705. [verse 15] 'Behold I come as a thief, blessed is he who is awake and takes care of his garments' signifies the Lord's coming, and heaven then with those who look to Him and remain constant in a life in accordance with His precepts, which are the truths of the Word. That 'to come as a thief', when [said] of the Lord, signifies His coming, and heaven then with those who have lived well, and hell with those who have lived wickedly, may be seen above (n. 164). That he is termed 'blessed' who receives eternal life (n. 639). That 'to be awake' signifies to live spiritually, that is, to be in truths and in a life in accordance with them, and to look to the Lord (n. 158). And that 'to take care of his garments' signifies to remain constant in those [truths] even to the end of life, for garments signify truths clothing (n. 166, 212, 328), thus the Lord's precepts in the Word, because these are truths. These things now follow in an order resulting from those that precede; for [something] precedes concerning the Lord's coming and the New Church, also concerning an attack against it by those who are of the old Church. And because a fight is imminent, those who are in truths out of the Word are admonished to remain constant in them lest they succumb in the battle mentioned in the verse following.