6345. 'Excelling in eminence and excelling in worth' means the resulting glory and powerfulness. This is clear from the meaning of 'excelling in eminence' as glory, for a person who is eminent possesses glory; and from the meaning of 'excelling in worth' as powerfulness, since one who has worth is endued with powerfulness. Here glory has reference to the truth of faith, 5922, powerfulness to the good of charity, which is why the phrase 'the resulting glory and powerfulness' is used - resulting from the truth of faith and the good of charity, both spoken of immediately above.

'The bite of a snake' or 'serpent,' as in Amos 5:19, this signifies falsification of the Word from the interior dominion of falsity from evil.

(参照: Apocalypse Explained 781)