came, but
only on the first or inmost level. We read, “In the beginning was the