"And I heard a great voice saying in heaven," signifies the joy of the angels of heaven because of the light and wisdom which they then possessed; "now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ," signifies that now the Lord has power, by means of His Divine Truth, to save those who are of His church, who receive it in heart and soul; "for the accuser of our brethren is cast down," signifies after those have been separated from heaven, and condemned to hell who have fought against a life of faith, which is charity; "who accuseth them before our God day and night," signifies and who have rebuked them and disputed with them continually from the Word. "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb," signifies resistance and victory by means of Divine Truth proceeding from the Divine Human of the Lord; "and by the Word of their testimony " signifies and by the confession and acknowledgment of the Divine in His Human; "and they loved not their life even unto death," signifies the faithful, who have endured temptations because of those truths, and esteemed the life of the world as of no account in comparison with the life of heaven. "Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them," signifies the salvation and consequent joy of those who become spiritual by the reception of Divine Truth. "Woe to those that inhabit the earth and the sea," signifies lamentation over those who become merely natural and sensual; "for the devil is come down unto you," signifies because they receive evils from hell; "having great anger," signifies hatred against spiritual truths and goods, which are of faith and life from the Word, consequently against those who are in them; "knowing that he hath but a short time," signifies because the state is changed.