280. Saying, "You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals." This symbolically means that the Lord alone is able to know the states of life of all people and to judge each one according to his state, as we showed in nos. 256, 259, 261, 267, 273 above.
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.
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And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;