259. Verse 1. After these things I saw, and behold a door opened in heaven; and the first voice that I heard, as of a trumpet speaking with me, said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things that must come to pass hereafter.

1. "After these things I saw," signifies the understanding illustrated n. 260; "and behold a door opened in heaven," signifies the arcana of heaven revealed n. 260; "and the first voice that I heard," signifies revelation now of things to come n. 261; "as of a trumpet speaking with me," signifies clear and manifest (n. 262); "said, Come up hither" signifies elevation of mind and attention (n. 263); "and I will show thee things that must come to pass hereafter," signifies instruction about the things that will occur in the last time of the church (n. 264).