"And I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me," signifies consolations from the Lord after temptations; "write," signifies certainty; "blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth," signifies the resurrection into life everlasting of those who had so far lived a life of charity, and will so live hereafter; "Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours," signifies, that they will have no longer to fight against evils and falsities, nor suffer infestations from them; "for their works do follow with them," signifies that they have spiritual life, which is the life of the angels of heaven.