276# 启4:6(后半部分), 7, 8.宝座中间和宝座周围有四个活物，前后都满了眼睛。第一个活物像狮子；第二个活物像牛犊；第三个活物有像人一样的脸；第四个活物像飞鹰。四活物周围各有六个翅膀；里面都满了眼睛；他们昼夜不住地说，圣哉，圣哉，圣哉，昔在今在以后永在的主神全能者。
“宝座中间和宝座周围有四个活物，前后都满了眼睛”表示主的守卫和圣治，防止不通过爱与仁之良善就靠近内层天堂，以便依赖于其上的低层事物可以处于秩序(277节)。
“第一个活物像狮子”表示就能力和结果而言，从主发出的神性真理的终端的表象(278节)；“第二个活物像牛犊”表示就保护而言，神性良善的终端的表象(279节)；“第三个活物有像人一样的脸”表示就智慧而言，神性守卫和圣治的终端的表象(280节)；“第四个活物像飞鹰”表示就聪明和各方面的审视而言，神性守卫和圣治的终端的表象(281, 282节)。
“四活物周围各有六个翅膀”表示在各方面围绕属天神性的属灵神性的表象(283节)；“里面都满了眼睛”表示圣治和神性守卫(284节)；“他们昼夜不住地说，圣哉，圣哉，圣哉”表示从主发出的至圣之物(285节)；“昔在今在以后永在的主神全能者”表示无限和永恒者(286节)。
276. Verses 6-8. And in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four animals full of eyes before and behind. And the first animal was like a lion, and the second animal like a calf, and the third animal had a face as a man, and the fourth animal was like a flying eagle. And the four animals had each by itself six wings roundabout; and they were full of eyes within, and they had no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.
"And in the midst of the throne and round about the throne were four animals full of eyes before and behind," signifies the guardianship and providence of the Lord to prevent the interior heavens being approached, except by the good of love and of charity, that lower things thence depending may be in order.
"And the first animal was like a lion," signifies the appearance in ultimates of Divine truth proceeding from the Lord as to the power and effect; "and the second animal like a calf," signifies the appearance in ultimates of Divine good as to defence; "and the third animal had a face as a man," signifies the appearance in ultimates of the Lord's Divine guardianship and providence as to wisdom; "and the fourth animal was like a flying eagle," signifies the appearance in ultimates of the Divine guardianship and providence as to intelligence, and as to circumspection in every direction.
"And the four animals had, each by itself six wings roundabout," signifies the appearance of the Divine spiritual in every direction around the Divine celestial; "and they were full of eyes within," signifies the Divine providence and guardianship; "and they had no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy," signifies what is most holy proceeding from the Lord; "Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come," signifies who is infinite and eternal.
276. Verses 6b, 7, 8. And in the midst of the throne and around the throne were four animals, full of eyes before and behind. And the first animal was like a lion, and the second animal like a calf, and the third animal had a face like a man, and the fourth animal was like a flying eagle. And the four animals, each by itself had six wings round about, and they were full of eyes within, and they had no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come. "And in the midst of the throne and around the throne were four animals, full of eyes before and behind," signifies the Lord's guard and providence that the interior heavens be not approached except by the good of love and charity, that lower things depending thereon may be in order n. 277.
7. "And the first animal was like a lion," signifies the appearance, in ultimates of Divine truth proceeding from the Lord in respect to power and efficiency (n. 278; "and the second animal like a calf," signifies the appearance, in ultimates, of Divine good in respect to protection n. 279; "and the third animal had a face like a man," signifies the appearance, in ultimates, of the Divine guard and providence in respect to wisdom n. 280; "and the fourth animal was like a flying eagle," signifies the appearance, in ultimates, of the Divine guard and providence in respect to intelligence and as to circumspection on every side (n. 281-282.)
8. "And the four animals, each by itself, had six wings round about," signifies the appearance of the spiritual Divine on all sides about the celestial Divine n. 283; "and full of eyes within," signifies the Divine Providence and guard (n. 284); "and they had no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy," signifies that which is most holy proceeding from the Lord. n. 285); "Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come," signifies the infinite and eternal (n. 286).
276. VERSUS 6 (a med.), 7, 8.
"Et in medio throni et circum thronum quatuor Animalia plena oculis ante et retro. Et Animal primum simile leoni, et secundum Animal simile vitulo, et tertium Animal habens faciem sicut homo, et quartum Animal simile aquilae volanti. Et quatuor Animalia, singula per se, habebant alas sex in circuitu, et intus 1
plena erant oculis, et requiem non habebant die et nocte, dicentia, Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, Dominus Deus omnipotens, qui erat et qui est et qui venturus."
"Et in medio throni et circum thronum quatuor Animalia plena oculis ante et retro", significat custodiam et providentiam Domini ne interiores caeli adeantur nisi a bono amoris et charitatis, ut inferiora, quae inde pendent, in ordine sint (n. 277).
7. "Et Animal primum simile leoni", significat apparentiam in ultimis quoad potentiam et effectum Divini Veri procedentis a Domino (n. 278); "et secundum Animal simile vitulo", significat apparentiam in ultimis Divini Boni quoad tutelam (n. 279); "et tertium Animal habens faciem sicut homo", significat in ultimis apparentiam Divinae custodiae et providentiae quoad sapientiam (n. 280); "et quartum Animal simile aquilae volanti", significat in ultimis apparentiam Divinae custodiae et providentiae quoad intelligentiam et quoad circumspectionem undequaque (n. 281, 282).
8. "Et quatuor Animalia, singula per se, habebant alas sex in circuitu", significat apparentiam Divini spiritualis undequaque circum Divinum caeleste (n. 283); "et intus 2
plena erant oculis", significat Divinam providentiam et custodiam (n. 284); "et requiem non habebant die et nocte, dicentia, Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus", significat sanctissimum quod procedit a Domino (n. 285); "Dominus Deus omnipotens, qui erat et qui est et qui venturus", significat qui infinitus et aeternus (n. 286).
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