265. "Behold, the Lion... has prevailed." This symbolically means the Lord, that by His own power He conquered the hells and put everything into order when He was in the world.

That a lion symbolizes the Divine truth of the Word in respect to its power may be seen in no. 241 above. And because the Lord is Divine truth itself or the Word, therefore He is called a lion.

That when the Lord was in the world He conquered the hells and put everything in the heavens into order, and also glorified His humanity, may be seen in no. 67 above. Moreover, how He did so may be seen in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Lord, nos. 12-14.

This makes plain the meaning of the statement that the Lion has prevailed.