793. Verses 5, 6. And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given unto him authority to work for forty-two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle and them that dwell in heaven.

5. "And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies," signifies the doctrine destroying utterly the goods of the Word and its truths n. 794; "and there was given unto him authority to work forty-two months," signifies its destruction even until nothing of good and truth remained n.796.

6. "And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God," signifies the falsification of Divine truth, thus of the Word, which is from the Lord and which is the Lord (n. 797); "to blaspheme His name," signifies by falsifying all its quality n. 798; "and His tabernacle" signifies all the doctrine of the church and worship therefrom n. 799; "and them that dwell in heaven," signifies spiritual goods and truths, from which is the heavenly marriage n. 800.