341. Verse 13. And every created thing that is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and those that are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Unto Him that sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb, be the blessing and the honor and the glory and the might unto the ages of the ages.

13. "And every created thing that is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and those that are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying" signifies the acknowledgment and consequent glorification of the Lord by the angels that are in the lowest parts of heaven n. 342; "Unto Him that sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb" signifies the Lord in respect to Divine good and Divine truth n. 343; "blessing" signifies acknowledgment, glorification, and thanksgiving that all good and truth, and thence heaven and eternal happiness, are for those who receive (n. 344); "and the honor and the glory," signifies that to Him alone belongs every Divine good and Divine truth, and therefore, every good of love and truth of faith, from which is all the wisdom and intelligence that angels and men have (n. 345); "and the might unto the ages of the ages," signifies that to Him belongs omnipotence to eternity (n. 346).

6375. 'He binds his young ass to the vine' means truth in the natural for the external Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'binding' as being joined to; from the meaning of 'the vine' as the spiritual Church, dealt with in 1069, 5113, here the external spiritual Church since the description 'the outstanding vine' immediately after means the internal church; and from the meaning of 'an ass' as truth in the natural, dealt with in 2781. From this it is evident that 'he binds his ass to the vine' means a joining through truth in the natural to the external Church.