321. (v. 8) And when he had taken the book. That this signifies after the acknowledgment that the Lord's Human is Divine, and that it has omnipotence and omniscience, is evident from the series in the internal sense, this being the subject treated of in what immediately precedes (see n. 316-319): and in what now follows it is acknowledged, and on this account the Lord is celebrated and glorified. And because this celebration and glorification is a living acknowledgment that the Lord's Human is Divine, and that it has omnipotence and omniscience, and that acknowledgment now follows, it is therefore signified by "when he had taken the book." The glorification of the Lord, in what now follows, is effected in this order: first, by the angels of the higher heavens: afterwards, by the angels of the lower heavens; and, lastly, by those who are under the heavens. The glorification of the Lord by the angels of the higher heavens, is contained in verses 8, 9, 10: that by the angels of the lower heavens, in verses 11, 12: and that by whose who are under the heavens, in verse 13: but these will be specifically treated of in what follows.