VERSE 1. And I saw another sign in heaven, great and wonderful, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is consummated the anger of God.

"And I saw another sign in heaven," signifies revelation from the Lord concerning the state of the church before the Last Judgment: "great and wonderful," signifies from Divine Omnipotence and Providence: "seven angels having the seven last plagues," signifies evils and falsities in their whole extent which have entirely devastated the church, as to all its goods and truths, manifested by Divine truth from the Lord; "For in them is consummated the anger of God," signifies thereby the end of the church.