522. Saying: "We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, who are and who were and who are to come." (11:17) This symbolizes a confession and glorification on the part of the angels in heaven, that the Lord is He who exists, lives, and has power of Himself, and who governs all things, because He alone is eternal and infinite.

To give thanks symbolizes an acknowledgment and glorification of the Lord. It can be seen above in Revelation 1:8, 11, 17; 2:8; 4:8, that the Son of man, who is the Lord in respect to His Divine humanity, is the Almighty, the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last, and He who is and who was and who is to come. And that these symbolically mean that He exists, lives and has power of Himself may be seen in nos. 13, 29, 30, 31, 38, 57, 92 above.