605. Verses 5-7. And the angel whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven. And he sware by Him that liveth unto the ages of the ages, who created heaven and the things that are therein, and the earth and the things that are therein, and the sea and the things that are therein, that time shall be no more. But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God shall also be finished, as He hath declared the good tidings to His servants the prophets.

5. "And the angel whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth," signifies the Lord, to whom all things of heaven and the church are subject n. 606; "lifted up his hand to heaven," signifies bearing witness before angels respecting the state of the church (n. 607).

6. "And he sware by Him that liveth unto the ages of the ages," signifies the verity from His Divine n. 608; "who created heaven and the things that are therein, and the earth and the things that are therein, and the sea and the things that are therein," signifies the Lord in respect to all things of heaven and the church, interior and exterior (n. 609); "that time shall be no more," signifies that there shall be no longer any understanding of Divine truth, nor any state of the church therefrom n. 610.

7. "But in the days [of the voice] of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound," signifies the last state of the church and revelation at that time of Divine truth (n. 611); "the mystery of God shall also be finished, as He hath declared the good tidings to His servants the prophets," signifies prediction in the Word respecting the Lord's coming, to be fulfilled when the end of the church is at hand n. 612.