6972. 'That they will believe the voice of the latter sign' means that they would possess faith in what had been declared beforehand by the Word, which was that they would become profaners of truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'believing' as being in possession of faith, dealt with just above in 6970; from the meaning of 'the voice' as that which has been declared, dealt with in 6971, and so that which has been declared beforehand; and from the meaning of the leprosy, to which 'the latter sign' refers here, as the profanation of truth, dealt with above in 6963. For what profanation is, see 6959 and the places referred to in that paragraph.