42. There is likewise an internal or spiritual sense contained in every word of Revelation, and that sense contains secrets about the state of the church in the heavens and on earth. Since these could only be revealed to someone familiar with that sense and at the same time permitted to associate with angels, speaking with them spiritually, the contents of that sense have been disclosed to me, to prevent what is written there being concealed from human view and subsequently abandoned because not understood. There is too much to be described in this short book. So I should like to explain Revelation from beginning to end and expound the secrets contained in it. I shall publish this explanation within two years, and accompany it with some passages of Daniel which have so far remained a mystery because the spiritual sense has not been recognised.* * [This promise was fulfilled in 1766 by the publication of THE APOCALYPSE REVEALED. See further in Translator's Preface.]