593. 'Here is the patience and faith of the saints' signifies that the man of the Lord's New Church by means of temptations from those [untruths] is examined as to the quality of his life and faith. By 'the patience' here is signified patience in temptations, and the examination then of a man's quality as to life in accordance with the Lord's precepts, and as to faith in the Lord. It is therefore said, 'here is the patience and faith'. By 'the saints' are signified those who belong to the Lord's New Church, specifically those who are in Divine Truths there (n. 586). 'Patience' is predicated of the temptations by means of which a man's quality is examined, also elsewhere in the Apocalypse, as chapters i 9; ii 2, 3, 19; iii 10. That it is as to life in accordance with the Lord's precepts, and as to faith in Him, is plain from these words there:-
They have no rest day and night who adore the beast and his image, here is the patience of the saints, here are those keeping the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus Rev. xiv 11, 12.
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