604# “就听见从天上来的声音对我说，七个雷所说的，你要封上，不可写出来”表示主的吩咐，即：这些事要保留，还不可以披露。这从“听见从天上来的声音”、“七个雷所说的，要封上”和“不可写出来”的含义清楚可知：“听见从天上来的声音”是指主的吩咐，也就是“不可写出来”；“七个雷所说的，要封上”是指他被教导，并且对教会的最后状态所感知到的这些事要保密和保留；“不可写出来”是指它们还不可以披露(参看AE 603节)。“封上”表示保密并保留，直到另一个时间，这一点可从本书接下来的话明显看出来；因为接下来的话论述了教会的中间状态，该状态出现在第六位天使和第七位天使吹号之间，也就是紧接着教会的最后状态和最后状态之间；因此，在最后状态下将要发生的事就是必须保留，还不可以披露的事。
启示录10:5–7
604. And I heard a voice out of heaven saying unto me, Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.- That this signifies a command from the Lord that those things should be reserved and not yet be manifested, is evident from the signification of hearing a voice out of heaven, as denoting a command from the Lord, which is, "write them not;" and from the signification of sealing up those things which the seven thunders uttered, as denoting that those things in which he was instructed, and which he perceived, concerning the last state of the church should be kept secret and reserved; and from the signification of, "write them not," as denoting that they are not yet to be made manifest; see just above (n. 603). That to seal up denotes to keep secret, and reserve until another time, is evident from what follows in this book where the middle state of the church is treated of, which occurs between the sounding of the sixth and seventh angels, that is, between the last state but one of the church and its last state, wherefore the things that are to take place in the last state, are those which must be reserved, and not yet manifested.
604. And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up the things which the seven thunders spake, and write them not, signifies command by the Lord that these things should be reserved and not yet be disclosed. This is evident from the signification of "to hear a voice from heaven," as being a command by the Lord, which is, "write them not;" also from the signification of "to seal up the things which the seven thunders spake," as being that these things in which he was instructed, and which he perceived respecting the last state of the church, were to be kept secret and reserved; also from the signification of "write them not," as being that they must not yet be disclosed (See just above, n. 603). That "to seal up" means to keep secret and to reserve until another time can be seen from what follows in this book; for what follows treats of the middle state of the church, which intervenes between the sounding of the sixth and of the seventh angel, that is, between next to the last state of the church and the last, therefore the things that are to take place in the last state are what must be reserved and not yet disclosed.
604. "Et audivi vocem e caelo dicantem mihi, Obsigna quae locuta sunt septem tonitrua, et ne illa scribas." - Quod significet mandatum a Domino, ut illa reserventur et nondum manifestentur, constat ex significatione "audire vocem e caelo", quod sit mandatum a Domino, quod est, "Ne illa scribas"; ex significatione "obsignare quae locuta sunt septem tonitrua", quod sit quod reticenda et reservanda sint illa quibus instructus est, et quae percepit de statu ultimo ecclesiae; et ex significatione "Ne illa scribas", quod sit quod nondum manifestanda sint (de qua mox supra, n. 603).
Quod "obsignare " sit reticere et reservare ad aliud tempus, constare potest ex sequentibus in hoc Libro; agitur enim in sequentibus de statu ecclesiae medio, qui intercedet inter clangorem sexti et septimi angeli, hoc est, inter statum ecclesiae penultimum et ejus ultimum; quare futura in ultimo statu, sunt quae reservanda et nondum manifestanda.