311. In the celestial sense, to kill means to be rashly angry with the Lord, to hate Him, and to wish to blot out His name. It is said of such that they crucify the Lord, and this they would do, as the Jews did, if He were to come again into the world as before. This is meant by:
A Lamb standing as though it had been slain (Rev. 5:6; 13:8). Also by the Lord's being crucified (Rev. 11:8; Heb. 6:6; Gal. 3:1).
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