477. [verse 7] 'But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel when he is going to sound' signifies the final examination and making manifest of the state of the Church, which is going to perish if the New one is not set up by the Lord. That by 'to sound' a trumpet is signified to examine and make manifest the state of the life of those who belong to the Church, consequently also the state of the Church, may be seen above (n. 397); and because seven angels were sounding, by 'the voice of the seventh angel' is signified the final examination and making manifest, which is that the Church is going to perish if the New one is not set up by the Lord. Its being about to perish is understood by 'that time shall not be any more' (n. 476), and that a new Church is going to be set up by the Lord is understood by the things that now follow.