301. Verses 2, 3. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a great voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no one was able, in heaven nor upon the earth nor under the earth, to open the book, neither to look thereon.

2. "And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a great voice," signifies the influx of the Lord into heaven (n. 302); "who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?" signifies is there anyone there who is such as to know and perceive the states of life of all (n. 303)? "And no one was able, in heaven nor upon the earth nor under the earth, to open the book, neither to look thereon," signifies manifestation that no one knows and perceives of himself anything whatever of the state of life of all in general, and of each in particular n. 304.