603. And when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write.- That this signifies that he was desirous of manifesting that state, is evident from the signification of, when the seven thunders uttered their voices, as denoting instruction out of heaven, and perception, concerning the last state of the church (see just above, n. 602); and from the signification of, "I was about to write," as denoting to be desirous of manifesting; that to write denotes to manifest is evident.