808. [verse 4] 'And the twenty-four elders and the four animals fell down and adored God sitting upon the throne, saying, Amen Hallelujah' signifies the adoration of the Lord as the God of heaven and earth and as the Judge of the universe by the angels of the higher heavens, and the confirmation of the thanksgiving, confession and celebration of Him effected by the angels of the lower heavens. By 'to fall down and adore' is signified humiliation and adoration as the result of the humiliation, as above (n. 370). By 'the twenty-four elders and the four animals' are signified the higher heavens (n. 369). By 'the One sitting upon the throne' is understood the Lord as the God of heaven and as the Judge of the universe, since by 'the throne' is signified heaven and the kingdom there (n. 14, 221, 222) and also judgment. Here it is judgment because concerning the judgment upon Babel, already treated of. That 'the One sitting upon the throne' is the Lord will be seen below. By 'Amen Hallelujah' is signified the confirmation of the thanksgiving, confession and celebration effected by the angels of the lower heavens. By 'Amen' is signified the confirmation and agreement resulting from the truth (n. 23, 28, 61, 371, 375), and by 'Hallelujah' is signified thanksgiving, confession and celebration of the Lord (n. 803). That these things were done by the angels of the lower heavens is because they spoke first and were celebrating the Lord as the God of heaven, Judge and Avenger, and saying 'Hallelujah', as is plain from vers. 1 and 2 and from the exposition above (n. 803, 804). The confirmation thereof by the angels of the higher heavens is signified by 'Amen Hallelujah'. [2] That 'the One sitting upon the Throne' is the Lord is plain from the Apocalypse (chaps. i 4; iii 21; iv 2-6, 9; v 13; vi 16; vii 9-11; xxii 1, 3); in which places it is said 'God' and 'the Lamb' upon the throne. By 'God' there is understood the Lord's Divine Itself that is called 'the Father', and by 'the Lamb' the Divine Human that is called 'the Son' (n. 269, 291), thus the Only Lord. This is plain also from chap. vii where it is said:-