The fourth beast coming up out of the sea, which had a mouth speaking great things, waged war with the saints and prevailed Dan. vii 21;

also by these there:-

The he-goat of the she-goats ran at the ram, cast him to the ground, stamped upon him; and he lifted himself up against the Prince of the army, and the habitation of His sanctuary was cast down, and he cast down the truth (veritas) to the ground Dan. viii 5-7; 11, 12.

That by 'the he-goat of the she-goats' is understood a faith separated from charity may be seen in THE DOCTRINE OF THE NEW JERUSALEM CONCERNING FAITH (n. 61-68). Similar things are understood by these [words]:-

A king shall arise, hard-faced, understanding subtle things, he shall destroy the mighty, and the people of the holy ones, and he shall rise up against the Prince of princes, and fraud is going to succeed favourably in his hand Dan. viii 23-25.

That this 'king' is 'the he-goat of the she-goats' is said there (verse 21). The like is also signified by:-

The beast coming up out of the deep, that made war with the two witnesses and overcame them and killed them Rev. xi 7 (n. 500).

They overcame, because the laity do not see their subtleties which they call mysteries (arcana), for they wrap them up in appearances and fallacies; and therefore they said, 'Who is like unto the beast? who is able to fight with him?' (verse 4, n. 579-581). [2] That by 'the saints' are understood those who are in truths from the Lord by means of the Word can be established from the passages quoted above (n. 173), and from these as well:-

Jesus said, Father, sanctify them in Thy truth (veritas), Thy Word is the Truth (veritas): I sanctify Myself that they also may be sanctified in the Truth, I in them and Thou in Me John xvii 17, 19, 23.

Jehovah came out of Sinai, He came out of the myriads of holiness, from the right hand of the fire of the law for them, all His saints are in thy hand; He shall accept of thy words Deut. xxxiii 2, 3,

from which it is plain that they are termed 'saints' who are in Divine truths from the Lord by means of the Word. It is also plain that 'they who live in accordance with the precepts', that is, the truths of the Word, 'were the saints of Jehovah' (Lev. xix 2; Deut. xxvi 18, 19); and 'if they would keep the covenant they would be a holy nation' (Exod. xix 5, 6). The Decalogue is the covenant that they should keep [as may be seen in THE DOCTRINE OF LIFE FOR THE NEW JERUSALEM DERIVED FROM THE PRECEPTS OF THE DECALOGUE] (n. 53-60). This was why the place in the tabernacle where the ark was, in which was the Decalogue, was called the Holy of Holies (Exod. xxvi 33, 34). [3] They are termed 'saints' who live in accordance with the truths of the Word, not that they are holy, but that the truths in them are holy, and these are holy when they are in them from the Lord, and the Lord is in them with the truths of His Word (John xv 7). By virtue of Truths from the Lord angels are termed holy (Matt. xxv 31 Luke ix 26); the prophets likewise (Luke i 70; Rev. xviii 20; xxii 6); and the apostles (Rev. xviii 20). For the same reason the temple is termed the temple of holiness (Ps. v 7 [H.B. 8]; lxv 4 [H.B. 5]; and Zion the mountain of holiness (Isa. lxv 11; Jer. xxxi 23; Ezek. xx 40; Ps. ii 6; iii 4 [H.B. 5]; xv 1). Jerusalem is termed the holy city (Isa. xlviii 2; lxiv 10; Rev. xxi 2, 10; Matt. xxvii 53). The Church is termed the people of saints (Isa. lxii 12; lxiii 18; Ps. cxlix 1); and also the kingdom of saints (Dan. vii 18, 22, 27). The reason they are called 'saints' [or 'holy'] is because 'angels' in an abstract sense signify Divine Truths from the Lord; 'the Prophets' Truths of doctrine; 'the Apostles' Truths of the Church; 'the temple' heaven and the Church as to Divine Truths; and in like manner 'Zion', 'Jerusalem', 'the people' and 'the kingdom of God'. That no one is holy from himself, not even the angels, may be seen (Job xv 14, 15); but [one can be holy] from the Lord, because the Lord is the 'Only Holy' (Rev. xv 4; n. 173).