ence of reasons there set forth it follows that
this is equally true of each angel. As heaven is a man in largest
form, and a society of heaven in a less form, so is an angel in
least. For in the most perfect form, such as the form of heaven is,
there is a likeness of the whole in the part and of the part in the
whole. This is so for the reason that heaven is a common sharing, for
it shares all it has with each one, and each one receives all he has
from that sharing. Because an angel is thus a recipient he is a
heaven in least form, as shown above in its chapter; and a man also,
so far as he receives heaven, is a recipient, a heaven, and an angel
(see above, n. 57). This is thus described in the Apocalypse:

He measured the wall of the holy Jerusalem, a hundred and
forty and four cubits, the measure of a man, which is that
of an angel (21:17).

"Jerusalem" means here the Lord's church, and in a more eminent
sense, heaven;{1} the "wall" means truth, which is a defence against
the assault of falsities and evils;{2} "a hundred and forty and four"
means all goods and truths in the complex;{3} "measure" means what a
thing is,{4} a "man" means one in whom are goods and truths in
general and in particular, thus in whom is heaven. And as it is from
this that an angel is a man, it is said "the measure of a man, which
is that of an angel." This is the spiritual meaning of these words.
Without that meaning how could it be seen that "the wall of the Holy
Jerusalem" is "the measure of a man, which is that of an angel?"{5}

{Footnote 1} "Jerusalem" means the church (n. 402, 3654, 9166).

{Footnote 2} The "wall" means truth defending against the
assault of falsities and evils (n. 6419).

{Footnote 3} "Twelve" means all truths and goods in the complex
(n. 577, 2089, 2129, 2130, 3272, 3858, 3913). Likewise
"seventy-two," and "a hundred and forty-four," since this comes
from twelve multiplied into itself (n. 7973). All numbers in
the Word signify things (n. 482, 487, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963,
1988, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495, 5265). Multiplied numbers
have a like signification as the simple numbers from which they
arise by multiplication (n. 5291, 5335, 5708, 7973).

{Footnote 4} "Measure" in the Word signifies the quality of a
thing in respect to truth and good (n. 3104, 9603).

{Footnote 5} In regard to the spiritual or internal sense of
the Word see the explanation of The White Ho