291. 'To the One sitting upon the throne and to the Lamb, blessing and honour and glory and strength for ages of ages' signifies that in the Lord from eternity, and consequently in His Divine Human, is everything of heaven and the Church, Divine Good and Divine Truth, and Divine Power, and from Him in those who are in heaven and the Church. That the Lord from eternity is Jehovah Who in time took upon Himself the Human so that He might redeem and save men, may be seen above (n. 28 t). Consequently by 'the One sitting upon the throne' is understood the Lord from eternity, Who is called the Father; and by 'the Lamb' the Lord as to the Divine Human, which is the Son. And because the Father is in the Son, and the Son in the Father, and they are one, it is established that by both 'the One sitting upon the throne' and 'the Lamb' the Lord is understood; and because they are one, it is said also 'the Lamb in the midst of the throne' (verse 6, also chap. vii 17). That 'blessing' when [said] of the Lord is everything of heaven and the Church in Him, and from Him in those who are in heaven and the Church, may be seen above (n. 289); that 'honour and glory' are Divine Good and Divine Truth, also above (n. 249); and that 'strength' when [said] of the Lord is Divine Power is plains That the Lord has all these can be established from these [words] in Daniel:-
Behold with the clouds of heaven came One like the Son of Man, and [came] even to the Ancient of days: and there was given Him dominion and glory and the kingdom, and all peoples, nations and languages shall worship Him; His dominion is the dominion of an age that shall not pass away, and His kingdom that which shall not perish Dan. vii 13, 14.
That 'the Ancient of days' is the Lord from eternity is plain from these [words] in Micah:-
Thou Bethlehem Ephratah, little though thou be among the thousands Of Judah, out of thee shall come forth unto Me One Who shall be the Ruler in Israel, and Whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from the days of eternity Micah v 2 [H.B. 1].
Again from these in Isaiah:-
Unto us a Boy is born, unto us a Son is given, upon Whose shoulder [shall be] the government: and His Name shall be called Counsellor, God, Hero, the Father of Eternity, the Prince of Peace Isa. ix 6 [H.B. 5].
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