811. [verse 6] 'And I heard as it were the voice of a great crowd, and as it were the voice of many waters, and as it were the voice of powerful thunders saying, Hallelujah, for the Lord God Almighty reigns' signifies the joy of the angels of the lowest heaven, of the angels of the middle heaven, and of the angels of the highest heaven that the Only Lord reigns in the Church that is now about to come. By 'the voice' is signified the joy of worship, confession and celebration of the Lord, because it follows on that they said 'Hallelujah', and afterwards 'Let us rejoice and exult and give glory to Him'. By 'the voice of a great crowd' is signified the joy of the angels of the lowest heaven, as above (n. 803). By 'the voice of many waters' is signified the joy of the angels of the middle heaven, as above (n. 614). Their joy was so heard because 'many waters' signify truths in abundance (n. 50, 614, 685), and the angels of the middle heaven are in truths because they are in intelligence. By 'the voice of powerful thunders' is signified the joy of the angels of the highest heaven. That the voice or discourse of these is heard as thunder may be seen above (n. 615). By 'to say Hallelujah' is signified the joy of worship, confession and celebration of the Lord, as above (n. 803). By 'for the Lord God Almighty reigns' is signified because the Only Lord reigns, for the Lord is called 'the Almighty' (Rev. i 8; iv 8; xi 17; xv 3; xvi 7, 14; xix 15; xxi 22), where the expositions may be seen. That these things are said concerning the New Church about to be set up by the Lord is established from the three verses following in which it is said 'for the Lamb's wedding has come and His wife has made herself ready', also 'Blessed are those who are called unto the supper of the Lamb's wedding'. The joy of all the heavens that is described in this and the following verse is on account of this.